REALLY? BECAUSE HE’S PRETTY MUCH EXACTLY LIKE SARAH PALIN PREDICTED. Mitt Romney: Obama Even Worse Than He Expected.
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August 19, 2014
MOST OF THESE STORIES WILL TURN OUT TO BE FALSE ALARMS: Hospital: Calif. patient may have been exposed to Ebola.
IT’S MICHELLE FIELDS, with your daily News Nuggets.
AMERICAN JOURNALIST JAMES FOLEY beheaded by ISIS.
FROM 2000 TO 2012, high-earners did worse, low-earners did better.
THE UNTOLD STORY OF THE 31-Year Battle Over Flashdance. “The dancers and photographer who inspired one of the biggest pop culture touchstones of a generation have gone most of their lives unable to publicly talk about the credit they think they deserve. Until now.”
TRYING SOMETHING NEW: Eating At A Restaurant Alone.
LOTS OF REASONS TO EAT FISH.
Well, here’s my recipe for Poached Salmon.
But what about the prostate cancer link?
21ST CENTURY PROBLEMS: Here’s a Terrible Idea: Robot Cars With Adjustable Ethics Settings. I’m setting mine on “Highly Punctual Sociopath.” Out of my way!
IS THIS BECAUSE AFFIRMATIVE ACTION HAS INFLATED THE CREDENTIAL? Black Men Need More Education Than White Men to Get Jobs.
WITH OBAMA TALKING HIGHER ED COSTS AGAIN, IT’S WORTH REVISITING THIS: Government Policy and Tuition in Higher Education.
ARTHUR BROOKS: Republicans Need To Break Out Of The Party Box.
They should try siding with people like this: Reason TV: Locked Out: A Hair Braider Fights Occupational Licensing. The GOP has tentatively taken a step in this direction by siding with Uber over regulators, but they need to expand that sort of thing to help people trying to climb onto the economic ladder.
WHAT FACEBOOK DOESN’T SHOW YOU: It’s Not Just Your Imagination — There Are A Lot Of Old Posts In Your Facebook Feed. “It seems I don’t much care about my hometown or the people in it, I’m far more interested in feminist blogs than I am in technology or sports, I’m still hung up on New York after moving away last spring, and I’m apparently very interested in the goings on of someone I worked with at Pizza Hut when I was 16.”
With every change, Facebook gets crappier. All I want is an unfiltered feed of what my friends post, as they post it. Even “Most Recent” doesn’t seem to do that any more.
FREE WILL: Our Microbiome May Be Looking Out for Itself.
Your body is home to about 100 trillion bacteria and other microbes, collectively known as your microbiome. Naturalists first became aware of our invisible lodgers in the 1600s, but it wasn’t until the past few years that we’ve become really familiar with them.
This recent research has given the microbiome a cuddly kind of fame. We’ve come to appreciate how beneficial our microbes are — breaking down our food, fighting off infections and nurturing our immune system. It’s a lovely, invisible garden we should be tending for our own well-being.
But in the journal Bioessays, a team of scientists has raised a creepier possibility. Perhaps our menagerie of germs is also influencing our behavior in order to advance its own evolutionary success — giving us cravings for certain foods, for example.
Maybe the microbiome is our puppet master.
Mess with me too much, I’m sending the Cipro down. Upside: Lots of marketing opportunities based on It’s not your fault you’re fat! It’s your gut bacteria!
I HAVE MY OWN THEORY: “Why Obama won’t give the Ferguson speech his supporters want.”
UPDATE: From the comments:
Obama campaigned as a “Uniter”.
The moment he was elected, he governed as a “Divider”
He won reelection by carefully dividing.
At this point, all the unicorn dust has blown away.
Yeah, pretty much.
HOPEY-CHANGEY: Average Price of Ground Beef Hits All-Time High. “Five years ago, in July 2009, the average price for a pound of ground beef was $2.147, according to the BLS. In those five years, the average price has climbed by $1.737 per pound–or almost 81 percent.”
OUT: CATCALLS ARE HORRIBLE AND SEXIST. In: “It had been a few months since I’d heard a cat call. Had I heard my last one and not even realized it?”
I guess the video was right.
READER BOOK PLUG: From Quent Cordair: Genesis (Idolatry Book 1). Currently $1.99 on Kindle.
A READER EMAILS: “It might be time for a reminder that many of the folks protesting the shooting in Ferguson, MO are likely of the opinion that only the police and members of the military should have the right to carry guns.” Good point!
Meanwhile, I saw this on Facebook yesterday:
UPDATE: And by reader request, there’s this.
