wonders how often a seahorse makes it past quality control, all the way into a frying pan, at the end-consumer's house, in a bag of shrimp.

Is there any consumer vehicle that uses microwave heat to regenerate their diesel particulate filters? Also, why is U.S. diesel not cheaper?

Here's a fun one to hear a Spaniard say:

Por su raciocinio, la civilización se cerciora por la piscina y el fascismo.

cast myself in the unnecessary, yet reasonable role of defending capitalism

All else being equal, the longer you live, the bigger the hit you take from inflation. I no longer find Planet Money to be cromulent.

Which one was it that said, "... I cast myself in the unlikely and unreasonable role of defending capitalism..." ? 
Did he mean, "cast myself in the unnecessary, yet reasonable role of defending capitalism?"

we eat bugs. on purpose. http://ping.fm/WeJNH

The TEA Party isn't Frodo, that part has been played by the GOP. It's Samwise Gamgee. We're that far and just want to get back to the garden

It's been over a decade since I've lived in CA, but for some reason Terriers seems like implausible events set in a reality that rings true.

Do meteors ever punch through and cause volcanic hot spots?

Which sealed the fate of the Roman Republic - Senators assassinating their tyrant, or the remnants of the regime cutting off Cicero's head?

A scam so common it has its own name: "Estafa Inglaterra" - used car, advertised locally, even listed on the web as local, but 0044 to call