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PB and Jail https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2017/07/31/manhunt-underway-after-mass-jailbreak-alabama/524709001/

(Not) A Short Life Of Trouble “I just started thinkin’ about the short life of trouble,” “Bob” says, of the period he spent recuperating. “How short life is. I’d just lay there listenin’ to the birds chirping. Kids playing in the neighbor’s yard or rain falling by the window. I realized how much I’d missed. Then I’d hear the fire engine roar, and I could feel the steady thrust of death that had been constantly looking over its shoulder at me.” https://longandwastedyear.com/2014/06/29/short-life-of-trouble/ Originally shared by lynn paden The great thing for me, now, is that writing has become more and more interesting. Not just as a craft but as a way into things that are not described. It's a thing of discovering. That's when writing is really working. You're on the trail of something, and you don't quite know what it is. Sam Shepard http://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Playwright-Director-and-Actor-Sam-Shepard-Passes-Away-at-73-20170731

Time For A Cool Change The Little River Band-Cool Change: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bKwRW0l-Qk https://www.apnews.com/caf51d15f87e4542a9cec75ec3159bc0/Icebreaker-sets-mark-for-earliest-Northwest-Passage-transit

Taste Of The Tattoo Brew Behind the scenes with the Edinborough Tattoo lighting crew. Ironically enough, the term "tattoo" derives from a 17th-century Dutch phrase doe den tap toe ("turn off the tap") a signal to tavern owners each night, played by a regiment's Corps of Drums, to turn off the taps of their ale kegs so that the soldiers would retire to their billeted lodgings at a reasonable hour. With the establishment of modern barracks and full military bands later in the 18th century, the term "tattoo" was used to describe the last duty call of the day, as well as a ceremonial form of evening entertainment performed by military musicians. Originally shared by bigclivedotcom https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N33hPSq652Q&feature=autoshare

Acme Stock Uptick Originally shared by Ray Radlein https://twitter.com/david__moser/status/890855918036021248

Originally shared by Irina T. "World Bicycle Relief, which has distributed and sold hundreds of thousands of bikes, is working with schools to change the dynamic. “Without doubt, the impact is much greater when women and girls are targeted,” says Dufosee. She adds that on average, in the schools they work with, attendance goes up by 30% and grades by 50%. A study they carried out in Zambia [pdf] in 2012 found that 21% of parents reported that distance was the main reason their children were not in school; after bicycles were distributed, none of them attributed their children’s absence to distance." https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2017/jul/25/i-can-pedal-faster-than-a-man-can-run-how-bikes-are-changing-the-dynamic-on-africas-roads?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

Ho-Ho-Ho Ho Ho! Sing along with Gloria Wood: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jc0Uytp0R3c via Ray Radlein Originally shared by Mudhooks via the Snohomish County Public Utility District A customer called to report a woodpecker causing damage to a power pole. When our staff member Bill went to check it out, this is what he found!!! 😳👀 We are so lucky our customer called in when they did! We replaced the pole that same day!

"Who's The Hick In The Middle?" The name is Bird. Cordwainer Bird. http://www.startrek.com/article/exclusive-star-trek-legend-harlan-ellison-part-2 Originally shared by Semicentenary Project

"You're Fired!" via Cara Evangelista Originally shared by Pradheep Shanker In first 6 months of his presidency, Trump has fired his National Security Advisor, Comms Director, Press Secretary & now Chief of Staff. DRAINING THE SWAMP! Oh, wait...those are people Trump brought in..oh well.

Like Lambs To The Slaughter "If you visit American city, You will find it very pretty, Just two things of which you must beware... Don't drink the water, And don't breathe the air..." Tom Lehrer-Pollution: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JPrAuF2f_oI http://www.wral.com/cooper-seeks-sbi-probe-of-chemical-in-cape-fear-river/16847198/

Does Not Dane Bramage Originally shared by Susan Jahn "Baltimore Ravens offensive lineman John Urschel, a doctoral candidate in applied mathematics, abruptly announced his retirement from football at the age of 26 on Thursday, just before the first full-team practice of training camp. His decision, which was announced by the Ravens, comes two days after a medical study indicated that chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) was found in nearly 99 percent of deceased NFL players' brains that were donated to scientific research." http://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/20170808/baltimore-ravens-offensive-lineman-john-urschel-retires-abruptly

East St. Louis Toodle Oo http://prairieuprisingessays.blogspot.com/2017/07/on-east-st-louis-toodle-oo.html via Vicky Veritas Originally shared by Chris Kim A The silence of the marching people can be sensed even in the sepia-toned photographs, which show women and children dressed in white, followed by men in somber black suits. Banners held aloft sound slogans like “Thou Shalt Not Kill” and “Your Hands Are Full of Blood,” while at the front, a line of drummers provides the only cadence, aside from the rhythm of walking feet. The July 28, 1917, NAACP Silent Protest Parade in New York City is recognized as one of the earliest African American civil rights demonstrations, but remains obscure in popular history. To mark its 100th anniversary, the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library at Yale University has organized a small display of photographs from the James Weldon Johnson Memorial Collection. ... “Remembering the Silent Protest Parade exposes the history to the many people who ha...

Undercover Copping Originally shared by Al Tlön "“We caught a gent last Christmas with £400-worth of stolen books in his trousers and elsewhere. We grabbed all of the bags back, but he returned about half an hour later to reclaim a half-bottle of whisky and his dream journal, which had been at the bottom of one of the bags of stolen books. As we showed him the door he told us: ‘I hope you’ll consider this in the Žižekian spirit, as a radical reappropriation of knowledge.’" https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/jul/24/strange-world-of-book-thefts-beatrix-potter-zizek

Cable Cutter Always Call Before You Dig... http://www.wral.com/no-power-on-2-islands-along-north-carolina-outer-banks/16844694/

Sending Regrets via Tim O'Brien Originally shared by Chris Kim A The Boy Scouts of America issue an official apology for having the President of the United States address their Jamboree. #AreWeGreatAgainEnoughYet http://scoutingwire.org/chief-perspective-presidential-visit/

Listed Ingredients Originally shared by Rod Uding What's in your water. Find out. http://gizmodo.com/punch-your-zip-code-into-this-website-to-learn-if-your-1797264681

Deeetroit '67 The Freep says: "50 years later, we can now recognize that Detroit in 1967 was a city of deep divisions that permeated every level of public life." "The city's segregation and prejudices led to omissions in coverage and perspectives. The city's African American community was under-represented in news stories and often delegitimized. The absence of blogs and social media accounts meant many voices and frustrations, from the city and suburbs alike, went unheard." MC5-The Motor City Is Burning: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CjWTgAV4zDk "Your momma and poppa don't know what the trouble is... They can't see what it's all about... I say that momma and poppa don't know what the trouble is... They can't see what it's all about... They get their news from reading the newspapers... You best get out there in the street and check it out..." More about the song, written by Albert B. Smith, and first recorded by John L...

Terraforming Or maybe Terror Forming. The Swamp of Bureaucracy is being drained, to be repopulated with Big Shot Boss Men and their Yes Men Minions. Because Big Bidness. Originally shared by **** "The fish stinks from the head." Thank you Vox for including a transcript of the Mooch's morning's meltdown. Hard to believe otherwise.  https://www.vox.com/2017/7/27/16049184/scaramucci-priebus-transcript

Breaking The Speed Limit Originally shared by Alex Scrivener The order says prosecutors have 10 days to work from arrest to arraignment and the rest of the schedule is sped up for both prosecutors and defendants. Most productions of evidence (from either side) must be handled in five days and preparing for trial (including providing lists of witnesses expected to testify) is limited to 25 days. https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20170722/17040337847/prosecutor-incredibly-unhappy-hes-being-forced-to-respect-that-whole-speedy-trial-thing.shtml

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Barbecue Bob Rides Again http://www.journalnow.com/news/columnists/scott_sexton/sexton-smoke-from-barbecue-restaurants-in-winston-salem-sparks-burning/article_112a6689-fc71-53b6-80e1-02e7e759ce99.html

Blow Out Kit 2.0 No word on whether folks are training to use Israeli Emergency Bandages, one handed, in Spaaaace... Originally shared by Damn interesting https://www.wired.com/story/zero-g-blood-and-the-many-horrors-of-space-surgery/

Czech This Originally shared by Susan Jahn "@britishmuseum - Czech artist Alphonse Mucha was born #onthisday in 1860. His colourful Art Nouveau works from around the turn of the 20th century could be seen on posters, advertisements and interior designs. This style is characterised by intricate patterns, floral motifs and flowing organic shapes. Mucha’s artwork often portrayed women, and expressed the variety of roles women took in ‘belle époque’ society – from those rejecting old conventions to those on the fringes of society. This evocative 1897 print is called Incantation." https://www.instagram.com/p/BW9ubuHDMen/

Watch Out, Wizzos! The robots are out to get you... Or maybe the bean counters... Or the low bidders... Or all of the above... http://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/8997/a-hornet-weapon-systems-officers-view-of-the-navys-suffocating-jet-crews

Breaking The Code A four year college, uh, oops, company... It isn't known if any robots were involved in the closure. https://www.bizjournals.com/triangle/news/2017/07/21/the-iron-yard-academy-closure-surprises-tech-execs.html http://www.newsobserver.com/news/business/article162998653.html

Not Just Spaghetti Adulting, in general, also requires these things. Originally shared by **** "Truant strands require patience, lip facility, suck power." http://time.com/3882713/how-to-eat-spaghetti/?xid=time_socialflow_twitter&utm_campaign=time&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=social

A Better Deal? More like a flat learning curve... http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/schumer-owns-democratic-party-mistakes-2016-election-article-1.3349473

How Did You Get So Coo Coo? Psycho Neurasthenic Too Much TV... Manhattan Transfer-Coo Coo U: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bzuKyxQi8EA Originally shared by K.B. Burnfield trump Thinks Health Insurance Is Only $12 A Year? Someone Figured Out Where He Figured This Out From

The Sultan of Stipple and Scratchboard http://www.bpib.com/illustrat/finlay.htm Originally shared by Grand Comics Database Virgil Finlay (23 July 1914 – 18 January 1971, USA) was an illustrator in the fantasy, science fiction, and horror genres, famed for detailed pen-and-ink drawings. He exhibited artwork while still a teenager and began publishing in “Weird Tales” by the end of 1935. He worked on staff at “The American Weekly” (1938–1943). During World War II, he served in the Pacific theatre. After the war, he worked as a freelance artist primarily on science fiction magazines and books. From 1946 to 1948, he drew ‘Just Imagine’ in “Real Fact Comics” (DC Comics). This two-page feature with titles such as “If the Oceans Dry Up!” and “Another Ice Age!”, had been created by Joe Simon and Jack Kirby. Also in “Real Fact”, Finlay drew the first two stories of a character named ‘Tommy Tomorrow’ (the ongoing feature that began in 1948 took nothing but the name and the science fiction from t...

Some Skunk Funk A Brecker Brothers number, from the Buddy Rich Memorial Concert in 2008. Originally shared by **** Hello Maniax😀 https://youtu.be/92HhAAimUaw

Da Bode Cheech Wizard Meets His Maker... Discoursing On The Laughing Light... #SacredSunday

Indictment Everything but Incitement...

Death To Fun Probably just bitter because she couldn't afford to live in a neighborhood where Screaming For Ice Cream is Not Allowed. via Ray Radlein Originally shared by Cheryl Martin http://fusion.kinja.com/white-lady-from-hell-moves-to-harlem-immediately-goes-1797139797

Zooks! Originally shared by Grand Comics Database Vaughn Bodé (22 July 1941 – 18 July 1975, USA) was an underground cartoonist and illustrator known for his character Cheech Wizard and his artwork depicting voluptuous women. A contemporary of Ralph Bakshi, he has been credited as an influence on Bakshi’s animated films “Wizards” and “The Lord of the Rings”. He has a huge following among graffiti artists, with his characters remaining a popular subject. Bodé won the Best Fan Artist Hugo at the 1969 science fiction WorldCon. He won the Yellow Kid Award at Lucca in 1974. He was inducted into the Will Eisner Award Hall of Fame in 2006. At Wikipedia — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaughn_Bod%C4%93 At Comiclopedia — https://www.lambiek.net/artists/b/bode.htm In the GCD — http://ow.ly/Ilqq302ut5W (some explicit covers) (Bodé created the cover of “Cheech Wizard”, 1967, published by the Office of Student Publications at Syracuse University)

Better Than Biscuits The new pastor of a small southern church was attending a men’s prayer breakfast. The pastor called on one of the older men to say the prayer that morning. The man stood up, bowed his head, and said, “Lord, I hate buttermilk.” The pastor opened one eye and wondered where this was going. The man continued, "Lord, I hate lard." Now the pastor was getting worried. Then the man said, “And Lord, you know I don’t care much for raw flour.” The pastor was about to stop everything, when the man continued, “But Lord, when you mix ‘em all together and bakes ‘em up, I do love me some fresh biscuits. So Lord, when things come up we don’t like, when life gets hard, when we just don’t understand what you are saying to us, we just need to relax and wait ‘til You are done fixin’ and probably it will be something even better than biscuits.”

Terms of Commedia dell`arte Hmmm. Does this mean that Reince Priebus is Harlequin? Thunderbolts and Lightning, Very, Very Frightening... http://www.businessinsider.com/anthony-scaramucci-acknowledges-tensions-reince-priebus-2017-7 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scaramouche

"Attacking In A Different Direction" I don't think Chesty would approve. "Where The Hell Do You Put The Bayonet?" http://foxtrotalpha.jalopnik.com/how-the-u-s-navy-turned-an-oil-tanker-into-a-helicopte-1658743256 http://www.oldsaltblog.com/2017/07/usns-lewis-b-puller-first-expeditionary-sea-base-maiden-deployment/

"One May Smile, And Smile, And Be A Villain" "I could have killed Errol Flynn any time I wanted to!" https://crossedswords2013.wordpress.com/2013/02/13/basil-rathbone-cinemas-greatest-villain-by-matthew-c-hoffman/ Originally shared by Semicentenary Project On 21 July 1967 English actor Basil Rathbone died of a heart attack at the age of 75 in New York. Rathbone served as an intelligence officer in WWI, was a member of the New Shakespeare company in 1919, and began appearing in film in 1921. Appearing in a range of roles through his career, he is remembered for his swashbucklers and detectives. Notable performances included "Captain Blood" (35), "The Adventures of Robin Hood" (38), "Tower of London" (39), "The Mark of Zorro" (40), "The Court Jester" (56), and the 14-film Sherlock Holmes series and radio plays during WWII. With his distinctive voice Rathbone also had a career as a spoken word recording artist, most...

Popcorn Did Inhale. These are Perilous, Popcorn Filled Times. Be Careful Out There, People. http://thedevilspanties.com/archives/11982

WP 1.0 Originally shared by Tim O'Brien

The Big Cheese Originally shared by Damn interesting https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2017-07-19/the-mad-cheese-scientists-fighting-to-save-the-dairy-industry

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Bind Not The Mouths Of The Kine That Tread The Grain Originally shared by Richard Bensam The trend continues... "The real threat to our republic is an alarming breakdown in social cohesion, and the cause of this breakdown is obvious: radical, rising economic inequality, and the anger and anxiety it engenders. The truth is that over the span of decades, American lawmakers (at the behest of economic elites like us!) have enacted policies that have depressed wages, stoked economic insecurity and exacerbated cultural angst and social dislocation." http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/07/18/to-my-fellow-plutocrats-you-can-cure-trumpism-215347

Part One: We Have A Problem Part Two: All You Got To Do Is... Originally shared by Chris Jones NASA has a truly terrifying collection of things that can and have gone wrong with systems (e.g. a diode transmogrifying into a capacitor); strongly worth reading. https://c3.nasa.gov/dashlink/static/media/other/ObservedFailures1.html

Not Highlander Originally shared by Lauren Weinstein http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/jim-hensons-son-explains-why-kermit-actor-was-replaced-character-could-use-change-1022041

More Wisdom Of The Markets Originally shared by Susan Jahn http://www.unitednews.org/lexington-sc-man-horrified-booking-prostitute-wife-arrived/

Selling Hundreds Of Units Originally shared by Steven Levy My favorite stories are ones where I go places I never otherwise would have visited. While reporting about the return of Google Glass--a new version of which is optimized for the workplace--I visited a factory in Jackson, Minnesota, in the SW part of the state. The workers used Glass as a tool, as much as their power ratchets. Here's my Backchannel story. https://www.wired.com/story/google-glass-2-is-here/ https://www.wired.com/story/google-glass-2-is-here/

The View From Saturday To a piece of popcorn on a chair. The kernel of an adventure... http://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/from-the-mixed-up-files-of-mrs-basil-e-frankweiler-fifty-years-later

JIDE Jinks I had, and still use, a Remix Mini as media box. It was pretty good, considering how cheap it was. But they never got around to ironing out the the most serious bugs and inadequacies. Some of those problems were blamed on lack of support from Allwinner, but... The newer IO/IO+ seemed to offer promise, but like a lot of Kickstarters these days, has failed. It's hard to tell if it is really so hard to do some of this stuff, or whether folks just won't bother if they aren't going to make boatloads of money soon enough. Maybe a combination of both. Time to start looking for a replacement media box, I reckon. http://www.androidpolice.com/2017/07/17/jide-technology-shifting-away-consumer-market-remix-os-discontinued/

EULA as DI Scrubbing until there isn't even a thought of dirt... Making America Great Again. Originally shared by Randy Culler Gizmodo: 22,000 People Agree to Clean Toilets for WiFi Because They Didn't Read the Terms. http://google.com/newsstand/s/CBIwlrvsuzU http://google.com/newsstand/s/CBIwlrvsuzU

Finally! Originally shared by Lauren Weinstein Well, I'll be damned. I lived long enough to see this. http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/07/16/537545144/dr-who-is-a-woman-jodie-whittaker-announced-as-13th-time-lord-in-bbc-series?utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=news

Matchy-Matchy Originally shared by The past is a foreign country Fancy knitwear

Murder and Food Delivered by the Internet. Technically, the Drone isn't the Murderer, the Operator Is. http://www.dieselsweeties.com/ics/351/

Talk Of The Town http://doonesbury.washingtonpost.com/strip/archive/2017/7/16

Reason Is On Our Side Still have a wee bit of trouble with the service sector economy, though... Originally shared by **** 10 Reasons to Oppose Marriage Equality

The Greatest Tarocco Game In The World He had seen these tarots several times in Scott’s possession since he had come to Edinburgh. They were gruesome, Gothic, and graced with a kind of lithless malevolence all their own. The four suits were commonplace enough: the artist had reserved his fantastic brushes for the figured cards. The Bateleur, the Empress, the Pope, l’Amoureux and le Pendu, Death and Fortitude, the Traitor, the Last Judgment itself, all shared a grotesque camaraderie of the paintpot. They waited as the pages flicked over. He went through them all, folded the papers and handed them with an inaudible remark to the Englishman, Frank, who was nearest. Then he returned to the table. “You want these papers?” “Yes,” said Scott shortly. “It’s a matter of life and death.” “Jesus. Whose life? A Scotsman’s?” “… Yes.” Palmer grinned more widely. “That’s all right: I’m not the vindictive sort. Sine lucro friget ludus, eh? You want this, you say. Then play me for it.” “I’m offering y...

Haint Blue Some women you just don't cross, in this world, or the next. Sherman Alexie's eulogy to his difficult mom: http://kuow.org/post/honest-eulogy-sherman-alexie-didnt-give-his-mom What Haint Blue is: https://www.sherwin-williams.com/architects-specifiers-designers/inspiration/styles-and-techniques/sw-article-pro-thewhysbehind http://kuow.org/post/sherman-alexie-s-heartbreaking-reason-pausing-his-book-tour

Still Here In Status Symbol Land And the Kids just don't understand... Originally shared by Chris Kim A 50 years ago. Fifty. Years. -- (via Lauren Weinstein via Semicentenary Project) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=klU01gYb6F0&feature=share

WWJD Reading Without Comprehension... Or Old Testament Scholars... http://wchstv.com/news/local/dispute-over-bible-verse-led-to-killing-of-inmate-at-mt-olive-prosecutor-says

Hah Null Goo Gull via Ray Radlein Originally shared by Martin Holmes Google built a tiny Street View car to map out one of the world's largest model cities, and the results are incredible The "Miniatur Wunderland" exhibition, located in Hamburg, Germany, is the world's largest model railway. If you've never seen it before, it's one of the cutest, most detailed miniature models you'll ever see in your life To bring new perspective to the massive model railway, Google last year built a miniature version of its Street View car to capture footage within the Miniatur Wunderland with an array of tiny mounted cameras. You can actually see all the various worlds within the Miniatur Wunderland on Google Street View #GoogleStreetView #Hamburg #Creative http://uk.businessinsider.com/google-miniatur-wunderland-street-view-photos-2017-7?amp;utm_medium=referral&r=US&IR=T/&utm_content=buffer28679&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campai...

"If I Could Save Time In A Bottle..." Jim Croce-Time In A Bottle: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I1YxczPEPrs UCI jury erases penalties for three riders after Tour de France bottle flap http://www.velonews.com/2017/07/tour-de-france/uci-jury-erases-penalties-for-3-riders-after-tour-de-france-bottle-flop_443708/ http://www.velonews.com/2017/07/tour-de-france/uci-jury-erases-penalties-for-3-riders-after-tour-de-france-bottle-flop_443708/

A Frog In His Throat http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-et-entertainment-news-updates-july-fired-kermit-steve-whitmire-1499976069-htmlstory.html

A Galaxy To Explore Originally shared by Tim O'Brien I sold my collection of 200+ issues of Galaxy about 15 years ago and have kind or regretted it until now. I still have all of the Galaxy Reader anthologies edited by Gold and Pohl. They're okay, but they don't have any illustrations. h/t Winchell Chung https://www.theverge.com/2017/7/14/15970710/galaxy-science-fiction-magazine-online-free-reading-archive

Google Plus Allegory But, is fantastical, because Alphabet wouldn't hire Junior League women who worry about Thank You notes. Originally shared by Tim O'Brien

In The House One of the many differences between Southies and Southerners. No Waffles. Got the generosity thing going, though. https://www.google.com/amp/www.wcnc.com/amp//entertainment/donnie-wahlberg-leaves-2000-tip-at-charlotte-waffle-house/456296282

Did Inhale And it's (one of many reasons) why I'll never be thin. Originally shared by Damn interesting Study: Mice with no sense of smell gained less weight from the same high-calorie diet http://nymag.com/scienceofus/2017/07/just-smelling-food-could-make-you-gain-weight.html

Burning Interest Originally shared by Damn interesting http://www.bbc.com/news/business-40189959

Cutting The Cable Cord Before it was cool... Originally shared by Tim O'Brien

Use By Sell Date Originally shared by Al Tlön "As you can probably tell by looking around, every employee at our startup is 23 years old. On the morning of your 24th birthday, the barcode on your employee ID stops working and you can no longer enter our building. We do this to ensure our company has a ceaseless, youthful energy. We believe old people are displeasing to look at and also, bad at ideas." https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/welcome-to-our-startup-where-everyone-is-23-years-old-because-we-believe-old-people-are-visually-displeasing-and-out-of-ideas

Big Empty Box I can remember when the Walmart was built in Bluefield, about 1992. I thought it was ridonkulous, but I was obviously on the wrong side of history. Mostly. Welch isn't, wasn't, Bluefield. It's hard to imagine the optimism, or cluelessness, that saw Welch on an upward track of profitability for Walmart. Back in the day, Sears strove for a similar ubiquity, with the less profitable stores helping to support the catalog business. Walmart apparently doesn't see the value in that. I also know the story of how Walmart came to Oriental, NC. That story, while having some predictably bad results for some pre-existing stores, turned out pretty well for the residents of Oriental. When Walmart decided to bail, the brand new facility got turned into a fancy Piggly Wiggly. Like a lot of big things, Walmart has created its own weather, but that is often not quite enough to satisfy its own insatiable needs for growth. And the tsunami caused by their jumping in the loc...

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Food Fight Chicken Nuggets are SRS BZNS. http://www.greensboro.com/news/crime/woman-says-argument-over-chicken-nuggets-leads-to-attack-at/article_ed57239f-f73d-55a2-afa2-8a1a049f3a39.html

Another CBDR Problem The parallels are obvious... Originally shared by Kam-Yung Soh Yikes! Via Hacker News [ https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14741605 ] which has lots of comments on the whys and hows of taxiways and runways and how this mistake could have happened. "SAN FRANCISCO — In what one aviation expert called a near-miss of what could have been the largest aviation disaster ever, an Air Canada pilot on Friday narrowly avoided a tragic mistake: landing on the San Francisco International Airport taxiway instead of the appropriate runway. Sitting on Taxiway C shortly before midnight were four fully-loaded airplanes full of passengers and gas awaiting permission to take-off, according to the Federal Aviation Administration, which is investigating the “rare” incident. An air traffic controller sent the Air Canada Airbus 320 on a “go-around” — an unusual event where pilots must pull-up and circle around to try again — before landing safely, according to the federal agency....

The Violence Inherent In The System DENNIS: Listen -- strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government. Supreme executive power derives from a mandate from the masses, not from some farcical aquatic ceremony. ARTHUR: Be quiet! DENNIS: Well you can't expect to wield supreme executive power just 'cause some watery tart threw a sword at you! ARTHUR: Shut up! DENNIS: I mean, if I went around sayin' I was an empereror just because some moistened bint had lobbed a scimitar at me they'd put me away! ARTHUR: Shut up! Will you shut up! DENNIS: Ah, now we see the violence inherent in the system. ARTHUR: Shut up! DENNIS: Oh! Come and see the violence inherent in the system! HELP! HELP! I'm being repressed! ARTHUR: Bloody peasant! DENNIS: Oh, what a give away. Did you here that, did you here that, eh? That's what I'm on about -- did you see him repressing me, you saw it didn't you? via Cara Evangelista Originally shared by Marc

Situational Awareness Check Your Six. Originally shared by Tim O'Brien

High Water Mark Originally shared by Damn interesting On this day in 1958 sailors experienced a rare and terrifying event in Lituya Bay, Alaska https://www.damninteresting.com/ten-minutes-in-lituya-bay/

Made Me A Sammich Our skipper, Mr. Personality, keeps his crew because his sweet and lovely wife feeds us from her kitchen. The theory is similar to the story about the child so ugly, someone had to tie a pork chop around your neck just to get the dog to play with you. That, and the fact that he puts up with us , and that together, we win more races than we lose. He's pretty generous with the top shelf grog, too. No races today, because not enough wind.

Whither Teela Brown? via George Station Originally shared by David Amerland Consequences When we look at the world, each of us, has a deep, almost intuitive understanding of the fact that nothing happens without a reason ( https://goo.gl/qkM6hi ). That allows us to sense that there is no real random factor in the universe ( https://goo.gl/8cx3E5 ). This seemingly simple notion has deep personal, philosophical and scientific impact. If the universe is not random ( https://goo.gl/8cx3E5 ) then chance plays no role in it. Everything has a cause and everything is intentional which might even mean (some hope) that the universe has a design upon us ( https://goo.gl/oFy8bW ) and that everything has meaning. Yet randomness, as an effect (and at times a cause) seems to be baked-in: https://goo.gl/jpm2ft . If randomness truly exists, goes the argument, then chance is universal, our best-laid plans are capable of being overturned by truly unpredictable factors and life is a sequence of steps that...

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Braaaaiinz Don Dixon-Praying Mantis: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VvkM521vD30 Originally shared by Damn interesting https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/kzazaz/praying-mantises-are-devouring-bird-brains-all-over-the-world

Following Seas Stern wave on the final downwind leg, at just about hull speed. Pushing a lot of water. Took a third and a first. About everything that could go wrong, did, on the first race. Took four tacks to clear the line on the start, when one of the high dollar Tylaska shackles on the genoa released unexpectedly. Whee. Hard to win a race when that happens. Wind was pretty fresh, so we all had to work pretty hard today. Didn't use to be so hard, when we were younger. Still, didn't break anything. Headed out for tacos and Cruzan Blackstrap.

Jump (Jet) Start The morning began with the Sound Of Freedom (by Rolls Royce) above, and biting Black Flies below. Must be Hancock Creek. I brought a Jump Box to power a 12V fan for the comfort of whatever sod ending up packing the spinnaker in 120° heat. Ended up having to use it to get the diesel started. Might have to race without shipboard electronicals today. Might end up head down in the engine compartment later today. Joy, joy. At least there appears to be enough wind to race some before the inevitable thunderstorms.

Lambent "...a vast hemisphere of lambent rays..." E.E. "Doc" Smith, First Lensman

How To Debug A Cake File http://www.latimes.com/nation/nationnow/la-na-inmate-escape-20170707-story.html

My Tribe Often predicting, other times averting, occasionally causing (with glee). Originally shared by giacomo bencistà The Medusa Touch (Gold, 1978). #oneofus

The Big Cheese Originally shared by Damn interesting https://www.forbes.com/sites/chloesorvino/2017/05/23/james-leprino-exclusive-mozzarella-billionaire-cheese-pizza-hut-dominos-papa-johns/

Optimus Prime via George Station Originally shared by Mitch Wagner "Starting July 10, you can bid on TRS-80 computers, dot matrix printers, Realistic speakers, shortwave receivers, old catalogs, and company 'memorabilia' from the bowels of bankrupt RadioShack." http://boingboing.net/2017/06/30/bid-on-old-computers-speakers.html

EULA Originally shared by Tim O'Brien

Spiraling Down The Well Originally shared by Kam-Yung Soh Sigh...the end is coming. But what a spectacular end to the Cassini Mission. "[Emily Lakdawalla] It's been hard to bring myself to write the following sentence: the Cassini mission ends soon. We're halfway through the "Grand Finale" orbits. Only eleven and a half orbits remain until Cassini meets its fate on September 15. JPL is planning a big press event for the final days of the mission. [...] Right now the mission is in an orbit that circles Saturn about every six and a half days. That is a very short orbit for Cassini. It reminds me of one of those coin-funnel "wishing well" devices, where the coins circle faster and faster as they approach the drain. Cassini is now the one circling the drain. [...] Most of the science during this period focuses on small-scale structure in Saturn's rings, and detailed features in Saturn's polar aurorae. There is one remaining gravity science orbit, w...

Number Nine Originally shared by Ray Radlein WTF. A sports blog jumps right smack into next year's Hugo race https://www.sbnation.com/a/17776-football/chapter-1

Hubris First, there was the Capacitor Plague. Then, Tin Whiskers. Originally shared by Rick Wayne (Author) We're doing a series of complete random images.

#WordlessWednesday #wordlessonwednesday

Originally shared by Randy Culler Get Up John via Tom Isenhour who said: Can my mandolin friends take 9 minutes of Monroe's "Get Up John" at full speed ahead? Ricky Skaggs must have been eatin' his Wheaties before this one. This one is cookin' along at breakneck speed and I'm pretty sure he didn't miss a lick. Also features a little bit of Bobby Hicks and Jim Mills from the wonderful Grey Fox Festival in 2002. I hope to get up there to see my old buddy Fred Robbins at this powerhouse bluegrass gathering in New York. https://youtu.be/b8GzRoKwMYk

Jawsome https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/the-latest-reigning-womens-champ-wins-at-hot-dog-contest/2017/07/04/17e45ec6-60d1-11e7-80a2-8c226031ac3f_story.html http://www.cbssports.com/general/news/joey-chestnut-eats-72-hot-dogs-wins-10th-nathans-famous-hot-dog-eating-contest-title/ The average Amurrican eats 70 hot dogs per year. Joey "Jaws" Chestnut ate 72 at one sitting. Freedom! https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/the-latest-reigning-womens-champ-wins-at-hot-dog-contest/2017/07/04/17e45ec6-60d1-11e7-80a2-8c226031ac3f_story.html

Hellzapoppin' Originally shared by lynn paden gotta be such a smell of sulphur after this number.......astaire is awesome, as usual! compliments of the season https://vimeo.com/173327919

NIMBY Human Fracking... Originally shared by George Station #outsourcing #toxins #cancer #business https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2017-06-15/american-chipmakers-had-a-toxic-problem-so-they-outsourced-it

Morning Colors Originally shared by Susan Jahn Happy 4th of July 🎆🇺🇸 http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20170704/naval-station-great-lakes-co-what-our-flag-means-to-me

Bar None https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/03/theater/chocolate-aplenty-but-nary-a-wonka-bar-to-be-found.html

Isn't It Ironic? Doncha think? Alanis Morissette - Ironic: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jne9t8sHpUc http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-minister-deported-20170630-story.html

Time Machines "cited financial loses" Museums aren't usually so expensive... I'm expecting they were hoping for more better golf tourism or some such... Also, more evidence of lack of copy editors... http://wtvr.com/2017/06/29/colonial-williamsburg-cuts/

Cry Me A River Of Spilt Milk... http://wlos.com/news/local/tanker-crashes-spills-milk-into-cove-creek-in-polk-county

Chip In http://www.wral.com/ncsu-graduate-opens-potato-chip-store-to-feed-the-hungry/16787844 http://www.wral.com/ncsu-graduate-opens-potato-chip-store-to-feed-the-hungry/16787844

Contact Sheet Originally shared by David Brin The Postal Service will soon release a first-of-its-kind stamp that changes when you touch it. The Total Eclipse of the Sun Forever stamp, which commemorates the August 21 eclipse, transforms into an image of the Moon from the heat of a finger. The public is asked to share the news on social media using the hashtag #EclipseStamps. https://about.usps.com/news/national-releases/2017/pr17_020.htm

Shazam! A&R ain't what it used to be... The Pretenders-Popstar: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rPLufihGZhE http://time.com/4840974/annie-lennox-talent-scout-radio-kylie/

Backstage Pass Hey, let's put on a show! https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/06/30/arts/metropolitan-opera-backstage-ballet.html

Do As I Say... Not as I Do... Even the military mostly knows that you don't give an order that can't, or won't, be followed. Originally shared by Chris Kim A https://www.amazon.com/gp/f.html?C=X2N86CLB92W0&K=A3BBQXQ4UQKJE0&R=AQ65NOC3J6XA&T=C&U=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2017/06/30/kris-kobach-says-hes-cant-comply-with-kris-kobachs-voter-data-request/?wpisrc%3Dnl_az_most%26wpmk%3D1&A=ENOXIA5EUURJWUTNFBHPFAKY0NUA&H=1UMLN6P0YUKITJDLEYYJ2FIBQFEA

MAGA Clean up on Aisle Seven... Originally shared by Tim O'Brien

Swear Jar 2.0 Originally shared by Tim O'Brien