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The Word http://sharonrandall.com/2018/01/speaking-love-jan-29-2018/ Bettye LaVette-The Word: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SqMG9T1Kp2g https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SqMG9T1Kp2g

Tết Nguyên Đán https://www.npr.org/2018/01/29/580811124/military-victory-but-political-defeat-the-tet-offensive-50-years-later Originally shared by Semicentenary Project After some sporadic attacks on bases the day before, the Tet Offensive was unleashed on nearly all of South Vietnam's remaining military bases and major cities simultaneously on January 31, 1968, with the Viet Cong and the North Vietnamese Army coordinating a massive assault that was larger than U.S. intelligence had forecast. An estimated 84,000 troops had infiltrated provincial and district capitals and took advantage of the Tet holiday ceasefire to strike in what would become the turning point of the war. More American soldiers would be killed in action during that day than on any other day of the Vietnam War, with 245 deaths of people whose names are etched upon the Vietnam Veterans Memorial today.

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Bad Pixel Detection via Ray Radlein Originally shared by Kee Hinckley 11,000 Turks falsely accused of treason because of bad programming and a malicious webbug. Which isn’t to say the ones who did download the software were really committing treason, but this is what happens when the government doesn’t care if it sweeps up too many people in its net. When the charges are trumped up, who cares of other people are accused too? http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/terrifying-how-a-single-line-of-computer-code-put-thousands-of-innocent-turks-in-jail-1.4495021

KOM General Michael Hayden: "We kill people based on metadata." Originally shared by Eric Hansen "first world people in third world countries dataset" Military black sites caught out by Strava and Fitbit data. Terrible terrible opsec. https://twitter.com/AlecMuffett/status/957615895899238401

Le Morte d'Mort Originally shared by Ray Radlein :-( "Walker died in his studio, surrounded by scores of cartoon troops represented in toys, comics, books and strips. He kept pedals under the desk to squeeze in an occasional workout while he drew. He also kept his foot locker nearby from his days as a second lieutenant in the U.S. Army during World War II, where he served in Italy." https://www.stamfordadvocate.com/news/article/Beetle-Bailey-cartoonist-Mort-Walker-dies-12530668.php

The Perils Of (De)Polarization via Tim O'Brien Originally shared by Winchell Chung https://undark.org/article/books-alanna-mitchell-spinning-magnet/

Hottest Show In Town Originally shared by Al Tlön "NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Love, hate and hot sauce are themes of a 19th century comic opera being produced this week as a kickoff to New Orleans' 300th anniversary. It's also the 150th anniversary for Tabasco sauce and the New Orleans Opera's 75th." https://www.yahoo.com/news/tabasco-19th-century-comic-opera-orleans-300th-135746238.html

The Perils Of Loitering Ord(i)nances via Alex Scrivener Originally shared by Alexander Kruel Why You Should Fear 'Slaughterbots'—A Response "Because they do not require individual human supervision, autonomous weapons are potentially scalable weapons of mass destruction (WMDs); essentially unlimited numbers can be launched by a small number of people. This is an inescapable logical consequence of autonomy. As a result, we expect that autonomous weapons will reduce human security at the individual, local, national, and international levels." [...] "lethal micro-drones such as the Switchblade are already in mass production. Switchblade, a fixed-wing drone with a 0.6-meter wingspan, is designed as an anti-personnel weapon. Contrary to Scharre’s claim, they can easily be repurposed to kill civilians rather than soldiers. Moreover, Switchblade now comes with a “Multi-Pack Launcher.” Orbital ATK, which makes the warhead, describes the Switchblade as “fully scalable.” S...

Disco Ball http://www.thehumanitystar.com Originally shared by Damn interesting http://www.popularmechanics.com/space/satellites/a15871002/brightest-object-sky-humanity-star-rocket-lab/

Ass, Grass, Or Cash Everybody's Got To Pay... Originally shared by Damn interesting https://www.theguardian.com/media/2018/jan/23/never-get-high-on-your-own-supply-why-social-media-bosses-dont-use-social-media

Just A Night Out With The Boys "It’s a Marmite job. Some girls love it, and for other girls it’s the worst job of their life and they will never do it again." Caroline Dandridge, founder of Artista agency Originally shared by Rugger Ducky If we can't expect them to behave at a charity event with others around, how can we expect them to behave in their offices where they hold all the power? FT put this article outside their paywall, because it's a must read. https://www.ft.com/content/075d679e-0033-11e8-9650-9c0ad2d7c5b5

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Hard Men With Hard Livers "Manchester has produced many men of this kind," he once wrote, of others. "Hard men with hard livers; faces like un-made beds." Another True Original gone from us... Mark E. Smith on bullying, the occult and why Stalin had the right idea: http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/life-lessons-mark-e-smith-on-bullying-the-occult-and-why-stalin-had-the-right-idea-6260036.html Originally shared by Ray Radlein DAMMIT Check-the-Guy's-Track-Record Dep't: https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/mark-e-smith-dead-aged-11909427

"She Wasn't Always Right, But She Was Always Wise" "The speaking of her name and of her words goes on, and will go on, today and tomorrow and for a very long time now. As it should. She was the mother of so many of us, and you should take time to mourn your mother." Originally shared by John Scalzi We learned today that Ursula Le Guin passed away yesterday, and the LA Times asked me to write a remembrance of her. It's up now on their site. http://www.latimes.com/books/jacketcopy/la-et-jc-leguin-scalzi-20180123-story.html http://www.latimes.com/books/jacketcopy/la-et-jc-leguin-scalzi-20180123-story.html

The Gatekeepers Upton Sinclair — "It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends on his not understanding it." via George Station Originally shared by David Broer-LeRoux A blueprint of how to lose elections, part 2. https://theintercept.com/2018/01/23/dccc-democratic-primaries-congress-progressives/?link_id=1&can_id=00c80864f82e14e8d357b8351ec522c0&source=email-the-dead-enders-candidates-who-signed-up-to-battle-trump-are-finding-their-first-foe-is-the-democratic-party&email_referrer=email_290373&email_subject=the-dead-enders-candidates-who-signed-up-to-battle-trump-are-finding-their-first-foe-is-the-democratic-party

A Writer Of True Names “I must find the right name or I cannot get on with the story,” she said. “I cannot write the story if the name is wrong.” https://mobile.nytimes.com/2018/01/23/obituaries/ursula-k-le-guin-acclaimed-for-her-fantasy-fiction-is-dead-at-88.html

Young Man With A Trumpet https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/23/obituaries/hugh-masekela-dies.html

Upset Victories Duck Donuts defeated Krispy Kreme and Rise to take home the best donut award. Rise did win for best biscuit just beating the State Farmer's Market and Bojangles. https://www.wral.com/wral-com-voters-choice-awards-winners-announced/17259103/ The Duck Donuts are pretty good. Fluffy cake donuts with a myriad of choices of coatings and add ons. Lots of little kids, brought by parents. One little boy kept breaking out in spontaneous loud shouts of "Yay!", just in sitting down to the idea of Duck Donuts. Hard to resist that. I still have a soft spot for Krispy Kreme, having been raised on them, hypnotized by the magical donut making machine. But KK doesn't make a maple glazed with BACON. I ate a few times at the Rise in Greensboro, was unimpressed, and it closed, less than a year after opening.

A Victim Of Indiscrimination Originally shared by Alex Scrivener I'm glad to see that someone is finally addressing the Bog-trotter menace. https://www.npr.org/2018/01/22/578930256/undocumented-irish-unexpectedly-caught-in-trumps-immigration-dragnet?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=npr&utm_term=nprnews&utm_content=20180122

Batteries Not Included Originally shared by NASA Sorry, but we won't be posting or replying to comments on Google+ during the government shutdown. Also, all public NASA activities and events are cancelled or postponed until further notice. We'll be back as soon as possible! Sorry for the inconvenience.

Two Speed Winch Well, we led the fleet across the line for all three races yesterday, and took two firsts and a second. Only broke one thing (baby stay adjustment line), lost two things (a ball cap and a winch handle), and caught one thing on fire (an antifreeze hose). We took a new kid along. We think he had fun. He said so, anyway. We experienced a sudden forty degree wind shift in 15+ kts that forced an unintended tack. Lots of unexpected heeling, banging, and flailing. When it was over, we asked him what he thought. "It was INTENSE!" he said. We mentioned the old saw about sailing being hours of boredom, punctuated by moments of sheer terror. Or at least, lots of shouting.

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Frostbite Series Why they call it that. We don't often see snow, in Down East (North Carolina). Regardless, we're sailing today. Dire threats have been issued. Grog has been promised. Initialization requirements being met, we're off to race the boat.

Hiya Kids "Here is an important message from your Uncle Bill. Don't buy drugs. Become a pop star, and they give you them for free." Billy Mack(Bill Nighy)-Love Actually Originally shared by Kevin Clarke (ksclarke) Autopsy: Tom Petty died of accidental drug overdose :-( http://wapo.st/2DrYrHV

Warning A.A. Milne was also not so happy that his most remembered works were ones he considered his slightest. As cults go, however, there are worse than the Red Hat Society. http://www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/poetry/poems/warning https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/jan/19/jenny-joseph-obituary

The Things They Left Behind Not the Transgression by Stephen King. Originally shared by Damn interesting https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/a3namk/the-man-trying-to-fix-mount-everests-towering-poop-problem

Terminal (Lance) Leave https://terminallance.com/2018/01/16/terminal-lance-hawaii-five-oh-shit/

Women's Work via Kevin Clarke Originally shared by Self-Rescuing Princess Society "I'm 48 now, so I've finally gotten to the place where I'm OK asking for what I deserve, which is something that comes only with age. Because I'm not the most 'relevant' actress out there. I know that's the industry perception because I've been this character for 14 years. But the truth is, anybody can be good on a show season one and two. Can you be good 14 years later? Now, that's a fuckin' skill." Hell yeah. https://buff.ly/2DIIXMj

New Year's Resolutions http://sharonrandall.com/2018/01/new-years-resolutions-jan-2-2018/ http://www.journalnow.com/opinion/columnists/anne-adkins-makes-one-more-attempt-at-resolutions/article_024f8720-53ac-11e2-a3aa-001a4bcf6878.html http://sharonrandall.com/2018/01/new-years-resolutions-jan-2-2018/

"We Interrupt Your Regularly Scheduled Programming For This Special Announcement..." From 77% plummet to 48% spike... https://news.vice.com/en_us/article/43q8a9/hawaiians-watched-a-lot-of-porn-after-fake-incoming-missile-alert

Gritty Gritty Bang Bang Originally shared by Kam-Yung Soh Scotland's kids have a love of puns. ;-) "Thanks to social media, Transport Scotland's fleet of light-flashing, salt-spraying kings of the road have become a bit of a sensation. Followers have been glued to their screens following the roads authority's Gritter Tracker. They were surprised to find out the vehicles had humorous names like Sir Andy Flurry, Sir Salter Scott and Gritty Gritty Bang Bang. The force was with the people of Ayrshire during Tuesday's snow flurries, their roads were being protected by Luke Snowalker. [...] Names were introduced by the individual companies operating parts of the fleet. Bear Scotland staged competitions for primary schools to name their local gritters. The scheme let pupils identify with the work undertaken to keep their roads clear and moving safely." http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-42703839

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"Hell Toupée" Originally shared by Susan Jahn http://riotfest.org/2018/01/derek-smalls-formerly-of-the-band-formerly-known-as-spinal-tap-is-back-with-his-debut-solo-album/

Shop 'Til You Drop "Dalto said people feel they can't prevent these disasters, so they do what they can: They shop." "Take Costco’s 1-year emergency food kit for $999.99, including shipping." "It is made up of nearly 100 cans — 1-gallon each and making 6,200 servings of food — of wheat, rice, granola, apples, bananas, peaches, strawberries, potatoes, carrots beans, onions, corn, beef, chicken, milk, sugar and salt." Serious Preppers know you'll need Doritos, though. Because in case of Nuclear War, they won't Just Make More™. https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2018/01/16/how-prepare-nuclear-blast-other-disasters/1035348001/

Pop Up Launcher via Eric Hansen Originally shared by Dustin Wyatt

Looking Forward To The End Of Flu Season Originally shared by Moss Drake Don't worry about those flying discharges...

Corrugated Combat You could poke an eye out! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pcEQ5N0qGeM

No Special Character? Also, might be missing a Thing You Know (Not To Do That), and a Thing You Have (Common Sense). via Kevin Clarke Originally shared by Derek Ross It's probably not a good idea to have your password Sticky-Noted to your monitor. It's probably not a good idea to have your password Sticky-Noted to your monitor on a critical system. IT'S PROBABLY NOT A GOOD IDEA TO HAVE YOUR PASSWORD STICKY-NOTED TO YOUR MONITOR DURING AN INTERVIEW PHOTO. http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2018/01/hawaiian-emergency-management-officials-hold-interview-post-notes-passwords-computer-screens/

A Cacophony Of Clowns AKA Modern Day Politics. Almost wrote Cacaphony... Originally shared by Al Tlön

"That's No Moon..." Cara Evangelista

Trafficking and Pandering Aren't always what folks assume they are, yesterday or today. Originally shared by Al Tlön "​Forget the warmth of the state visit: for decades, our attitude to China was defined by the portrayal of Fu Manchu. And, says Phil Baker, there was more to this fiendish figure than meets the eye" http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/features/fu-manchu-and-china-was-the-yellow-peril-incarnate-really-appallingly-racist-a6701766.html

Database Administration Who's Going To Do The Work? When Policy Collides With Practice. The 21st Century version of How You Going To Keep 'Em Down On The Farm? Also, for those of you that go into Federal facilities and military bases, Real ID requirements take effect next week. http://www.cnn.com/2018/01/12/politics/daca-e-verify-internal-enforcement/index.html

After Market Parts I did some epic crashing and burning in my youth, that required surgery and hardware. Luckily, I had an excellent doctor, healed faster than expected, and the doctor suggested I have the hardware removed. I've got some scars to brag on, an occasional hitch in my gait, and some foreknowledge of weather changes, but nothing like this. One more example of the quaint concept of "self policing." via Rugger Ducky https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/13/opinion/sunday/can-your-hip-replacement-kill-you.html

A Rum Deal My uncle went to his grave, cursing the "Marriott Lunch Crowd" (Hot Shoppes) for ruining Hogate's. I fondly remember eating there. These American Family Empire Sagas never turn out so well, do they? Anyway, the Rum Buns were good... https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/2003/07/22/the-rum-buns-from-hogates-ride-again/2c452a30-6a23-4bde-9645-65c89bec0109/ There is some dispute over the provenance of the Famous Rum Buns... Some folks claim primary honors for the Flagship, which used this recipe: In a bowl, combine a half-stick or 1/4th cup butter, 1/4th cup sugar and 1 1/2 teaspoons salt. Add 1 cup scalded milk and let the mixture cool to lukewarm. Sprinkle one envelope dry instant yeast over the mixture and beat it until it is smooth. Add one egg beaten and 1 1/2 teaspoons rum extract. Beat in 1 3/4ths cups flour, sifted, until it is smooth. Add 1 3/4ths cups more flour, sifted, and beat the mixture until it is smooth. Let the dough rise in a warm pl...

Pourqoui Le Pom-Pom? Originally shared by Damn interesting https://theoutline.com/post/868/why-do-we-all-have-pom-pom-balls-on-our-hats

(Un)Just Desserts Originally shared by **** I hate them, but I keep eating them. Like I’m somehow destroying Batali’s shitty sexist horcrux in every bite. Batali is not the first powerful man to request forgiveness for “inappropriate actions” towards his coworkers and employees. He is not the most high profile, and he is ostensibly not even the worst offender. But he is the only one who included a recipe. http://www.everywhereist.com/i-made-the-pizza-cinnamon-rolls-from-mario-batalis-sexual-misconduct-apology-letter/

Slippery Slope Many's the time I've twisted my way up and down US 52, in rain, fog, ice, and snow. The stretch up Interstate 77 is straighter, but prone to high winds and dense fog. Originally shared by Randy Culler I’m a ride’n and a guide’n, slip’n and a slide’n, rolling down Fancy Gap. My brakes are hot and my nerves are all shot… I just passed another straight down sign, it didn’t look that steep on the map http://appalachianmagazine.com/2018/01/09/virginias-fancy-gap-mountain-notorious-route-for-truckers-fog-danger-no-brakes/

Masters Of Disasters Originally shared by Kam-Yung Soh If you're reading this, it means Murphy's Law didn't erase it. :-) "If our information is not wrong, Thursday, January 11, 2018 is the 100th birthday of Edward A. Murphy, Jr., the Murphy of Murphy’s Law. Murphy [pictured here] was posthumously awarded an Ig Nobel Prize, shared with two colleagues. The 2003 Ig Nobel Prize for engineering was awarded to: The late John Paul Stapp, the late Edward A. Murphy, Jr., and George Nichols, for jointly giving birth in 1949 to Murphy’s Law, the basic engineering principle that “If there are two or more ways to do something, and one of those ways can result in a catastrophe, someone will do it” (or, in other words: “If anything can go wrong, it will”). WHO ATTENDED THE IG NOBEL CEREMONY [VIDEO]: (1) Author Nick T. Spark , on behalf of John Paul Stapp’s widow, Lilly. (2) Edward Murphy’s Edward A. Murphy III, on behalf of his late father. (3) George Nichols, via audio tap...

Non-Contiguous Borders A Late One and a Carolina Burger with Chili and Slaw...

Building Brand Loyalty Originally shared by K.B. Burnfield CBS All Access is a terrible streaming service, and I wish it ill I cancelled my subscription when they pulled this “mid-season break” BS with Trek and haven’t looked back. It’s a streaming service, not a broadcast network so they don’t need to take a break over the traditionally low ratings months - I may have to wait to see Discovery but the service isn’t worth it. https://www.theverge.com/2018/1/10/16862278/cbs-all-access-star-trek-discovery-streaming-service-analysis

Concrete Music Originally shared by rik finn Wow. Just...wow. https://youtu.be/GCTyFp0PpHE

The Marvel Bullpen Originally shared by Ray Radlein https://www.cbr.com/stan-lee-sexual-misconduct-allegations/

The New Wild, Wild West The lawless and destitute, pushed out of their natural habitat. Originally shared by Damn interesting http://www.5280.com/2018/01/danger-in-the-forest/

Wired Strippers Originally shared by Ray Radlein "Sapphire Las Vegas strip club Managing Partner Peter Feinstein said it’s all in a bid to attract more women." https://www.thedailybeast.com/do-androids-cry-after-stripping-in-vegas-for-ces?__twitter_impression=true

Both Sides Now Pay no attention to the informal understandings behind the curtain, or the attempted erosion of the power of the press. Originally shared by Damn interesting https://theintercept.com/2018/01/03/my-life-as-a-new-york-times-reporter-in-the-shadow-of-the-war-on-terror/

Spaceman's Breakfast Originally shared by mike quinn

Don't Fling Me In Dat Br'er Patch! Fantasy Football bet loser is trapped in Waffle House for 24 hours. Can achieve early release by eating more Waffles. https://mobile.twitter.com/Jpoliachik https://www.wwaytv3.com/2018/01/04/fantasy-football-bet-leaves-wilmington-man-in-waffle-house-for-24-hours/

BB & The Hong Kong Cavaliers Originally shared by David McKeever

Originally shared by Bobby Seale I took from Malcolm X’s polemic pronouncement, “The ballot or the bullet,” that Malcolm preferred the ballot, and I believed the racists took from Malcolm’s statement that he would give black folks the bullet simply because, in their minds, they were not going to allow any people of color to vote to take over political seats via the ballot. In 1965, I was employed by the City of Oakland’s Department of Human resources, when all the hullabaloo about “Black Power” broke onto the scene. I argued with several of the fresh “Black Power” advocates that we black folks will not have any power until we acquire thousands of political seats, that there were counties in many southern states whose population grossly outnumbered white folks. A black sheriff could be elected in many counties if we had the power to vote in those counties. We have no power seats here in California on our city councils or in our county supervisor seats because black people are shamefully...

Torsion Bar Suspension! Originally shared by Semicentenary Project In January 1968 Mattel introduced Hot Wheels.

#Overheard Originally shared by Al Tlön "I don't eat pork," he said with all the gravitas of a man in a suit on a date with a girl in a wolf onesie, "because pigs eat cats." https://www.tor.com/2018/01/05/a-bizarre-date-i-witnessed-between-wolf-girl-and-james-spaders-lonely-doppelganger/#more-326800

Schoolhouse Rock Originally shared by lynn paden the first schoolhouse rock came out to-day.....45 years ago. this was the first short that premiered. now you're here to stay, and nobody even knows how wonderful you are....... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zxYsgRsNg2s&feature=share

Hysteresis Or maybe Heist-eresis... I dunno. Is this what McLuhan meant by "The medium is the message"? via Cara Evangelista Originally shared by Keith Wilson Having spent the past three months monitoring Trump’s Twitter feed professionally, I also had a good sense of why this spectacle was unfolding. After watching a recording of the previous few minutes of Fox News, my hunch was confirmed: The president was live-tweeting the network’s coverage. https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2018/01/05/trump-media-feedback-loop-216248

Originally shared by Al Tlön https://www.gq.com/story/michael-wolff-white-house-trump-access

Weighting Filter In related news, 4'33" can no longer be performed due to rights issues... via David Archer Originally shared by PCMag It's just white noise... https://www.pcmag.com/news/358313/musicians-white-noise-youtube-video-gets-5-copyright-claims

Free Willis! Originally shared by giacomo bencistà Komatsuzaki Shigeru Cover art for Red Planet by Robert A. Heinlein. Via: https://mudwerks.tumblr.com/post/169272525599/astromonster-michaelallanleonard-komatsuzaki

Originally shared by Rick Wayne (Author) On the proper way to eat sushi Most of Japanese TV is about food, which is odd considering that Japan consumes fewer calories per person than any of the major industrialized nations, by far. Not that there are many cooking shows. There aren't. Unlike in America, where people learn to cook from books and TV personalities, Japanese people learn to cook from their mothers. TV here is filled with "magazine shows" which cover all manner of topics that might appear in the Lifestyle section of the newspaper, including food. A typical segment will follow two male hosts, accompanied by an attractive and much younger female host, as they wander some local town on foot looking for a specific mom-and-pop shop that they heard makes its oyakodon in some special way. The hosts will meet the proprietors, make small talk, and sample the dish to visible delight, screaming "Oishi!" (Delicious.) Then the secret will be revealed... but censor...

Powder Burns Originally shared by Damn interesting https://features.propublica.org/bombs-in-our-backyard/military-pollution-rdx-bombs-holston-cornhusker/

Hostage To Art via Meg L Originally shared by Guillaume Janssen Damien Rice & Cantus Domus - It Takes a Lot to Know a Man It was in Oct. 2016, in Berlin, during Michelberger Music. Between each show of the festival, we were kidnapping a person in the audience, which we were taking to a secret room where an artist was waiting. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BxWl-O19i-I

Buy Buy Bass A Bookman's Bookman. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/03/obituaries/fred-bass-strand-bookstore-dies-at-89.html Wasn't my favorite store, but I've been there, saw him on his stool in the days before air conditioning... Roxy Music-Do The Strand: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TMkKasOpjng Pay Attention! There will be a Quiz: https://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/17/nyregion/want-to-work-in-18-miles-of-books-first-the-quiz.html https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/03/obituaries/fred-bass-strand-bookstore-dies-at-89.html

The Final Countdown via Ray Radlein Originally shared by Kee Hinckley “what stage of capitalism is it where brands imitate threats of nuclear war to sell fried chicken” https://twitter.com/athertonkd/status/948601591841439744?ref_src=twcamp%5Eshare%7Ctwsrc%5Eios%7Ctwgr%5Ecom.google.GooglePlus.ShareExtension

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Accidentally On Purpose Maxwell (Not So) Smart, Agent of Change. Would You Believe? http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2018/01/michael-wolff-fire-and-fury-book-donald-trump.html

Artisanal As All Get Out ”nearly a religion” http://ansonmills.com/grain_notes/12 I’m a wee bit ill that we didn’t get this in time for New Year’s but I didn’t read the fine print: “We mill and ship all retail orders on Tuesdays.” http://ansonmills.com/products Yep. That’s it. Once a week. Artisanal Shipping and Handling, too. Also, we're suppose to store this stuff in the freezer, to preserve its delicate sensibilities. My ancestral relations are spinning in their graves. But I don't reckon I should have expected different. The boy did go to Chapel Hill, and says that a "conventional life track" could not "contain his energies." http://ansonmills.com/biographies

It's The Prices, Stupid Follow The Money... https://www.healthaffairs.org/doi/abs/10.1377/hlthaff.22.3.89 Originally shared by Damn interesting https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/02/upshot/us-health-care-expensive-country-comparison.html?_r=0

It's What's For Breakfast We might use a wee bit more rum than the recipe suggests. As a preservative. To ward off the chill of winter, and impending mortality. As the doctor asked Mr. Bell, in his advanced years: "Do you drink any hard liquor?" Mr. Bell nodded. "How much?" the doctor asked. Mr. Bell said, "Whatever it takes."

False Dichotomy Phoebe Snow-Either or Both: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1FiErA-iRs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1FiErA-iRs

Up The Creek Without A Paddle. It Happens. https://www.wral.com/duck-calls-lead-ems-to-hunters-stranded-on-frozen-beaver-creek/17226068/ https://www.wral.com/duck-calls-lead-ems-to-hunters-stranded-on-frozen-beaver-creek/17226068/

Time Originally shared by Semicentenary Project The Chambers Brothers - Time Has Come Today https://buff.ly/2DIM5qi

Out With The Old http://ihnatko.com/2017/12/15/letting-go-of-the-sable/