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...matching-funds system for the nomination period and public financing for the general election, raising record amounts of cash from the day he commences his effort through November 2012 (in particular, his Internet fundraising power will be re-established). No doubt his Republican challengers will spout bravado about opting out to keep pace with Obama, but such a monumental task is easier said than done without the incumbent's viral appeal and brand name. Not one of them - Palin included - has the proven or latent capacity to raise a comparable amount of money, and the government check could...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Taking On Obama in '12 — Tougher Than You Think | 4/5/2010 | See Source »

...this MacGyverized contraption is an insulated one-third-gallon jug - like the kind sold in camping-supply stores - filled with 2˝ lb. of frozen carbon dioxide, which costs about $1 per lb. (and should be handled only with gloves). As the dry-ice pellets slowly evaporate, the open thermos spout lets the CO2 - which falsely signals bedbugs that a breathing, blood-filled meal is nearby - seep out overnight. That's usually enough time to entice the nocturnal insects into the other key component of the trap: the overturned food-and-water dish on which the thermos sits. The bugs climb...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How to Build Your Own Bedbug Detector | 2/15/2010 | See Source »

...infinite - the possible permutations of a chess game outnumber the estimated number of atoms in the universe - will eventually lead to madness. Grand masters say Carlsen's precociousness is reminiscent of Bobby Fischer's. The great American player spent his later years in isolation, reappearing only to spout anti-Semitic conspiracy theories. "It's easy to get obsessed with chess," Carlsen says. "That's what happened with Fischer and Paul Morphy," another prodigy lost to madness. "I don't have that same obsession." (Read: "Fischer vs. Spassky: Battle of the Brains...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Bold Opening for Chess Player Magnus Carlsen | 1/11/2010 | See Source »

...Gilchrist’s willingness to spout falsehoods shows that he shouldn’t be given the legitimacy of open and free academic debate...His irresponsible rhetoric has led to violence,” de Beausset told The Crimson in an interview...

Author: By Jacob D. Roberts, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Anti-Illegal Alien Speaker Banned | 10/19/2009 | See Source »

Palin, soon-to-be-ex-Gov. Sarah • ability of to spout incomprehensible babble is undiminished by decision of to quit in a huff • Anderson Cooper isn't buying the inane excuses of the spokeswoman for • angry tweets of • David Letterman is still making fun of • eagerness of to get back to "slaying salmon" • efforts of to make people stop saying bad things about or they are going to get so sued by • excuse offered by for quitting is - as is so much of what passes the lips of - of questionable veracity • explanation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: This Preposterous Week! Paul Slansky's News Index | 7/10/2009 | See Source »

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