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The myth that memory is a video recording playing in a private theater in your brain is one of the biggest lies about hypnosis. – Penn & Teller It was very difficult to pick a song with which to send off Moya Brennan, so I finally decided on a live video of one of their early, more traditional songs rather than their more pop-influenced work of the ’80s and ’90s. The links above the video were provided by Anarres Ansible, Shiv Ramdas, Jesse Walker, Radley Balko (x2), and Popehat, in that order. R.I.P. Moya Brennan. Talk about lost continents… “Alarming”. Words mean things. Penn & Teller file a SCOTUS brief. I’m sure you feel MUCH safer now. “Ghoulish” doesn’t even begin to describe this. From the Archives Using sleazy means to violate people’s civil rights with the typical excuses. Sleeping with a cop is one of the most dangerous things a woman can do. When a cop tries to pass murder as suicide, it’s usually his wife/girlfriend. Overseas pharmacies will sell to US customers without…