frogmeat

The blog post is poorly-written sensationalistic drivel, but it's also being promoted across the web. Anyone feel like tackling it?

http://foodbabe.com/2012/07/02/think-twice-before-buying-this-type-of-burger/

The author thinks that the use of hexane in extraction results in high volumes of hexane in finished product, and all sorts of other silliness.

I posted this over at r/atheism, but apparently it wasn't an interesting subject. No Ceiling Cat was involved. I'll try here:

I'm sure my office isn't the only one conducting a toy drive this year. I'd like to provide toys/gifts that encourage critical thinking or learning.

What do you folks recommend, and why?

My office is doing a toy drive, as many are doing this time of year.

Can anyone recommend toys, games, books, puzzles, etc. suitable for kids and teens, that encourage critical thinking or learning, or are otherwise good for the shaping of young minds?

Edit: Please also note an approximate price.

While religious right zealots are blaming Hurricane Sandy on gay marriage, or atheists, or the UN, or Obama, or My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, or are vainly clasping their hands together and asking the deity they believe created the storm and decided its path to change his mind and destroy someone else's city instead (i.e., a "miracle"), the Red Cross is sending 1,200 responders to the area, already hosting 3,000 people in shelters, and sending blood supplies from across the nation to prepare for the storm of the century. Here's how you can help:

Contact the Red Cross online or by phone to donate. You can designate contributions for the disaster relief fund at [RedCross.org](http://