Monday, January 16, 2012

Great Reads and Interesting Links

Stephen Colbert gave his Super-PAC away and announced he is running for office. Every step he takes points out the absurdities of our presidential election system.

Would you really want to know when you are expected to die? On online mortality calculator designed to help doctors is now available for anyone.

In 1835, Andrew Jackson escaped the first attempt to assassinate a U.S. president. Richard Lawrence had him at point blank range, but incompetence or luck saved the president's life.

The Supreme Court has reaffirmed religious organizations' freedom to hire and fire as they see fit, meaning they have an exemption from laws against discrimination. This is the opposite of what some Christian groups expected.

New research shows that cravings for fatty foods can be blamed on our genes. Which only makes sense, as it affects how we fit into our jeans.

"I love the smell of napalm in the morning!" The line from Apocalyse Now has been used and reused and adapted in so many other movies that they've been compiled into a supercut. (NSFW language)

Adele's song "Rolling in the Deep" is awesome. Mike Thompkins does all the vocal parts and all the instrumental parts, too, in this version -with his mouth.

Should there be national standards for sex education? Right now, the average student only gets about 17 hours of sex ed before college.

6 Crises That Keep Economists Up At Night. At least they still have jobs, but they also know things could get much worse.

The point of the long and winding sentence.

U.S. Government Terrorist Identification Chart.

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