Monday

Interesting

Found in the muck of a drained river.

Heatwave unveils ancient settlements in Wales

Scary

Survival of the Richest

'Murica - We used to be the good guys.

U.S. Opposition to Breast-Feeding Resolution Stuns World Health Officials

Propaganda

This Is What Modern War Propaganda Looks Like 

"Whenever you see the sudden emergence of an attractive media campaign that is sympathetic to the plight of civilians in a resource-rich nation unaligned with the western empire, you are seeing propaganda. When that nation is surrounded by other nations with similar human rights transgressions and yet those transgressions are ignored by that same media campaign, you are most certainly seeing propaganda. When that nation just so happens to already be the target of starvation sanctions and escalated covert CIA ops, you can bet the farm that you are seeing propaganda."

Trump and the R's

America the Loser - I remember when R's didn't want "the government" picking winners and losers.  

Shibboleths (repost from 2011)

Epistemic Sunk Costs and the Extraordinary, Populist Delusions of Crowds?

The Irving Fisher "Stocks have reached what looks like a permanently high plateau." Award

"Everybody knows Donald Trump is entertaining, but you cannot become president of the basis of being a good entertainer," said Fleischer. "You have to run for president on issues that make people say I can see that person being the president, he acts presidential and the birther movement will not be the cause that propels Donald Trump forward it actually will be the cause that holds him back." from Sarah Palin 'Appreciates' Donald Trump's 'Birther' Questions