May 2012
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May 27th
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May 27th
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May 26th
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May 26th
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“Along with TA, Barry popularized the concept of “roof hits”: when they were...”
– Now that’s what I call fiscal responsibility. A User’s Guide To Smoking Pot With Barack Obama (via felixsalmon)
May 25th
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It is amazing anyone over 15 can even walk...
… growing up, as we did, in a world without pediatric occupational therapists around every corner.  From the New York Times…  These days, many little fingers are being drilled. Twenty-five years ago, pediatric occupational therapists primarily served children with severe disabilities likespina bifida,autismorcerebral palsy. Nowadays, these therapists are just as focused on helping...
May 25th
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May 25th
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Hey Warren Buffett, please by the Times-Pic
Buffett: we will favor towns and cities with a strong sense of community, comparable to the 26 in which we will soon operate. Sounds like Nawlins to me.
May 24th
Paid maternity leave  →
United States: zero. Compared with below. Want to call yourself “pro life”? You can’t ignore this.  other-stuff: Afghanistan 90 days Algeria 14 weeks Angola 90 days Argentina 90 days Australia 0 weeks Austria 16 weeks Bahamas, The 8 weeks Bahrain 45 days Bangladesh 12 weeks Barbados 12 weeks Belarus 126 days Belgium 15 weeks Belize 12 weeks Benin 14 weeks Bolivia 60 days...
May 24th
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May 23rd
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May 23rd
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“Do we believe, even for a second, that if Obama had been busted for marijuana...”
– Penn Jillette Word.
May 22nd
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Miami hardware store follows Canada in banning the... →
If only the rest of the U.S. would follow.
May 22nd
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The top five baseball teams in terms of payroll... →
As the article says, for how long TBD. But sure is interesting to watch for now… Yankees: 21-20 [$197 million payroll] Phillies: 21-21 [$174 million] Red Sox: 20-21 [$173 million] Angels: 18-24 [$154 million] Tigers: 20-21 [$132 million
May 21st
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Airlines want you to pay extra if you want to sit... →
Amazing how some industries just continuously kick at common sense, daring regulators to step in. 
May 21st
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Henry Blodget says Facebook is worth between... →
May 21st
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"Our rights extend only to the property line of...
Wonderfully said by Brian Jay Stanley: My wife and I settle our arguments by deciding whom an adverse outcome would bother more. … I apply this principle to the issue of gay rights. Discrimination hurts gays more than equality for gays hurts their opponents. At stake for gay people are their own lives; at stake for their opponents, merely others’ lives. The effect on gays is...
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May 19th
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“An amendment that would legalize the use of propaganda on American audiences is...”
– Michael Hastings, Congressmen seek to lift propaganda ban (via soupsoup)
May 18th
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John Waters is hitchhiking across the country →
This guy is a treasure.
May 18th
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Bono has made more money off of investing in... →
Which is why more kids go to get their MBAs instead of fine art degrees.
May 18th
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It’s been 42 years since Washington and Baltimore met on the baseball field and neither team had a losing record.
May 18th
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Google HAS to buy Pinterest (and Tumblr too)
Interesting piece from Owen Thomas arguing that Google needs to buy these copyright infringers for the same reason it had to buy YouTube: It can’t afford a company without its resources and legal team to fight at copyright battle and lose, setting a precedent that would be dangerous to Google’s core search business.  Copyright is a tangled issue, and frankly the laws as written...
May 18th
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“Here’s the thing about picking stocks: You can’t. Hard evidence has demonstrated...”
– Lore Sjöberg
May 18th
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Mark Cuban: Facebook IPO could bring individual... →
If so, the aftermath might chase them out for another generation!
May 17th
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Science: Coffee Drinkers Live Longer →
Thank God.
May 16th
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May 16th
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Os just completed a hellish stretch of @NYY, @BOS, TEX, TAM, NYY with a 9-6 record. #whynot
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“[Greek election favorite, and Syriza party leader, Alexis] Tsipras is a bit like...”
– Matthew Yglesias Yes, but alas the zealots and the true believers are the ones who usually follow through and pull the trigger. 
May 15th
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“The biggest problem the economy has is the enormous student debt new college...”
– Mark Cuban
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