Even the comments to The Tennessean's flood wrap-up [link] include comments such as

Has Barack Hussein Obama been informed of the massive flooding in the Middle Tennessee area?

Has any reporter from the Tennessean.com or any other area reporter asked Phil Bredesen if he has been in contact with Barack Hussein Obama?

Do they think Barack Hussein Obama caused the middle Tennessee flooding? Like, he can control the weather now, too?

No, Pudge controls the weather.

Tony Stark controls the weather! It was in the FCBD comic.

Tony Stark controls the weather!

Ah ha! So it's the . . . is Iron Man a Democrat or Republican? I can't remember any political leanings from my old comic books. He was an alcoholic, but that doesn't really narrow it down.

He was an alcoholic, but that doesn't really narrow it down.

Suh-nerk.

Man Dies After Eel Is Inserted In His Rectum

With friends like those, he really didn't need enemies.

Aw, man, Lynn Redgrave died.

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What could possibly go wrong? Scientists Race to Create Cat-Level Artificial Brain

Pentagon-backed scientists aim to create a human-like machine, at some point. But they are starting out with the goal of crafting artificial intelligence on the level of a cat's brain. Still there are vast challenges.

If they get far enough, however, one scientist says that they could theoretically achieve feline intelligence with a mouse-sized artificial brain and an even smaller body.

That's because bigger brains by themselves don't necessarily mean greater intelligence or more complex behavior - for instance, cats show more smarts than cows despite having a feline brain 10 times smaller than a bovine brain. What might really matter is that humans and some other species have bigger brains for their body size.

"If they're trying to get cat-level behavior, there's no necessary reason to go for a cat-level brain unless they need a cat-level body of some kind," said Mark Changizi, a neurobiologist at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, N.Y.