A Bottomless Pit

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“However, the crows didn't understand the difference between a hole with a bottom and one without. This suggests the level of cognition here is intermediate between human-like reasoning and associative learning.”

Reactions to these findings have been mixed. Whereas most crows have dismissed the relevance of a hole with a bottom, liberals in Congress see it as a neo-conspiracy to associate liberal tax-and-spend philosophy with a bottomless pit. As McCain promised to plug that loophole, Palin stifled a laugh (recalling an Italian-American reference to Alaska). Meanwhile, Obama vowed to look into the abyss, as Biden simply stared back. Predictably, Bill Clinton said, "Been there, done that". And if looks could kill, Hillary ...