I could definitely be interested in seeing more of Blonde-guy-with-glasses. *nods* Yup yup.

Adolf Hitler targeted the Jews in the Holocaust not simply out of hate, but for strategic reasons. Describing his plan to take over Germany, and then Europe, he wrote:

I scanned the revolutionary events of history and… [asked] myself: against which racial element in Germany can I unleash my propaganda of hate with the greatest prospects of success? …I came to the conclusion that a campaign against the Jews would be as popular as it would be successful.

Jews, Hitler figured, were already well hated and, thus, would lend themselves to demonization quite easily.

However, Ronald Berger writes in his essay The “Banality of Evil” Reframed, once it was decided that the Jews would be targeted, “the most immediate difficulty that confronted the Nazis was the construction of a legal definition of the target population” (p. 605).

Who was Jewish?At first, the Nazis defined Jews as non-Aryan. But this became problematic because nations with whom Germany wanted to ally (e.g., Japan) were arguably non-Aryan. The regime settled on a definition that linked non-Aryan-ness to religion. Both racial and religious characteristics could qualify one as “Jewish.”

Source, with pictures instruments for measuring Jewishness: Sociological Images

Since it's closing in on the holidays and I'd like to be able to take some vacation, I may be retreating much more from the internet over the next week and a half so I can get some work done at night.

Not that I'm here often -- I spend enough of the workday at the home computer I'd rather not be at it much at night -- but just a notice.

Really big talk 10 February means we need to get most stuff done by, oh, mid-January. Weeeeeeeee.......

Your (LOL) funny bone.

But your funny bone isn't actually a bone at all. Running down the inside part of your elbow is a nerve called the ulnar nerve. The ulnar nerve lets your brain know about feelings in your fourth and fifth fingers. It's also one of the nerves that controls some movement of your hand.

You get that funny feeling when the ulnar nerve is bumped against the humerus (say: hyoo-muh-rus), the long bone that starts at your elbow and goes up to your shoulder. Tapping your funny bone doesn't do any damage to your elbow, arm, or ulnar nerve. But it sure feels strange!

Source: KidsHealth

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http://www.woot.com


as I always say , buy the bag of crap when you see it, its always good,

also http://kids.woot.com for kids stuff are having a woot off too

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Calvin and Hobbes for Tuesday, December 08, 2009

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The United States Library of Congress in Washington D.C. ranks as the largest library in the world. How large is it?

The nation's library holds over 118 million items which require more than 500 miles of shelving.
Source: Library Spot

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