Three notables:
Death by 1) Poison, 2) Gunshot Wound (4x), 3) Beating by Clubs, 4) Drowning.
According to legends, Russian mystic Grigori Rasputin (1869-1916) was first poisoned with enough cyanide to kill ten men, but he wasn’t affected.
So his killers shot him in the back with a revolver. Rasputin fell but later revived. So, he was shot [...]

From Billboard: “McCartney To Anchor New Starbucks Label – After weeks of speculation, Paul McCartney is now officially the first artist signed to Hear Music, a new joint label formed by Starbucks and the Concord Music Group.”
Why do I feel like coffee, Starbucks and McCartney are the big winners here, while music remains a loser?
In [...]

As a homeowner who fancies herself politically aware, this is something I’ve often pondered but never really developed beyond a squawk. I’m delighted to see that Momus has taken on the task … read on.
Is there a link between owning a house and conservatism? Intuitively I’d say yes, there is, and that conversely there’s a [...]