links for 2008-01-28

Rummy Resurfaces, Calls for U.S. Propaganda Agency (Updated Again) | Danger Room from Wired.com

Proof again that the Washington Yahoos we have running the place have no clue. We have tried tricking them into thining we are good guys, they’re not buying. Try doing good things for awhile and see how that works.

(tags: 2008 blog crazy government news politics toread war wired)
Booksthatmakeyoudumb

Proof that some books just might make you dumber for reading them. A chart of the correlation of boks to SAT scores based on college book list. Not scientific but a fun take on the whole notion.

(tags: analysis blogs book Books Fun funny geek humor mashup reference school sociology statistics stats trends)