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Gingrich to Obama: ‘Respect our religion,’ not ‘every other religion’ | The Raw Story

What religion is that, Newtie? Try reading the Constitution, pal.

Warm and Furry, but They Pack a Toxic Punch

For protection, mammals generally rely on teeth, claws, muscles, keen senses or quick wits. Every so often, however, a mammalian lineage discovers the wonders of chemistry.

Kino: Cat licks hair (Taken with Kinotopic)

Kino: Cat licks hair (Taken with Kinotopic)

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Popuphood – a new urban initiative and small business incubator in Oakland sets out to revitalize a struggling neighborhood in six weeks by carving out a rent-free space of entrepreneurial spirit. 

Oakland !

(via poptech)

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The Highest Resolution Image of Earth Ever

This composite image uses a number of swaths of the Earth’s surface taken on January 4, 2012.

Photo courtesy of NASA/NOAA/GSFC/Suomi NPP/VIIRS/Norman Kuring
Ed note: Perfect for your desktop background. Click the photo for the 8000x8000 image
h/t Gizmodo

smithsonianmag:

The Highest Resolution Image of Earth Ever

This composite image uses a number of swaths of the Earth’s surface taken on January 4, 2012.

Photo courtesy of NASA/NOAA/GSFC/Suomi NPP/VIIRS/Norman Kuring

Ed note: Perfect for your desktop background. Click the photo for the 8000x8000 image

h/t Gizmodo

(via poptech)

City Room: Palin Has a Few Choice Words for Christie

Sarah Palin, not one known to mince words, accused Chris Christie of committing a rookie mistake and playing into the hands of Democrats by denigrating Newt Gingrich.

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How dare the Times compare Sarah Palin to a Jersey Girl? 

— A pissed-off JG

A Manhattan Eden, for $331.76 a Month

Above the Cherry Lane Theater in the West Village are alluring apartments, some rent-controlled and some not, with high ceilings and a genial landlady.