Young Men Are Natural Fanatics
https://aeon.co/opinions/what-every-dictator-knows-young-men-are-natural-fanatics by Joe Herbert, emeritus professor of neuroscience eat the University of Cambridge. Young men are particularly liable to become fanatics. Every dictator, every guru, every religious leader, knows this. Fanatics have an overwhelming sense of identity based on a cause (a religion) or a community (gang, team), and a tight and exclusive bond with … Continue reading Young Men Are Natural Fanatics
How American tipping grew out of racism
http://qz.com/609293/how-american-tipping-grew-out-of-racism/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=digg In the US, restaurant servers work under a very different pay system than most people. Beyond a small hourly rate, their employers don’t pay their wages—customers do. Essentially, these workers have dozens of different bosses each day that individually decide how they should be compensated. And there’s not even a requirement, beyond social … Continue reading How American tipping grew out of racism
Why Is It So Hard To Test Whether Drivers Are Stoned?
http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2016/02/09/466147956/why-its-so-hard-to-make-a-solid-test-for-driving-while-stoned?utm_medium=email&utm_source=digg by Angus Chen Law enforcement officials would love to have a clear way to tell when a driver is too drugged to drive. But the decades of experience the country has in setting limits for alcohol have turned out to be rather useless so far because the mind-altering compound in cannabis, THC, dissolves … Continue reading Why Is It So Hard To Test Whether Drivers Are Stoned?
The Research Pirates of the Dark Web
http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2016/02/the-research-pirates-of-the-dark-web/461829/ BY KAVEH WADELL, FEB 9, 2016 After getting shut down late last year, a website that allows free access to paywalled academic papers has sprung back up in a shadowy corner of the Internet. loughboroughuniversitylibrary / Flickr There’s a battle raging over whether academic research should be free, and it’s overflowing into the dark … Continue reading The Research Pirates of the Dark Web
GRAVITATION WAVES COMFIRMED
http://www.cnn.com/2015/11/11/opinions/lincoln-einstein-dark-energy/index.html BY DON LINCOLN [Note: Dr. Don Lincoln is a senior physicist at Fermilab who does research using the Large Hadron Collider. He has written numerous books and produces a series of science education videos. He is the author of, most recently, "The Large Hadron Collider: The Extraordinary Story of the Higgs Boson and … Continue reading GRAVITATION WAVES COMFIRMED
CATNIP OIL REPELS MOSQUITOES
TEN TIMES BETTER THAN DEET ORGANIC CATNIP OIL REPELS MOSQUITOES 8/27/01 Contacts: Joel Coats, Entomology, (515) 294-7400 Chris Peterson, U.S. Forest Service, (662) 320-3859 Brian Meyer, Agriculture Communications, (515) 294-0706 CATNIP DRIVES CATS WILD, BUT DRIVES MOSQUITOES AWAY AMES, Iowa -- Although it drives cats wild, catnip appears to be a big turn-off for mosquitoes. In … Continue reading CATNIP OIL REPELS MOSQUITOES
SUPERBOWL CELEBRATION IN DENVER
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=27AQZcJl4Oc Nearly a million gather to cheer the Denver Broncos, February 9, 2016.
The 10 Best Herbs for Kidney Cleansing
http://wakeup-world.com/2015/02/02/the-10-best-herbs-for-kidney-cleansing/ By Dr. Edward F. Group Guest Writer for Wake Up World Bean-shaped and located along the posterior side of the abdomen, the kidneys have the heavy responsibility of removing waste and toxins from the bloodstream. These vital organs work with other organs to regulate blood pressure, increase red blood cell production, and synthesize vitamin D. A … Continue reading The 10 Best Herbs for Kidney Cleansing
Has American Capitalism Failed Us?
http://www.salon.com/2016/02/04/american_capitalism_has_failed_us_were_overworked_underemployed_and_more_powerless_than_ever_before_partner/?utm_source=pocket&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=pockethits [This is a joint TomDispatch/Nation article and appears in print in slightly shortened form in the new issue of the Nation magazine.] Denmark, Norway and Sweden are all thriving under democratic socialism. Why is it so difficult for us to embrace? Some years ago, I faced up to the futility of reporting true things about America’s disastrous wars and … Continue reading Has American Capitalism Failed Us?
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