Apparently humanity is becoming some sort of insect culture.

" ... the new supercity ... would be spread over 82,000 square miles, about the size of Kansas ..."

Interesting article Gog.

from Gog's article:
“The streets flood in the rain because there is no good drainage,” said Xia Zhiyan, a 42-year-old employee of a printing company. “They just built more and more apartments without the most basic facilities.”

Amazing how cowed the citizen's are when the all-providing government is the only choice.

Amy, the comment about vegans and bug feces was hilarious.

Meat. Always. I remember a story told by a newsman years ago from Texas. It was about his father in a restaurant. He ordered a steak, rare. When asked if he wanted a salad also he said dear, salad is what meat eats.

Follow up to the Gawker story: Editor-in-chief Max Read and executive editor Tommy Craggs are both resigning from Gawker. Not because the Geithner story was published, but because the story was removed.

Is the CDC cooking the books on maternal mortality rates in the US?

Patrick, thanks for reading gawker so we don't have to.

I R A, I was my distinct displeasure. It was all over my Twitter feed today. And I don't even follow Gawker. Everybody was retweeting this.