"You will have noticed, reader, the curiously bipartisan nature of the items mentioned here. But it really shouldn’t surprise you. After all, for this part of Washington, the only real ideology around is based on money — how much and how quickly you get paid."
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Thursday, June 30, 2016
K Street is a 1-Party State: DC Corruption is a Feature, not a Bug
A History Of Data In American Politics (Part 3): The 2016 Primaries
"Trump has said he doesn’t have much need for data." Of course not. Everyone knows that data is just a kind of fact.
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Trump flunks Supreme Court arithmetic
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With Clinton exonerated, conspiracy theorists turn on Trey Gowdy
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The Internationalist » Brexit, Experts, and Trump: Is Policy Expertise Still Relevant in a...
"Policy debates are inevitable, and welcome. But they should at least be informed."
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Global Terrorism Declined Last Year — But Not In The West
The amount of media space given to an issue is inversely related to its impact.
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Reverb Press
Trump the Tweeter can't find wives or donors in the US😂. The comment stream is exactly what one would expect from Trump's followers.
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24 Of The Most Powerful Things Ever Said About Being An Immigrant
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Looking at Trump and Seeing Ourselves
"We must reject the fiction that Trump’s appeal lies not in his bigotry, racism, and xenophobia, but in his promise to restore lost jobs and lost homes and to curb terrorism. Trump has no viable solutions for these problems. He has only Mexican and Muslim scapegoats on whom to blame them — along with the arrogant and ludicrous claim that if we put him behind the wheel, “It will be great. Trust me.”"
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Wednesday, June 29, 2016
Simple Things
Someone should tell that lion cub that it should stop playing with its food.
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Ask An Expert: What Happens When Non-recyclables End Up in the Blue Bin?
Things I spend too much time worrying about...
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A journalist went to a Donald Trump rally yesterday and came back shocked. Here are his tweets
Be afraid. Be very afraid.
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Gigantic Gravity Waves to Mix Winter With Summer? Wrecked Jet Stream Now Runs From Pole-to-Pole
Keep calm and bury your head in the sand.
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The Brexit Version Of The 'Downfall' Meme Is Probably The Best One Yet
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Plagiarized Lessons and Deceptive Tactics: A Look Inside the Trump Institute
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American Idiots: Poll Proves Trump Supporters Are The Stupidest People In The US
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Instagram photo by Mykalrand • Jun 21, 2016 at 11:41pm UTC
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Shocking new report: Bombing people causes people to hate you
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Why can’t you separate interleaved books?
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Tuesday, June 28, 2016
“Apparently it’s just the accent makes them seem smart”: Stephen Colbert is just dumbfounded by...
As often, he nails it.
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Rep. Roskam Unveils the Select Committee's #BenghaziReport
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The Conversation US
What crap. I have been taking photographs, and sharing them, since I was in high school - in the 1950s. "A picture is worth a thousand worlds" - ever heard that?
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The Conversation US
What crap. I have been taking photographs, and sharing them, since I was in high school - in the 1950s. "A picture is worth a thousand worlds" - ever heard that?
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Worried about 'corruption' and 'special interests' in politics? Well watch your language!
“It's not corrupt to trade your support for a public initiative about which you're lukewarm in order to boost the fortunes of a public initiative or candidate you're hot for.” - unless the support is supported by money. In the rest of the world, we in the US call it bribery and it is illegal.
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Economic Inequality: It’s Far Worse Than You Think
“George Carlin joked that, “the reason they call it the American Dream is because you have to be asleep to believe it.””
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Distributions of Annual Income
More interesting.
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How Many Republicans Marry Democrats?
Interesting.
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Monday, June 27, 2016
Google Ready to Try Apple’s Tactics with New Smartphone - The Mac Observer
"Google is reportedly trying to address the fragmented mess that Android has become across phone makers and carriers, and take back some control over the platform" This could give Apple some competition.
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Google Brings Higher Resolution Satellite Imagery to Google Earth and Maps - The Mac Observer
Very cool...
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Anti-Semitism is Back. Will you Stand by or Stand up?
The Trumpeter has made this kind of behavior acceptable on the national stage. He must be stopped.
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John Oliver just gave a terrifying warning to Americans about Donald Trump
I love John Oliver
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The Rachel Maddow Show
Wonderful assessment of the Trumpeter - "he can say everything he knows about any subject in 140 characters"
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Pauline Boss — The Myth of Closure
This is worth listen. The first five minutes are especially relevant to anyone who has emigrated (or immigrated, depending on your point of view) - which covers the majority of my Facebook friends.
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Sunday, June 26, 2016
UNILAD
This is why I prefer Maltese!
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Saturday, June 25, 2016
Instagram photo by Dirty Girl • Jun 22, 2016 at 6:42pm UTC
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Paul Ryan Busted By Fact Checkers For Lying About Obama Obstruction Precedent
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Jimmy Carter: U.S. Is an 'Oligarchy With Unlimited Political Bribery'
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'Brain-Eating Amoeba' on the Loose in Fresh Water Lakes
Another good reason to avoid swimming.
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Friday, June 24, 2016
‘What Evidence Do You Have?’
Trump once again proves that his is #ChickenTrump and #LyingTrump. HIs supporters don't care, but I will continue baying at the moon.
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Sense
Looks like a great idea - if the AI really works. I will not pre-order,
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Screenshot 2016-06-24 17.42.16.png
Google Trends is cool. Leica fans won't like this.
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Can't Understand Why Trump Is Winning? Here's What Cognitive Science Says. - Evonomics
"There is no middle in American politics. There are moderates, but there is no ideology of the moderate, no single ideology that all moderates agree on. A moderate conservative has some progressive positions on issues, though they vary from person to person. Similarly, a moderate progressive has some conservative positions on issues, again varying from person to person. "
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Donald Trump’s first tweet about Brexit got shut down immediately
😺😃
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Mother Jones
Trump gets out-Trumped!
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ScienceAlert
So, will the other 1.6% become the super-duper bug?
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Chicago Tribune
"The decision shatters the stability of the project in continental unity forged after World War II in hopes of making future conflicts impossible." The problem is the European vision has never included nations outside their narrow view as significant.
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ScienceAlert
And no 2nd amendment crap in response. You can have all the 18th century weapons you want, but only while you are a member of a well regulated militia.
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Republican Senator Ron Johnson: Social Security should be privatized.
How long will it be before a movement emerges to privatize the US Government? Or has it already happened?
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Thursday, June 23, 2016
White girl from Benoni cut rapist's privates and forced him to eat them at gunpoint - FIRE NEWS S.A
For those who think Florida is weird...
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Worker Pulled Through Steel Baler at Coilplus in Plainfield
If you think you are having a bad day at work...
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The Economist
Trumpeter is spreading. Trump, bad as he is, may not be a problem for the world if he is alone. If many other nations get leaders like him (and some already have) WWIII is not an infeasible prospect. We may be fucked.
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#10-32 x 1
Amazon’s targeted ads on Facebook are usually on target - even if I have already purchased the item - But this? Are they trying to tell me something?
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Wednesday, June 22, 2016
explain xkcd
When you have to explain a joke it’s no longer funny. This is pretty much the relationship the Republican Party has with Trump. And it’s no longer funny.
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A strange, low-pitched sound is coming from the Caribbean Sea
Gaia is crying …
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Kris Kristofferson's Doctors Thought He Suffered from Dementia. The Only Problem? He Didn't.
Huh😱
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DOVBEAR: Me and Alex
We have tickets.
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Hey Scalzi, Do You Have an Opinion on Brexit? – Whatever
Seems like such reasonable analysis.
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Donald Trump gets lost beneath 'an avalanche of falsehoods'
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KKK Grand Imperial Wizard ENDORSES Donald Trump – ‘A LOT Of What He Believes, We Believe’
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Deerfield Road Construction Shut Down Over State Budget Impasse
We are becoming a 3rd world country and the Rump will make it worse.
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Gun deaths in South Africa vs the world
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The Weird World Of Expensive Wine
"After quaffing the data, what I found was a high-end wine market, and a blockbuster auction, with notes of geography, chemistry, economics, culture and thousands of years of history — with a detectable aroma of bullshit."
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We Know Plenty About Clinton’s Religion
As usual, the Trumpeter is a liar who makes "Lying Ted" look a paragon on honesty.
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Tuesday, June 21, 2016
Video: Syrian Arab Army (SAA), supported by Russian Warplanes Takes Control of Oil field Held by...
So, is this good (ISIS defeated), bad (Assad wins), or dangerous (Russia bombs US supported forces)? #WeCantWin
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Hidden by the SABC and ANC, 12 shocking photos
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The World’s Favorite Donald Trump Tweets
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Monday, June 20, 2016
The New York Times
If research showed a value across writing systems (Hebrew, Chinese, Japanese, stonecutting) etc it may have some credibility. Otherwise it is just whining.
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'Why not Texit?': Texas nationalists look to the Brexit vote for inspiration to secede
Yeah. Do it. Goodbye!
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When Kodak Accidentally Discovered A-Bomb Testing
The Law of Unintended Consequences is never violated
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Join the Jewish Movement to Stop Trump on June 21
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Quartz
"and produce a plausible sound that fools people most of the time " - like #ChickenTrump.
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CIA: Trey Gowdy Altered Documents To Frame Hillary Clinton -
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23 Funny Things All Binge-Readers Can Relate To
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Our Amazing World
I thought market forces were the only way to set prices. It seems that Republicans only apply that principle to labor markets where business has a more powerful negotiating position.
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Dave Rubin, the Voice of Liberals Who Were Mugged by Progressives
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What Donald Trump Learned From Joseph McCarthy’s Right-Hand Man
#ChickenTrump can't even be honest with his close sleazy friend. "He did get to keep the cuff links Mr. Trump had given Mr. Cohn. Years later, Mr. Fraser had them appraised; they were knockoffs, he said.""
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This Optical Illusion Changes the Way You See Famous Photos
Seeing what is not there. A tribute to the errors of eye witness testimony.
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Trump's new right-hand man has history of controversial clients and deals
#ChickenTrump appointed a scumbag as his campaign manager😱. Hardly a surprise.
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Dave Rubin, the Voice of Liberals Who Were Mugged by Progressives
Interesting. "Standup comedy was an ideal preparation for work as a political talk show host during a bizarre stretch for American politics. As Rubin explains, a comedian’s job is to describe reality as unflinchingly as possible. “Real comedians hold themselves to an extremely high standard of truth,” he explains. “The whole point of real comedy is that you can say something that is true and by being funny you can make it tolerable for people, and hopefully they’ll laugh at you too.”"
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Theory In The Time of Big Data
Recommended reading for all starting their freshman year. I came into CS before there were any University classes in the subject!
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ScienceAlert
They never came across #ChickenTrump
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NPR
"Researchers say men are biologically wired to be fathers" - It would be rather hard for us to be mothers! How many years of research did this take :-)
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i24NEWS English
The Syrian regime that kills Syrian people is OK with this bozo?
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Why Classic Rock Isn’t What It Used To Be
Bill Haley and the Comets are classic rock. Everything else is imitation. Spotify it, kids :-)
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Sunday, June 19, 2016
Chicago Tribune
This is what those leftist pinko commie socialists do when they get into power. Disgusting.
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The Imprisoner’s Dilemma
"recent research suggests that incarceration has lost its potency"
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Quartz
In retrospect some of my biggest career mistakes were moments of total honesty from my quick brain before my slow brain kicked in and I had an "Oh Shit why did I say that?" moment. Sincerity is important - but make sure it comes from your slow brain.
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Mandatory
You have to be just the right age to get this. Ask if you don't.
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FTC tells Shinola to remove made in USA from products
So, is my leather wallet shit or Shinola?
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FiveThirtyEight
So how come #ChickenTrump is still in the running?
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Humans used to sleep in two shifts, and maybe we should do it again
Makes sense, at least as a working hypothesis.
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LiveLeak.com - Rare 1973 Footage Of Life In South Africa
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Dilbert Comic Strip on 2016-06-19 | Dilbert by Scott Adams
:-)
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Trump’s lies aren’t unique to America: Post-truth politics are killing democracies on both sides...
“There was a time, not long ago, when we would differ on the interpretation of the facts. We would differ on the analysis. We would differ on prescriptions for our problems. But fundamentally we agreed on the facts. That was then. Today, many feel entitled to their own facts.” And the “facts” are supported by the uninformed masses of the blogosphere, unconstrained by journalistic ethics.
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The richest and poorest municipalities in South Africa
Very roughly speaking R51,201 per month is the median US household income, within the margin of error of this kind of number.
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Scott Adams Blog
"Un-Hypnotizing a Rabid Anti-Trumper When you encounter a rabid anti-Trumper, ask her what are the biggest concerns of a potential Trump presidency. If “Supreme Court nominee” is one of the top objections, discontinue your persuasion for ethical reasons. This person has put some thought into the decision and has a legitimate opinion that is at least partly based on reason. I don’t recommend changing that person’s mind."
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Communicator-in-chief: Where Obama’s rhetoric illuminated a complex world, Trump’s deceptive...
“Trump’s appeal is an indictment of the public education system of America, and the American cultivation of an anti-intellectual culture suspicious of eloquence and learnedness. It dates back to the 1950s when many American voters mocked and derided Adlai Stevenson as an “egghead,” as if having an educational pedigree was a liability. It is important to remember that Stevenson’s populist opponent was Dwight Eisenhower, a former general whose rhetoric reads like Shakespeare in comparison to the childlike incoherence of the average Trump speech.”
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Church's Ramadan Sign Draws Ire of Trump Delegate
Welcome to the world of #ChickenTrump
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HYPOCRISY: Republicans Just Made Their Convention A Gun-Free Zone For Their Own Safety
The last glimmer of intelligence from the Conservatives.
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What type of personality do you have?
How the hell would Facebook know? AI send to work.
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Stop Telling Lies
Trey Gowdy is a liar? I am shocked, shocked😵🙀😾😡BENGHAZI - that proves everything if you write it in capital letters - the secret weapon of the Conservatives.
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Why Are the Highly Educated So Liberal?
“A distinguishing feature of this new class, according to Dr. Gouldner, was the way it spoke and argued. Steeped in science and expert knowledge, it embraced a “culture of critical discourse.” Evidence and logic were valued; appeals to traditional sources of authority were not. “
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Why Donald Trump has defied the odds: It’s insulting to think he wins by insulting
"If Trump wins, it won’t be through insults, but because he has offered Americans something they desperately want more: a leader they believe can make America great again." Anyone that believes the #ChickenTrump can make America great again is smoking something that he would make illegal.
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How to Tell Someone’s Age When All You Know Is Her Name
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Guns Have Killed More Americans In Last 50 Years Than In All U.S. Wars Combined | The...
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This Billionaire Governor Taxed the Rich and Increased the Minimum Wage -- Now, His State's...
Reading for Rauner.
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Saturday, June 18, 2016
Did Donald Trump Just Out-Stupid Himself On Twitter?
"Does he not know that 51 percent is higher than 49 percent? It’s certainly possible. But perhaps this is part of a broader campaign strategy. During a phone interview with The New York Times on Thursday, Trump candidly admitted that he was losing to Clinton in the polls, while suggesting he had room for improvement. “I’m four down in one poll, three and a half in another that just came out, and I haven’t started yet,” he said. In true Trump fashion, even when he’s losing, he spins it as a victory. "
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Kochs' Victory: House of Reps. Votes to Protect Anonymous 'Dark Money' Donors
The legalization of bribery continues.
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The Shortest and Most Powerful Explanation of the Orlando Shooter I Have Ever Seen
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Friday, June 17, 2016
We spend more at restaurants than at grocery stores
In addition much of the food purchased at supermarkets is already prepared or partially prepared. Cooking from scratch is becoming as unusual as growing ones own crops.
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The over-teched over-priced Weapons that Ate the Pentagon
"consider, for instance, the Air Force’s determined and unyielding efforts to jettison the A-10 Thunderbolt, widely viewed as the most effective means for supporting troops on the ground, while ardently championing the sluggish, vastly overpriced F-35 Joint Strike Fighter that, among myriad other deficiencies, cannot fly within 25 miles of a thunderstorm."
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xkcd: Code Quality 2
Why your app sometimes does not work...
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Thursday, June 16, 2016
Rep. Robert Dold blocks gun bill hours after speech
"This is the 12th time Dold has chosen to put partisanship over policy by voting against the bill to keep guns out of the hands of people on the terrorist watch list."
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Trump offers hilarious 'proof' to back up conspiracy theory
"A Republican fundraising bundler recently got his first up-close view of Trump at a California fundraiser. The GOP donor was forced to concede afterwards, “Okay, so our guy is insane.”"
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A drone captured these shocking photos of inequality in South Africa
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Study finds that yes, you can take photos and enjoy an experience too
👍
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Fabão Gomes
That's one hungry eagle!
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If Islam Is a Religion of Violence, So Is Christianity
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Wednesday, June 15, 2016
The Truth About The 1996 Gun Ban In Australia Is Something The NRA Wants Hidden
...and 2nd amendment crap in response. Join a well regulated militia.
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Henry McCullough, Guitarist for Wings, Dies at 72
Will people younger than me please stop dying.
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5 Whys Folklore: The Truth Behind a Monumental Mystery
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Tuesday, June 14, 2016
What Donald Trump Just Said About Our Military Is Beyond Contempt (VIDEO)
#ChickenTrump imputes to the military the same avariciousness (Trump supporters - look it up - Google is your friend) that he displays: “Who are the soldiers who had that job? Cause I think they’re living very well right now, whoever they may be.”
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The Daily Show
"ISIS without guns is just basically a blog"
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Why Is Omar Mateen a Terrorist, but Not Dylann Roof?
“The reality is that America is not ready to face the ugliness of racism, homophobia, and indifference to life in favor of loose gun laws. Right now, focusing on Islam as inherently violent is more comforting.”
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Man finds 22-pound chunk of butter estimated to be more than 2,000 years old in Irish bog
I wonder what that would be worth at auction?
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FactCheck.org
Trump's grasp on reality is so tenuous that he would probably be committed to a mental institution if we actually had a functioning mental health system in the US.
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Top 7 ways to tell if Someone is lying about being a 'Salafi Jihadi'
Tell this to #ChickenTrump
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NPR
Well, if they let him out, the prison industrial complex will loose revenue, prison jobs will be lost, shareholders will not get dividends, and the economy will suffer. It's all good business sense.
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The price of spending less on schools than on prisons
"Illinois prisons receive substantially more funding than Chicago schools. In fact, according to a 2012 Vera Institute of Justice report, each year in Illinois we spend three times as much to incarcerate a prisoner as we do to educate a child in Chicago Public Schools."
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Monday, June 13, 2016
GOP strategist reminds Trump that 4 of his kids were born to immigrant moms — just like Orlando...
“Trump’s mother was born in Scotland” which makes #ChickenTrump an anchor baby.
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Sign the petition: I Pledge not to Vote for Politicians Supported by NRA
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Why Are So Few Foods Blue? — Delicious Mysteries
Points to ponder…
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Supreme Court says win for patent holders won’t embolden patent trolls
Oh yes it will!
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This Is How Much Celebrities Get Paid To Endorse Soda And Unhealthy Food
So it's not only politicians on payola!
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10 Common Crimes Against Cheese You Don't Have to Commit
Sounds like news I can use...
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NPR
The only reason Trump is in America is that we allowed his family to come here. Trump gets prickier every day!
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TripAdvisor Travelers' Choice Awards
Only 15 more to go!
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The Rachel Maddow Show
Best comment in the comment stream "Yesterday I saw this issue summed up perfectly: "If you believe saying a particular phrase will make terrorism go away, you need to be watching less Harry Potter"."
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Donald Trump just banned the Washington Post from covering his campaign
I wanted to stop commenting on #ChickenTrump - but every day he does something so stupid that I can't help myself :-(
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Why Sweden Says No To Replacing Nuclear Power With Wind
Interesting...
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Scott Adams Blog
One of my favorite political commentators. Why do humorists,comedians, and cartoonists provide the most insightful commentaries?
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This Must-See Timelapse Took Three Years and One Million Photos to Make
Very cool 😮
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Scientific American magazine
"The incident is a symptom of a problem more serious than terrorism: the lack of effective gun control in the U.S. As I have reported previously, between 1970 and 2007, a total of 3,292 people in the U.S. were killed by terrorists, resulting in an annual risk of one in 3.5 million. Almost all those deaths occurred on a single day, 9/11/01. In contrast, more than 32,000 Americans are shot to death every year, according to the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence. Of those, more than 11,000 people are murdered and almost 20,000 kill themselves. The U.S., which has more firearms per capita than any other nation, has rates of gun-related killings much higher than any other developed nation."
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Meet the 45 Senators Who Blocked Background Checks
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The New York Times
This idiot can't run a fucking Casino with it going bankrupt! How the hell could he run a country?
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Even if the Orlando gunman was a suspected terrorist, he’d still be able to buy a gun in America
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America's Shadow: The Real Secret of Donald J. Trump
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Sunday, June 12, 2016
Ethiopia faces up to child labor crisis - World Bulletin
"Eleven-year-old Andualem, one of Ethiopia’s estimated 5.5 million underage workers, does not know that Sunday is World Day Against Child Labor. Andualem works as welder at an auto-repair shop located in the heart of the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa. His workplace is also his home. “I worked as a carwash boy since I was seven. Then I managed to learn welding,” he tells Anadolu Agency. “Welding is hard work; it’s particularly harmful to the eyes. I live in the garage where I work because the $1-2 a day income is not enough to cover the cost for food and shelter.”"
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Rep. Steve Cohen reflects on visit to South Africa
In other news…
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"SHAM POO" and "SHOWER POO"
A high class hotel should offer real poo
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CREDO Mobile
Who needs ISIS when we have the NRA?
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What if PTSD Is More Physical Than Psychological?
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Saturday, June 11, 2016
The Atlantic
This could explain the state of our political discourse...
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The Economist
England - the Cubs of Europe?
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The Voting Habits of Americans Like You
Interesting analysis.
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Republicans Silent As Trove Of Classified Info Found On Patraues' Girlfriend's Laptop
He is right - even if he can't spell.
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Homestead Basics
I have never tried one. Now I know why.
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Friday, June 10, 2016
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
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Bill Maher Explains Socialism To Republican Idiots - Video
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DNAinfo Chicago
Yeah, I know the study may be biased - but come for a walk with me and you may be convinced...
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Chicago Then And Now: See How The Skyline's Changed On #TBT
Wow!
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A Killer Parody Of Every TED Talk Ever
I wish I was as good as this guy. I would have done much better in my 12 years as a management consultant!
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McConnell agrees Trump's ignorance is a problem
He is not alone...
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Trump 'a thin-skinned racist bully': Elizabeth Warren's Full Evisceration
Worth a listen in full
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Elizabeth Warren Endorses Clinton and Goes Taunt-for-Taunt With Trump
Let's see if #ChickenTrump will respond.
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Wednesday, June 08, 2016
His Honey Badger Kept Escaping, So He Set Up A Camera. What It Captured Is ASTONISHING!!
Stoffel for President😎
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2 teenage college athletes convicted of raping unconscious women given wildly different sentences
😡
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I got "Geography Expert!" | Can You Identify All 20 Of These Countries From Their Maps?
1% 🤓
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Tuesday, June 07, 2016
The New York Times
Numbers matter...
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Watch a Bullet Fly Through 5 Light Bulbs at 62,000 FPS
Guns don't make bad movies - people do!
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HuffPost Politics
Which puts the USA a long way behind such progressive states like the UK, Israel, Pakistan, and many other see http://ift.tt/1Q4LOMB
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Donald Trump is related to Clive Moss!
No matter what happens I am related to the next President of the USA :-(
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Hillary Rodham Clinton, former U.S. Secretary of State is related to Clive Moss!
:-)
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How Much We Eat vs. How Much We Need
Hmmm...
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Monday, June 06, 2016
The New York Times Opinion Section
Trump's strategy is obviously to insult every group so that he would be unable to be tried in any court for any crime😡
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Sunday, June 05, 2016
The New York Times
The answers to this question throw light on why Trump has so many followers. Ignorance.
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NPR
Getting your rocks off is a sport?
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5 Reasons Why Trump Supporters Aren't 'Frustrated Americans,' They're Just Ignorant & Dense
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Donald Trump ups his game, moves from lying to meta-lying
#Trumpeliar #ChickenTrump can't even take responsibility for his own words.
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Saudi Judiciary Issued the Largest Ever Mass Death Sentence Yesterday
Our allies ☹️
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‘Normal America’ Is Not A Small Town Of White People
I love fact based commentary.
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Campus rapist given lenient sentence to avoid "severe impact on him"
So, a rape should not have a severe impact on the rapist? GMAFB!
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Study Finds Salmon Caught Near Seattle Full of Cocaine and Antidepressants
Salmon on drugs! Imprison every last one of them! Or at least deport them. Make America great!
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Saturday, June 04, 2016
Revisiting the Iran Deal
"What apparently hasn’t trickled down to some observers, though, is the more trenchant fact that Iran is currently defanged, and that deal’s opponents’ fears and predictions have not come to pass."
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The Atlantic
You can be on the top of the world - and still be worthless. #ChickenTrump #Hairball anybody?
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U.S. Department of State: Consular Affairs
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Thousands fleeing Fallujah, crossing the Euphrates river
I learned from Rabbi Alex that Fallujah was a major center of Talmudic development. From Wikipedia: "Pumbedita Academy was active for about 800 years over the course of the eras of the Amora, Savoraim, and Geonim up until the days of Hai Gaon. The city of Pumbedita was previously settled by Jews for a long time before the academy's establishment, since the days of Second Temple of Jerusalem. Pumbedita was situated on the banks of the Bedita, a stream of the Euphrates, and thus it was named Pumbedita. The modern-day city of Fallujah stands in its place."
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This Chinese Town Thinks Women Need More Room and Pink Lines to Park
:-)
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Friday, June 03, 2016
Why a Dirty Sheet Pan Makes You a Better Cook
Who knew?
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HuffPost Politics
Why did it take so long to get to it?
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Thursday, June 02, 2016
Sander's Story/Secret Video - "The Life Of Me"
"A program that provides housing and help for people with severe mental illness ... may be forced to cut services." They are cutting Congressional allowances 🙄?
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The Art of Simple
I never thought I would ever repost anything positive from the Reader's Digest - in fact I thought it was defunct -- but here goes anyway :-) RD was my favorite mag when I was in primary school! It was my parents' only magazine subscription.
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Does Donald Trump have Klinefelter’s syndrome?
An oldie but goodie from 2011…
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Can a Neuroscientist Understand Donkey Kong, Let Alone a Brain?
😬
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A Blog That Mixes the Perfect Drink for Every Torah Portion | Jewniverse
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Chicago Tribune
Park Hyatts have been my favorite hotels for decades.
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Wednesday, June 01, 2016
If You Try To Recycle These 10 Things In Chicago, Your Bin Will Be Garbage
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McConnell ponders how politics 'is supposed to work'
If McConnell knew how politics is supposed to work, he could make it work. He is a clueless hypocrite.
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