Econ 101 at the U. of Chicago. Conservatives have long critiqued academia for the ways professors use their position to indoctrinate students with left-wing ideology, but the left has largely ignored the political impact of the way people learn economics, though its influence is likely far more profound. So in order to find out just what students learn when they learn economics, I headed down to Hyde Park, where the University generously let me enroll in “Principles of Macroeconomics” for a quarter. Good article. more inside

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Attack of the clones Dutch artist Bert Simons, suffering from a mid-life crisis, decided to clone himself to become immortal. By means of state-of-the-art computer multiplication techniques he found a way for you to build your own Bert clone! (1.2 MB PDF) He is currently in the process to clone a female specimen. (NSFW: cardboard nudity) [via]

Nazi Propaganda Posters, from the German Propaganda Archive. Some are impressive, some are, well, camp. Here's a Beetle ad, and here's one from the 1939 Nurmeberg Peace Rally (cancelled due to war). And this one is for the odious and infamous film, The Eternal Jew. Here are some stills. more inside

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It's Moon Base Alpha! "NASA said it will establish an international base camp on one of the moon's poles, permanently staffing it by 2024, four years after astronauts land there." Projected bill: US$104 billion.

Frame 352, and all that - The Patterson-Gimlin 'Sasquatch' footage, given a decent objective squint by Darren Naish, Zoologist. more inside