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Thursday, October 13, 2016

thursdays excursion intermission

the new dark ages:  banning of books in prisons

humans may not be hard-wired for violence after all

the 5 deadly sins of big pharma

police homicides in the united states

the winners of this year's ig nobel prizes



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Wednesday, October 12, 2016

wednesday car

how the trumps got rich

half of all guns in america are owned by just 3% of the population

how to make sure bad bankers are held accountable

wage gap between white and black workers is at a 40 year high

here's the world's oldest written melody 
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Tuesday, October 11, 2016

tuesday blue

greenland annual ice loss 40 trillions pounds more than first believed

when did fashion stop caring about clothes?

where creativity comes from

neighbor unlocks door without permission using siri

an oral history of 'we built this city,' the worst song of all time 
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Monday, October 10, 2016

in 1492 he sailed the ocean blue

more cities are ditching columbus day in favor of indigenous peoples day

how the deeply held beliefs of the nation's elite economists caused extreme inequality

billy bush is suspended from the today show

giant pandas are no longer on the endangered species list

do you believe in god, or is that a software glitch?
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Sunday, October 09, 2016

sunday driver

why the high cost of big-city living is bad for everyone

the insurance rip-off at the heart of the epi-pen scandal

here's why most non-whites can't stand republicans

august extends string of record warm global months

photos of hermit crabs with homes made from beach trash
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Saturday, October 08, 2016

everybody loves saturday night

big bank ceo's get the benefits of fraud without the accountability

mark wahlberg's burger chain is being sued for unpaid wages

facebook overestimated key video advertising metric for 2 years

who works for the workers?

5 myths about mosquitoes
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Friday, October 07, 2016

his girl friday

the beginning of the end of the world

clinton moves to block trump's path to 270 electoral votes

there are fewer than 10 grizzly bears left in washington state

apple still hasn't addressed a major design flaw in the iphones

100 year old tortoise fathers 800 offspring to save species
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Thursday, October 06, 2016

thursdays are blue

3rd ron paul aid gets prison time for campaign violations

arctic sea ice could be gone in two years - and that's not good for the globe

support for black lives matter grows among white youth

most people still prefer printed books

punk crock 
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Wednesday, October 05, 2016

wednesday blonde

how congress makes taxpayers foot the bill for oil pipeline fat cats

millions of indian workers go on strike for better wages

teachers can't buy houses in california

money for nothing

which voters show up when states allow early voting? 
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Tuesday, October 04, 2016

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tuesday before poland

why the gop will never accept president hillary clinton

why are america's suburbs getting poorer?

is the trump campaign just a giant safe space for the right?

why are mass killings by white people almost never called terrorism?

anti-bacterial soap is a lie just like everything else in your life
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Monday, October 03, 2016

monday space

study finds luxury shoppers are the worst human beings

call the alt-right movement what it is: racist as hell

first boat powered by 100% renewables circles the globe

viruses are more dangerous in the morning

off the grid on a home-made floating island

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Sunday, October 02, 2016

sunday drive

the grudge match to succeed harry reed for control of the senate

health care is a right, not a business

rural oklahoma's struggle with addiction and mental illness

the dea's war on narco-terrorism just got more complicated

study finds children raised without religion show more empathy
 
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Saturday, October 01, 2016

every saturday

it takes a ruling class village to staff the white house

how the alt-right is attempting to hide its white supremacist ties

the u.s. is pissing off everyone in northern syria

first mass extinction on earth was engineered by early animals

but in 1975, a cat co-authored a peer-reviewed physics paper

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Friday, September 30, 2016

here's to friday night

nearly 6 million people will be barred from voting next november

why won't corporate media push back against lying think tank experts?

banks get deductions for paying huge bonuses to execs

apple hit with a record-breaking tax penalty  in europe

facebook recommends psychaitrist's patients friend each other
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Thursday, September 29, 2016

thursday's radiation

the world's most dangerous predator is us

hillary clinton and the church of the sacred fed

ceo's misled lawmakers about epi-pen profits: they're 66% higher

trump's tax plan would cost trillions and boost incomes for the rich

brain wiring needed for reading isn't learned - it's already there
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Wednesday, September 28, 2016

wednesday again


trump brags about not paying taxes

twitter loved the debate 

georgia should stop inhibiting black voter registration

texas is one of the most dangerous places in the world to have a baby

radical plan to  save african rhinos  by shipping them to australia
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Tuesday, September 27, 2016

tuesday at 10

americans are just staying at home more

self-driving taxis in singapore

close the ceo bonus loophole

trump's 'rigged elections' rhetoric could spark voter intimidation

now you can finally use your drone to make money


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Monday, September 26, 2016

monday space

confronting the myth that "black culture" is responsible for violence in america

why north carolina is the biggest battleground state in this election

reduce your calories, live longer!

what's next for the world's most trafficked mammal?

my god...it's not full of stars! scientist find huge void in the middle of the milky way

and rip golfing legend and refreshing drink innovator arnold palmer
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Sunday, September 25, 2016

sunday down south

the history of money - it's not what you think

democrats have a shot at taking the house - here's the math

how san francisco's hippy explosion shaped the modern world

half of all sexual abuse claims in prisons involve guards

there's only one howard johnson's left
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Saturday, September 24, 2016

every other satuday

greater than the sum of our parks

fox news sexual harassment problem is bigger than roger ailes

pr firm wrote 1000's of op-eds for major papers

white nationalists love twitter and trump 

summer in the hamptons:  only slightly more hellish than westeros
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Friday, September 23, 2016

gramma friday

the government is classifying too many documents

big soda sues oakland over beverage tax measure

exactly what is the electoral college?

i called the wells fargo ethics line and was fired

dear donald, from one pissed off american woman
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Thursday, September 22, 2016

thursday's child

victoria becomes first australian state to ban fracking

obama's staff is taking over silicon valley

donald trump is the least of the gop's problems

one of america's biggest crime waves isn't what you think it is

what makes a mcmansion bad architecture?
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Wednesday, September 21, 2016

wednesday and proud

anarchists and the rise of the welfare state

overwhelming evidence that the guaranteed income works

this helpful chart reveals if a robot is coming for your job

twins born in japan's females-only shark tank stump officials

please don't take gynecological advice from khloe kardashian
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Tuesday, September 20, 2016

tuesday assassin

how bill clinton made america more ambitious - and more dangerous

donald trump's long history of racism explained

your tax money is subsidizing wall street bonuses

is the oil industry dying?

the fda wants to make it harder to buy and sell poop
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Monday, September 19, 2016

monday song

pentagon has no idea where hundreds of thousands of guns went in iraq and afghanistan

bernie sanders is right to be grumpy

the media and the clinton foundation: conflict of interest

wall street is abandoning wall street because it's too expensive

can twitter fit into the library of congress? 
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Sunday, September 18, 2016

sunday down in tennessee

koch brothers: scamming veterans

texas leads the developing world in maternal mortality

why the democratic party is failing the poor

we can have zero climate warming in our lifetimes

most depressed adults in u.s. don't get treatment
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Saturday, September 17, 2016

everyday is saturday

after years of intensive study, google finds the key to good teamwork is being nice

florida's war on abortion is hurting its fight against the zika virus

the unsexy truth about millennials:  they're poor

how forest loss is leading to a rise in human disease

parents have been spanking their kids for millennia.  science says they were wrong

and rip author of "who's afraid of virginia woolf" and a myriad of others, playwright edward albee 
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Friday, September 16, 2016

good mourning, black friday

trump is now fully aligned with white supremacists

rnc pulls in the worst fundraising numbers in years

iphone or i-exploit?

a "trickle down disaster"

today's tech oligarchs are worse than the robber barons
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Thursday, September 15, 2016

thursday was your favorite day

the world's 25 largest defense budgets

how america grew - unequal

nobody knows how often police use tasers on students in school

a brief history of racism

is donald trump's endgame trump tv? 
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Wednesday, September 14, 2016

waiting for wednesday

wall street's protection racket:  mandatory arbitration

opinion:  jill stein should be included in a 4-way presidential debate

stop killing coyotes

trump is the gop's disease in its final stage

life 100 years in the future
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