Science says you should do your most important work first thing in the morning

… and therefore post to Facebook late at night :-)
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The Political One Percent of the One Percent in 2014: Mega Donors Fuel Rising Cost of Elections

Be afraid. Very afraid.
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Florida has its 'Keep the government out of Obamacare' moment

It is simple physics. If you shove your head up your ass far enough, it comes out of your mouth!
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Dante and David apply for the same job but only one gets an interview. Here's the rest of their day.

Sad. And there are no simple solutions. And neither political party in the USA will even admit that there is a widespread problem. And both racism (or equivalently groupism) and its denial are common in all political systems worldwide. The chattering classes will cite many anecdotes to deny the problem - but the plural of anecdote is not data. And there is no reason not to start a sentence with "and".
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Chief Justice Roberts Accidentally Reveals Everything That’s Wrong With Citizens United In Four...

The phrase that legalizes bribery in the USA: "Politicians are expected to be appropriately responsive to the preferences of their supporters." Chief Justice Roberts. The key word is appropriately.
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Now I understand why people mock Fox news so much.....

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Why Koch-Bought Governors Are Doing The Worst Job: A Look At Three Conservative Hellscapes

Rauner is trying to do the same thing to Illinois, it seems.
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Amazon Echo - Official site - Request an invitation

I received mine today! Very cool for a Version 1 device.
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Baltimore Residents Urged To Stay Indoors Until Social Progress Naturally Takes Its Course Over Next Century

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Infants Already Glued to Multiple Screens

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xkcd: Typical Morning Routine

Good Moroning.
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Fashion Is Trending, in Google Searches

Big Data at work. Until now I had never heard of jogger pants!
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An Atomic Bomb went off on Earth 12000 years ago?

Hmmm.....
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Protester Schools TV Anchor About Media Coverage Of Baltimore Riots

"My question to you is, when we were out here protesting all last week for six days straight peacefully, there were no news cameras, there were no helicopters, there was no riot gear, and nobody heard us." Good question.
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"One camera, one life" is a short documentary about the Leitz family efforts to rescue Jews...

I must take my old 50mm Elmar 3.5 for a walk tomorrow.
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New Homing Bullets Can Hit Moving Targets

Not fair. At high school the only sport I ever excelled at was rifle shooting. The process involved lying down and moving as little as possible! My kind of sport :-) We used WW I surplus rifles, manual load, one shot at a time. 10 shots rapid fire (I forget the exact time, 5 or 10 seconds, and 10 shots at leisure. I never could get all 20 in the bull's eye - but I was pretty close! This takes all the fun out of the sport - as do any automatic weapons.
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Anti-Gay Republican Outed As Gay Blames Gay Agenda Smear Campaign

Congress gets more bizarre daily!
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SNL's Cecily Strong hits hard at White House Correspondents' Dinner (VIDEO)

Good writing - poor delivery. Teleprompters or memorization required. Looking down to read - looks terrible.
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Why Massachusetts Led the Way on Same-Sex Marriage

"Ms. Marshall grew up in South Africa"
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1 In 4 Americans Thinks The Sun Goes Around The Earth, Survey Says

And here we have a wonderful example of the core problem with Democracy. We need a better way - but I have not found it - yet. Watch this space, but do not be optimistic. 🖖
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Obama's Anger Translator at the 2015 Correspondents' Dinner

Hee Hee
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Man Creates Outrageous Story To Prove Right-Wing Will Believe Anything - And They Bought It

Just us any discipline that uses the word "Science" (Political Science, Social Science, Computer Science) in its title is not a Science, the Right Wing movements are not right 🖖
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The United States Does Not Know Who It’s Killing

Almost all "anti-terrorist" activities undertaken by the USA since (and indeed before) 9/11 have resulted in more terrorist activity, not less. It may feel satisfying to kill a terrorist or two - but every civilian killed as "collateral damage" breeds a whole clan of new terrorists. The Iraq adventure bred ISIS and its allies. And so it goes. When will we ever learn?
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Root Cause Is People

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Minnesota Republicans Pass Bill Banning Cities From Raising The Minimum Wage. Seriously.

Sick!
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Beethoven 9

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Freeze Warning takes effect over the entire Chicago area from 2AM CDT tonight until 8AM CDT...

It must be spring...
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More Kansas Schools To Close Early For Lack Of Funding

Well, if you cut science from the curriculum you don't need the extra days.
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How to Never Miss A Post From Your Favorite Facebook Pages

It is an ongoing fight to get Facebook to show what you want to see.
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Why Almost Everything Dean Ornish Says about Nutrition Is Wrong

"The point is, it’s possible to cherry-pick observational studies to support almost any nutritional argument."
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That's not what 'socialism' means

Is there a dictionary for Republicans?
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Man puts 8 bullets in his Dell, tells police it’s worth the ticket

The best case against gun laws!
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Art Institute of Chicago gets its largest gift ever, including 9 Warhols

Cool.
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Facebook tilts the News Feed algorithm back to your friends | The Verge

Did you know that Facebook has a secret algorithm that determines which posts you actually see. It like an email app that decided for itself what mail it delivers. If you did not see this, it is not my fault.
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Ten vital tips to looking smarter in meetings

For my working friends...
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Why Are the U.S. and Iran Sending Warships to the Yemeni Coast?

Watch this space.
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The feather, the bathroom scale, and the kangaroo - Statistical Modeling, Causal Inference, and...

"My best analogy is that they are trying to use a bathroom scale to weigh a feather—and the feather is resting loosely in the pouch of a kangaroo that is vigorously jumping up and down." Wonderful description of many of the Social "Science" studies.
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Your social media cheat sheet for perfectly sized images

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How Washington Derailed Amtrak

The railroads are the first part of our infrastructure to crumble. The interstate highway system is not far behind.
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Why Study Philosophy? 'To Challenge Your Own Point of View'

Thoughts worth thinking
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Your heart rate. What it means, and where on Apple Watch you’ll find it. - Apple Support

Very cool.
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USS Theodore Roosevelt steams toward Yemen waters

It's getting hotter.
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This 'Redneck' May Have Just Started A White Revolution Against Racism (VIDEO)

When I first saw this, I was not sure it was genuine. I am still not sure, but even if it is not, it seems to be bringing some much needed honesty to the national discourse.
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Watch The Hilarious Spoof Which Has Hillary-Haters Hyperventilating With Rage (VIDEO)

I don't tip at Chipotle (or Subway or MacDonalds) - shame on me. I can never be President despite the fact that I was not born in the USA :-(
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As Moore’s law turns 50, what does the future hold for the transistor?

I have had the good luck to have worked (and then retired) from the IT industry through almost all of this period. What a great ride it was!
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12 Great Photographs By Edward Steichen

Filters before filters were cool.
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What Your Facebook Use Reveals About Your Personality

So, what does posting this reveal?
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New Law to Strip Social Security Numbers From Medicare Cards

Congress actually passed a law!
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Israel issues travel warning to South Africa

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Calcium Supplements Tied to Higher Risk of Age-Related Vision Disease

Oops. Or could another factor drive both the need for Calcium supplements and eye issues? Statistical effects without a supporting physical theory are suspect.
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Jobs 2.0

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Jon Stewart unloads on Fox News in exclusive: “Watching these channels all day is incredibly...

Imagine having a job that required you to watch Fox!

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Why are we parenting as if our kids are in constant danger?

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Why Muslims Must Continue to Stand Up to Anti-Semitism

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What Savants Can Teach Us

" savantism points to the limitations of Darwinism in explaining how capacities arise, are expressed, or remain persistently hidden within populations"

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Uninsured People Pay Far More For Cancer Drugs Than Medicare Patients

More for the "Free Market Madness" file.

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ESPN objects to Verizon's flexible FiOS TV plans

Because they want me to pay for it even though I never watch it! Go free market!

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4 Things To Know About Estate Tax And The House GOP’s Latest A**-Kissing Extravaganza

!

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U.S. Religious Knowledge Survey

Astounding.

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Letters From Third-Graders Illustrate The Harsh Impact Of Childhood Poverty (IMAGES)

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The US Navy is giving up on fighter pilots and turning to drones

The singularity comes nearer!

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Where Have All the Arab States Gone?

Spring never became summer.

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Don't put the winter coats away yet; 'polar vortex' making a comeback

Who ordered this?

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According To Science, This Is The Perfect And Best Road Trip You Can Possibly Take

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Why study statistics

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The Jewish Standard

We were on the highway in Israel in 2007. This is what happens.

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Chess Grandmaster Caught Cheating Using An iPod touch In The Toilet | Redmond Pie

An iPod Touch can play Chess at the Grandmaster level? We are doomed.

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Fox News Officially Freaking Out About Google's Plan To Rank Sites By 'Accuracy' (VIDEO)

This is funny.

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Yup, there's a Sodastream for cocktails

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Why study statistics

In their continued efforts to present statistics as a field that doesn't suck, the American Statistical Association provides this pitch video. I approve of this message.

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Wine Snobs Are Right: Glass Shape Does Affect Flavor

It's too early in the morning to test this :-(

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25 Mind Boggling Facts About the SR-71. #12 Made Me Wince. [VIDEO]

From the "They don't build them like they used to in my day" file

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102 Things Conservatives Should NOT Do If They Hate Taxes

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Key Challah

This is what my failed braiding attempts looked like!

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New Mexico Becomes Only The 2nd State To Outlaw A Terrible Type Of Police Abuse

"“civil asset forfeiture,” ... allows law enforcement to seize your property even if you’re never arrested or convicted of the crime for which your property was seized" This is outrageous!

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Viral Thread

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A Math Problem From Singapore Goes Viral: When Is Cheryl’s Birthday?

Got it - but it took a while.

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Embellishing Resume At Work

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Ex-Blackwater Guards Given Long Terms for Killing Iraqis

Give normal people a uniform and a gun and they get transformed.

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Hokusai and the wave that swept the world

Interesting...

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A 9-year-old goes in on standardized tests and ends with the best mic drop of all time.

"FSA prohibits students from talking to their parents about the test" - WTF?

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WATCH: How to tell if you're smart, according to science

Just saying...

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Proposed skyscraper could be third-tallest — or fifth-tallest — in Chicago

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Here's What Elite Athletes Eat

So, if i eat more, I will become an elite athlete?

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Walter Scott Is Not on Trial

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Chicago launches 'Epic' national TV campaign

See - it's not just me that likes Chicago. It's our ad agency as well!

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Marco Rubio's 2016 Rollout Is A Collossal Failure, Twitter Reacts Hilariously (TWEETS)

"Donald Trump, the running joke of supposed presidential contenders, is polling ahead of him with New Hampshire Republicans." I was going to comment on the parade of clowns - but I have decided to stop. I will change nobody's minds. I can see no outcome of the 2016 elections that will be good. We will still have a split between the executive and legislative branch - and thus a hopelessly divided government. The next president will likely nominate 4 Supreme Court justices. I hope she gets some good ones past the Senate. In future I will post only humor in the political arena. Unfortunately, there may be a lot of it.

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A Nation's Shame: Trillions in New Wealth, Millions of Children in Poverty

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Recall of Kids' Tylenol, Motrin, Zyrtec, Benadryl

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Painted Nudes show the king of street photography’s strange secret life

“In order to build a career and be successful,” he said, “one has to be ambitious. I much prefer to drink coffee, listen to music and paint when I feel like it.” - my kind of guy!

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Supernovae suggest the universe is growing slower than expected

Dark Energy and Dark Matter may be an artifact of wrong assumptions about the brightness of the yardstick stars.

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Genes May Tell Us How To Vote

"Previous studies have also shown strong genetic influences on right-wing views – be they for or against." - so, if you want your side to win, have more children. Read more: http://www.science20.com/the_conversation/genes_may_tell_us_how_to_vote-154774#ixzz3XCF4T8Sn

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There Are Few Libertarians. But Many Americans Have Libertarian Views.

A rigid two party system forces the polarization. Both parties have written stat level laws that inhibit emergence of a third (or Nth) party. "Democracy is great, unless it threatens us" is the prevailing view.

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Top 5 Cities in the United States: Readers' Choice Awards 2014

Once again, the failure of the opinion of the majority. Chicago #5 - nonsense! #1 is the correct answer. Democracy may be an interesting idea - but it often comes up with the wrong answer.

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Why Don’t I Criticize Israel? : Sam Harris

“Whatever terrible things the Israelis have done, it is also true to say that they have used more restraint in their fighting against the Palestinians than we—the Americans, or Western Europeans—have used in any of our wars.”

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109-Year-Old Woman Says Secret To Long Life Is Avoiding Men

This approach will not lead to longer life for ones descendants.

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A New Phase in Anti-Obama Attacks

And let the bleating of the right wing sheep being herded by the Fox begin ...

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The iPhone 6 Plus Makes Much More Sense Alongside An Apple Watch [Opinion] | Redmond Pie

I ordered the Watch today - I have the 6+ already :-)

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Rauner to Benefit From Budget Cuts With $750K Tax Break

For context, see my previous post.

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IL Republican Gov Cuts Autism Funding -- On World Autism Day

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The absolutely legitimate, incredibly useful Indian English word you’re not using

Indeed.

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Remains from Lincoln’s Last Day

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Construction crane falls on museum — and everyone just assumes it is art

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Every goddamn day: 04/10/15: Bitter Ironies of American HIstory, Vo. 1

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This is What the History of Camera Sales Looks Like with Smartphones Included

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IKEA is now serving vegan balls

...leading to an excess supply of vegan eunuchs!

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languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu

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Humor: People Can't Eat Without Taking a Picture

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Streit's | ~ Joseph O. Holmes Photography ~

Streit's | ~ Joseph O. Holmes Photography ~ In case you are wondering what the inside of an old matza factory looks like.

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Color use in paintings, by year

My bet would be aging of the pigments and varnish over time.

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NRA Bans ‘Operational’ Guns At NRA Convention For Security Reasons

Guns are good everywhere - except at a convention of "good guys with guns." The hypocrisy is overwhelming. Good guys with guns can't control good guys with guns? GMAFB.

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WATCH: South Africa's First Official Nudist Beach

A lot has changed ... except it is still all white (or pinkish red as the day goes by)

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Officer charged with murder after shocking video documents shooting of unarmed black man

The good news is that someone was around to video this guy and get him charged!

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C-SPAN

Clown #2 joins the parade. Not as clownish as #1, he could be a strong candidate. His problem is that a good libertarian will not get support from the religious right. He is already pandering to them with his "with God's help" line. His past position on foreign aid ("... eliminates all foreign aid to all countries") does not bode well for Israel. He is trying to wriggle out of that (http://ift.tt/1oklm8H). He is already backing off his desire to cut military spending. Looks like he will need to be a wriggling tap-dancing clown to get the nomination, and then tap-dance his way back to his roots if he gets the nomination.

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7 Tips For Civil Discourse - JohnHenry.US

Monty Python is as good as Jon Stewart

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This Is The Gigantic Machine That Renews Railroad Tracks

Why we still need engineers!

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The Daily Show

Nails it, as always. He will be missed.

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Dick Comments On Alice's Blog

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A Skeptic’s Guide to the Iran Nuclear Deal

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A Dummy’s Guide to the Interim Nuclear Deal With Iran

Before you react to the right wing pol's reactions, at least try to understand the agreement so far. The crunch is - with no agreement, the Fordow facility will continue to produce bomb material, and they will be not stopped short of carpet nuclear bombing Iran. This sounds like a good idea to the Senator from Illinois who unfortunately represents me - but the fallout will destroy Israel, even if my Senator gets re-elected. "Buried underneath a mountain to protect it from air strikes, Fordow is currently home to thousands of centrifuges. But per the terms of the Lausanne agreement, Iran has agreed not to carry out any enrichment activities at the site for 15 years. It will instead repurpose it as a nuclear, physics, and technology research center. During that time period, the site will not be home to any fissile material." For Iran’s interlocutors — the so-called P5+1: the United States, France, the United Kingdom, Russia, China, and Germany — the changes at Fordow represent a significant victory, one that hampers Iran’s path to a bomb."

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WATCH: Do you see Einstein or Marilyn Monroe in this photo?

I see Einstein without my glasses, and Monroe with them. Time for new glasses! Or maybe not?

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Stanford Will Now Be Free To All Students From Families That Earn Less Than $125,000 Per Year

"... if the government took a simple step and made all public universities free. Tuition at all public colleges came to $62.6 billion in 2012. The federal government could take the $69 billion it currently spends helping students cover the cost of college through grants, tax breaks, and work-study funds and instead simply cover tuition at those schools for anyone who wanted to attend. That would give all students of all income backgrounds an affordable option, and it could also put pressure on private schools like Stanford and Harvard to reduce their tuition to compete, which has risen 13 percent over the last five years."

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Schechter parents adopt Ethiopian brothers after two-year struggle

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Tell Me How This Ends Well

The world is a lot more complex than any of our three branches of government are prepared to acknowledge. The propensity of our chattering classes to blame all the worlds ills on their political opponents inhibits the ability of the US to be a consistent force for good in the world.

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These are all the countries where the US has a military presence abroad

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The Procrastination Doom Loop—and How to Break It

I would like to write a response to this, but i don't feel like it right now. Maybe later.

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Watch the exact moment when a brutal dictator realizes the crowd has turned against him

The study of History in the future is going to be very different. Imagine having a video record of "Et tu,Brute"

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GOP leader: the popular parts of Obamacare don't count

So, they want to provide all the benefits of the ACA, but remove the costs? Sounds like "Socialism" to me. Eeeew. Gross.

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