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* "Conservative groups spend up to $1bn a year to fight action on climate change:" http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2013/dec/20/conservative-groups-1bn-against-climate-change

* "Billion-dollar climate denial network exposed:" http://arstechnica.com/science/2013/12/billion-dollar-climate-denial-network-exposed/

* "Neanderthals Could Talk Like Humans, Bone Reveals:" http://news.discovery.com/human/evolution/neanderthals-could-talk-like-humans-bone-reveals-131223.htm

* "Ooops, he did it again:" http://digbysblog.blogspot.com/2013/12/ooops-rand-paul-did-it-again.html

* "The Truth Behind The Lies Of The Original 'Welfare Queen':" http://www.npr.org/blogs/codeswitch/2013/12/20/255819681/the-truth-behind-the-lies-of-the-origina, l-welfare-queen

* "The "War on Christmas": On Ethnocentrism and Blasphemy:" http://experimentaltheology.blogspot.com/2013/12/the-war-on-christmas-on-ethnocentrism.html

* "The wonders of religious privilege:" http://jaylake.livejournal.com/3363528.html

* TW: "Our God-Given Constitutional Right to a Television Show:" http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2013/12/our-god-given-constitutional-right-to-a-television-show/282599/

* "Why the Dutch Love Black Pete:" http://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/05/opinion/why-the-dutch-love-black-pete.html

* "Why Chaucer Said 'Ax' Instead Of 'Ask,' And Why Some Still Do:" http://www.npr.org/blogs/codeswitch/2013/12/03/248515217/why-chaucer-said-ax-instead-of-ask-and-why-some-still-do

* "Utah? Yes, Utah. Wow.:" http://www.patheos.com/blogs/slacktivist/2013/12/23/utah-yes-utah-wow/

* "The Pardoning of Alan Turing:" http://www.sparkindarkness.com/2013/12/the-pardoning-of-alan-turing.html

* "2013 International Trans Year In Review:" http://transgriot.blogspot.com/2013/12/2013-international-trans-year-in-review.html

* "Black Trans Year In Review 2013:" http://transgriot.blogspot.com/2013/12/black-trans-year-in-review-2013.html

* Mira Grant's Parasite was so fun to read that I had trouble putting it down even though I had a pretty good idea of what was going on in the first few chapters. I can't put my finger on why it was so gripping, but it was.

* In "Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer, is "Dentist" code for gay? Inquiring minds want to know.

* Sometimes I wonder what the other five Time Agents are like.

* "Art of the streets of Montreal, summer 2013:" http://rysmiel.livejournal.com/1186262.html

* "Nothing Says Christmas Like 700 Screaming Faces:" http://www.npr.org/2013/12/04/248819023/nothing-says-christmas-like-700-screaming-faces

* Fat Les - Naughty Christmas:

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