Is Marriage Good Or Bad For Your Weight? A Comparison By Countries

"Although these differences may seem small, they are meaningful. In an average-height woman of 165 cm or an average-height man of 180 cm, they represent a difference of about 2 kg." A difference of 4 lbs is meaningful? What BS. I weigh myself everyday - over the course of a week, my weight varies by 4 lbs even though the long term average is now pretty stable.
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Iran nuclear talks in crisis as Obama threatens to walk away

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How Walking in Nature Prevents Depression

Why I prefer walking in the forest preserve to the treadmill.
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BREAKING: Prominent Black Church In South Carolina, Previously Burned Down By The KKK, Is On Fire

And you think we don't have a domestic terrorism problem?
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Mary Fallin: Country's worst governor?

Give Rammer some time time - he will be a strong contender for the title. #IllinoisPride
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The F-35 Can't Beat The Plane It's Replacing In A Dogfight: Report

And this is the plane that we sold to Israel. It's a lemon - and a very expensive one, at that!
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Your Dog Will Definitely Not Hate This Weird Water Wand

A new breakthrough in Technology Lisa Moss Karen Moss this is for you :-)
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Inequality: Where Right and Left Agree

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PBS

A must watch view of one of the USA's many realities. I'm watching it now.
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Rainfall Makes This the Wettest Illinois June on Record

In case you were wondering.
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http://ift.tt/1Bg8DGu

It is interesting to note how close the methods of Islamic legal theory are to the methods of the scholars who wrote the Talmud - and how similar most of the conclusions are. http://ift.tt/1InW17M
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It Turns Out We Really Didn't Know What People Are Dying From

"fancy math" - WTF does that mean? Why are journalists so afraid of mathematics that they use fancy prose to describe it?
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Watch: Sir David Attenborough in conversation with President Obama

If I retain all my marbles as well as Attenborough has, I will be happy. If I don't, I will still be happy because I will not know.
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Why Japanese Bathrooms Are The Best, According To This Little Girl

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Here’s why heavy metal is good for you

Kimmi Themetaldeli Rudolph this is for you :-)
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Lens tests for the REAL real world: Why LensRentals are the only people in the world who can do this

For equipment geeks and statisticians only
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Why We Laugh

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What Great Artists Need: Solitude

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ChildsPlay

I can see why this guy feels that he must carry a gun!
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Are we still yammering about whether the Civil War was about slavery? Really?

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Fox Host On Marriage Equality Decision: "What's To Prevent" 3 People From Getting Married Now?

Actually, Fox has a point. Biblically, it was OK to go with multiple wives accompanied by concubines - and still is, in some cultures. I think that the Government should keep out of sex and marriage. It is none of their business. In other news, heard at my wife's nail salon: "My brother is going to be pissed at this ruling. He is gay and he does NOT want to marry his partner. There is going to be a huge fight!"
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How a driverless car sees the road

Its coming to a road near you...
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2015 Glenview Take Steps for Crohn's and Colitis

Come walk with us...
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Chevrolet thinks it can one-up Tesla with a $30,000, 200-mile Bolt

This could become my first Chevy since 1976.
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SCOTUS Ruling Fallout

We should have had a single payer system covering everybody (aka "SOCIALISM" by the the right wing crazies) but at least this is is better than the previous system. The idea that healthcare should be available only to those who can pay for it is not in line with the values of a caring society.
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What's Really Warming the World?

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How Conservatism Kept Obamacare Alive

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Obamacare: Recklessly Providing More Americans With Access To Longer Lifespans

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Playing chicken on the street and the ultimate battle for power

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The Economist

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Bourbon Pulled Brisket

This is going on my "To Cook" list!
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Ikea's Minimum Wage Hike Was So Successful, It's Raising Wages Again

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Private Prisons To States: You'd Better Start Throwing More People In Prison Or We'll Sue

This is disgraceful.
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On Demand Parking & Valet Services - Luxe Valet

The next great disruptor? Or just an automated way to call someone to steal your car?
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The Real Origins Of ‘Lone Wolf’ White Supremacists Like Dylann Roof

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If You’ve Always Thought Whole Foods Was Too Expensive, You Were Right

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Fox News Pundit Calls Pope Francis 'The Most Dangerous Person On The Planet'

If Fox hates him, how could he be bad?
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Start-Ups Finding the Best Employees Are Actually Employed

This is a surprise?
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Homegrown Radicals More Deadly Than Jihadis in U.S.

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Why some people can get away with so little sleep

"But when a 2013 study tried to replicate many of the previously reported correlations between length of sleep and genes, using the DNA and self-reported sleeping habits of some 5,000 people, it failed." So all the rest of the article is likely false?
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Many in Nation Tired of Explaining Things to Idiots - The New Yorker

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Study: Employees Happiest When Pretending To Work From Home

it is getting more difficult to distinguish between the Onion and News
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14 Expressions with Crazy Origins that You Would Never Have Guessed

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Pope: 'Great Powers' Did Nothing When Jews Were Taken To Auschwitz

It's a good question - but look at the crazies in the comments attacking him for asking!
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This viral video shows Japan’s bullet trains being cleaned in 7 minutes flat

Been there. Seen that.
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I side 93% with Bernie Sanders

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A “view” from the Courtroom: A web of intrigue as the Term winds down

"From the bench, Kagan quotes Justice Louis D. Brandeis on the importance of stare decisis, emphasizing that it is more important that “the law be settled than that it be settled right.” Only a lawyer could believe that!
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Oren Agonistes

"It illustrates a vitally important dimension of the U.S.-Israel relationship as it exists right now — the breakdown between the views of the current Israeli leadership and many in the Israeli establishment, and the views of not only the current U.S. leadership but also many in the Jewish American community."
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Where Republicans Went Wrong in Kansas

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This Australian comedian’s take on America’s hypocritical gun laws is perfect

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Unarmed man flags down LAPD seeking help. They shoot him in the head.

Do the police have a training problem? Or is it just plain stupidity? Be careful if you want the police to help you.
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Anti-intellectualism Is Killing America

Indeed.
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Millennials' Political Views Don't Make Any Sense

We are doomed! “…Millennials offer the murky impression of a generation that doesn't really understand basic economics. To be fair, neither do most Americans. Or many economists, perhaps. Or most journalists.”
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Jailhouse nation

Something needs to be done!
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Your Father Doesn’t Want a Tie, He Wants a T-Bone Steak | The Feed

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NRA Starts Up Their Shit About What Would Be Even Greater Injustice

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Four Hour Meeting

My life as it used to be...
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Diet that mimics fasting appears to slow aging: Benefits demonstrated in mice and yeast; piloted...

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Vincent Van Gogh Found in a Photo from 1887

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DSLR Quality Camera in Your Pocket | DxO ONE

Hmmmmm......
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9 Things Many Americans Just Don’t Grasp (Compared to the Rest of the World)

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Gradulation

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spikedmath.com

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The Myth of American Exceptionalism | Foreign Policy

While on the subject of myths...
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Four Myths That Drive (and Endanger) U.S. Defense Policy « Defense in Depth

Thoughts to be pondered.
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Reviving the Statistical Atlas of the United States with New Data

Cool
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Apple Inc. is hiring journalists who want to work 40 hours a week.

Apple going for human curation va Google and Facebook automation?
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Robert Scoble's 22 Tips for Better Facebook Engagement

Mostly aimed at business use of Facebook - but some points are generally useful
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Posing Questions of Photographic Ethics

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Dilbert Comic Strip on 2015-06-14 | Dilbert by Scott Adams

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20 Hilariously 'Honest' Ads (PHOTO GALLERY)

All too true
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Sorry, Fareed: Saudi Arabia Can Build a Bomb Any Damn Time It Wants To

Good for thought.
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Types

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Oldest person in the world keeps dying

Living long is dangerous!
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494 killed in 2015 : US police kill more in days than other countries do in years

Thoughts worth thinking about...
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Bernie Sanders - The President We Need

1st candidate so far that makes sense.
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Babies Are Dangerous Monsters That Need To Be Stopped

Beware!
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Pres. Obama Calls For Ending Taxpayer-Funded Sports Stadiums

About time.
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Extravagant claims for the number of "Chinese" speakers

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New Law Determines Bullets No Longer Responsibility Of Owner Once Fired From Gun

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Leica Q First Impressions Review: Digital Photography Review

Father's Day is coming :-)
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Your college major is a pretty good indication of how smart you are

This will make a lot of people angry.
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Why Did American Jews Boo The Orthodox Jewish Treasury Secretary Of The US? - FailedMessiah.com

Very sad behavior...
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Leica Camera Rifle Prototype Valued at Over $350,000

Is this covered by the 2nd amendment?
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Thinking about cutting the cable cord? Here's how.

I think ATT and Comcast will be coming after me!
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Scott Adams Blog

I love this guy!
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Maybe We Should Make A Smartwatch

The Internet comment stream. in short.
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It’s Time to Kill the Feel-Good Myth of Sanctions

Indeed!
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King Edward was apparently pro-Nazi, wanted England bombed

Hardly a surprise. The British Royal Family is a renamed German family.
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Language Log » Know you linguistic philosophies

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How to Tell the Difference Between an Open-Carry Patriot and a Deranged Killer

Easy peasy
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Spotify CEO's two-word response to Apple Music

Not in the same space. I use Spotify to listen to what I want to hear. Apple Music is just radio over a new channel. Maybe the kids want radio!
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If your Mac or iThing runs Yosemite or iOS 8, it can run El Capitan and iOS 9

It speaks to the maturity of the consumer technology that six to eight year old hardware is supported by current software.
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Nikon P900 Shooter’s Report: It can zoom a country mile, but how does it actually perform?

Looks like a wonderful camera for game reserve!
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Keeping Your Possessions Safe While Traveling

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Former Security Chief: Bush and Cheney Guilty of War Crimes - The World Agrees

Richard Clarke for President!
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Calls Mount For The Firing Of Texas Officer Who Crashed Pool Party, Pulled Gun On Teens

Fire him? Hell no. Indict him!
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What should you do if a police officer doesn't want you to film them on duty? Do it anyway.

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America's Largest Mental Hospital Is a Jail

Shameful.
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What Does the Western Look Like?

Interesting. The single frame summaries look like some of the abstract art I have seen in galleries,
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Scalia Commencement Speech Supports Young Earth Creationism

Pity stupidity not an impeachable offense.
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Ad Blocking Technology: It?s Not User Choice, It?s Stealing

He has a point.
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Hermann Zapf, the font designer behind Palatino and Zapf Dingbats, has died at 96

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Comic for June 07, 2015

You know who you are :-)
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This is where Google stores your photos and emails

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Poor lifestyle choices can be passed onto future generations through DNA

What I do after the kids are born gets a free pass :-)
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14 distinctive South African dishes

Some of these dishes were invented after I left!
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‘Top Chef’ Alumnus Alex Reznik Now Runs Kosher Eateries in LA and NYC

We desperately need him in Chicago.
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7 into 28

How Congress sets the U.S. budget.
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Countries I've Visited: Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bermuda, Bolivia, Brazil,...

Stil a ways to go ...
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xkcd: Keyboard Mash

:-)
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Apple Music and the terrible return of DRM

I am feeling the pain too...
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When Photographing Lions, Keep Your Windows Up and Doors Locked

I knew that...
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My New Thoughts on Google Photos After Digging Around for a Week

I have loaded up a couple thousand pics (with almost no work on my part) and #4 is the killer function.
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xkcd: Beer

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Scalia's perfect capital-punishment case falls apart

State sanctioned murder is not a good thing, especially in the light of a justice system designed to to convict people.
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What's the Difference Between a Homeless Man and a Saint Who Both Say They Talk to God?

I have often wondered about this...
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Taking on the Jewish Anti-Obama 'Ingrates'

About time someone took a public stand like this!
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This story about Congress will make you want to drink cheap alcohol until the pain stops

Indeed - apart from "cheap"
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15 Common Expressions Younger Generations Won't Understand

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Missing link found between brain, immune system; major disease implications

Real breakthrough? Or another flash in the pan?
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US Finds and Flattens a ISIS HQ Building After 'Moron' Shares a Selfie

:-)
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Tesla's Model III goes 200 miles per charge and costs $35,000

This would be very tempting
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Here's what 2 big new reports on police killings tell us

Both left and right will find stats here to support their beliefs.
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Judges Considering Criminal Probe Into Scott Walker May Be Implicated In Same Offense

Golly gosh golly gee. The system is corrupt. Who would have thunk it?
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10 photos of seriously wounded vets remind us about the real costs of war.

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Why Should It Be a Crime to Withdraw Money From a Bank?

Indeed. My thoughts exactly!
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Podcasts | cbc.ca Podcasts | CBC Radio

A great view of the future from the perspective of an advertising pro. I listen to him weekly.
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The look of a leader

"The Economist" is taking a lot of crap in the comments - but based on my admittedly anecdotal experience, they are spot on - except in the case of founders of corporations who become CEOs. They come in all sizes and shapes.
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The TSA Doesn't Work—and Never Has

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The plight of the Rohingyas

Minorities are in trouble all over the world. Neither democracies nor dictatorships are structured to help them. Monarchies also do not do well :-(
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Facing medical bills, physicist Lederman sells Nobel for $765k

Says a lot about the medical care system in the USA!
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You Need More Dark Meat Chicken in Your Life; Here Are 25 Recipes

I never thought that I would say this - but no more breasts!
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Your toothpaste may be loaded with tiny plastic beads that never go away

You have been warned!
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Reality doesn’t exist until we measure it, quantum experiment confirms

...and after it is measured it exists only in the past. The past cannot be visited, so reality actually never exists.
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