The Show in the Snow: When an Israeli Ambassador Faced Off With a British Historian—and Won

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‘The Monuments Men’ Shows How America Saved Paintings While Letting Jews Die

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The Next Phase of the Internet: Licensing Content Makers

A scary outlook.

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My Skeptical Journey

I came to mostly similar realizations, but generally at an earlier age.

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This Man Will Be Your President If The Worst Happens | TIME.com

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The Older Mind May Just Be a Fuller Mind

It is actually not funny :-(

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Dark skin, blue eyes: Genes paint a picture of 7,000-year-old European - NBC News.com

This will pISs off the KKK :-)

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Hot New Internet Job Alert: Getting Paid to Let People Watch You Eat

Food Porn?

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Las Meninas by Velazquez is the West's Greatest Work, and the 1,000th Daily Pic by Blake Gopnik

RT The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast): "This painting is greater than the Mona Lisa" http://thebea.st/1crl6i6 http://t.co/xIveGu0wAv

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http://thebea.st/1crl6i6

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Lisa Moss

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https://www.facebook.com/mossbokor/posts/10152608334058902

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Helmut Newton | A Photographer You Should Know

Very interesting documentary. A bit too long, a bit too reverential, but still interesting.

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Ellie Hood

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Life as a Nonviolent Psychopath

A psychopath with insight! I have his book on my backlog. A hypochondriac in the mental realm is a psychochondriac?

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Right Not to Get Shot Faces Uphill Fight in Senate

:-)

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What If Social Mobility Has Never Been High Anywhere?

Another take on social mobility. Fundamental conclusion from both studies: it really pays to select your parents carefully.

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Study: Upward Mobility No Tougher In U.S. Than Two Decades Ago

“"The political rhetoric has gone down a path of saying, 'Oh, maybe it's getting harder to move up in the income distribution,' " Hendren says. "But the sad fact is that it's always been very hard in the United States relative to other countries, and it hasn't gotten any better, it hasn't gotten any worse."

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How Would the World Change If Everyone Could Live Where They Wanted?

Interesting ... see the full results here. Pretty much reflects where our family has scattered. As a migrant I obviously claim the migration generally is positive for the receiving country.

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How Google Calendar can tip off your boss that you want a raise

Be cautious!

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How Google Calendar can tip off your boss that you want a raise

Read this and be careful. I tested - it asks if you want to send an invitation, and puts it on the calendar even if you reply no!

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How Google Calendar can tip off your boss that you want a raise

This could be embarrassing.

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Bird flight paths

Very cool...

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A New Thermodynamics Theory of the Origin of Life | Simons Foundation

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You Can Get Placebo Sleep

The Power of Positive Thinking

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Scott Adams Blog: Goals are for Losers. Passion is Bull$%

He is right, as always … but I still will not buy his book. Not that useful in retirement :-)

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ScienceDaily

Just as I thought ... I know so much that things get lost in the pile that is my brain.

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Photographer builds automatic film developing robot out of Lego

Too little, too late :-(

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Argument preview: Acting on a caller’s tip : SCOTUSblog

It will be interesting to see which way they go...

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The Conservative War on Liberal Media Has a Long History

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Chicago Tribune

2nd City my ass. We are as great as any city.

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Milt's Barbecue for the Perplexed

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http://ift.tt/1dCeSxB

Talk about disruption! Every single item from a 1991 RadioShack flyer can now be done with a smartphone. http://ift.tt/1dCeSxB”

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Lyric Opera of Chicago

I should live so long…

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My daily photo :

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My daily photo :

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My daily photo :

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My daily photo :

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My daily photo :

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My daily photo :

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My daily photo :

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My daily photo :: Oak Street Beach

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We Would Have Eliminated Poverty Entirely by Now if Inequality Hadn't Skyrocketed | The Poverty...

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This Guy Animated Classic Paintings And The Results Are F*cking Beautiful

WTF...

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Bruce Lindner

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Rolex Retouching Timelapse Demonstrates Astonishing Skill and Attention to Detail

Obsessive compulsive?

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South Africa’s Failing Grade - NYTimes.com

Not a pretty picture.

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Why You Should Be Freaking Out About The End Of Net Neutrality

In case you are wondering about this...

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Almost No Americans Die From Lightning Strikes Anymore. Why?

Interesting.

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Zhou Youguang, Father of Pinyin

This is wonderful.

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My Photo Archiving Find Of A Lifetime

Fascinating images ... but they were found 40 years ago!

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As part of budget deal, Congress blocks light bulb efficiency standards | Ars Technica

As always, expediency beats logic. Shame on all of Congress.

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There is nothing worse than a sharp image of a fuzzy concept. – Ansel Adams

Thank heavens. There is something worse than my fuzzy images of fuzzy concepts.

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A cry in dark: ‘Hurry, my friend is dying’

Watch where you walk. Ice is scary.

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Obama and the (Orthodox) Jews

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The depressing psychological theory that explains Washington

Why Washington does not work...

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In Athlete's, Triumphant Victory Gestures Are A Biological Need

Interesting hypothesis...

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Quantum Diaries

He has a point "So you want a geocentric system (like Galileo’s opponents), no problem. We write the equation of motion in that frame and everyone is happy. But you say the Earth really does go around the sun. That is equivalent to the statement: planetary motion is more simply described in the heliocentric frame. We can go on from there and use coordinates as weird as you like to match religious or personal preconceptions."

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Language Log » The meaning of nothing

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Stainless: Mesmerizing Super Slow-Motion Footage of People Waiting for the Subway

Amazingly excellent.

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Learn to love your email again

In two weeks I will know if it is useful. At that point I suspect I may have to pay for it.

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A Famous Columnist Has Trouble Defining Racism. Colbert Eats Him For Dinner.

Simple truth always gets a laugh. It worked for me in 40 years of boring work meetings. Go Comedy Channel, the only reliable source of news!

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Photos

My sentiments exactly..

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This Might Be The Scariest Trail In The World. But You'll NEVER Guess Where It Leads. Unbelievable.

Another place for my Phuket list - places I never want to visit.

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http://www.viralnova.com/dangerous-trail-huashan/

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‘Strainer’ things have happened - ObserverToday.com | News, Sports, Jobs, Community Information...

Democracy in action...

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The Amazing Rise of Chutzpah, in 1 Chart (Actually, in 2)

The rise in the use of the word started around the time we got married. Mea Culpa.

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http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2014/01/the-amazing-rise-of-chutzpah-in-1-chart-actually-in-2/282844/

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GoPro Camera on a Crab Net

SETI could cause the biggest life on Earth problem has if it ever succeeds. It is bait, like life under the ocean.

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http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/01/06/man-attaches-gopro-camera-to-crab-net-sees-crabs.html

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From Nixon to Paul Ryan: How right-wing radicals deceive America

Read this and weep while we move evermore to the Right… ““Reagan proved that deficits don’t matter,” Dick Cheney once famously said”

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http://www.salon.com/2014/01/06/from_nixon_to_paul_ryan_how_right_wing_radicals_deceive_america/

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How global warming can make cold snaps even worse

In case you were wondering...

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Peeing Dogs Align With The Earth’s Magnetic Field

News you can use?

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Tweeting "Happy New Year" around the world

Very cool animation!

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The Smartest Book About Our Digital Age Was Published in 1929

Looks like I need to read this...

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http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/01/05/the-smartest-book-about-our-digital-age-was-published-in-1929.html

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City of Highland Park, Illinois

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What Comes Around

Food for thought...

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http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2014/01/02/yemeni_drone_strike_on_an_american_wedding

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Language Log » The passive in English

I will never attempt to understand the passive voice again.

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Funny

Truth Pintereststyle

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The Obamacare We Deserve

This may be the first time I agree with Michael Moore.

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http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/01/opinion/moore-the-obamacare-we-deserve.html?smid=fb-share

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Dilbert comic strip for 01/03/2014 from the official Dilbert comic strips archive.

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http://www.dilbert.com/strips/comic/2014-01-03/

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Why Has Republican Belief in Evolution Declined So Much?

The smart people are leaving the party?

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http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2013/12/why-has-republican-belief-in-evolution-dropped-so-much/282730/

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The Islamist Enemy of Our Islamist Enemy

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http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2013/12/31/the_rise_of_syrias_islamic_front_al_qaeda

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College Kid Forced To Remind Know-It-All Economist That He's Actually Not A Scientist

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