- Happy Birthday, John Locke: The Essential Locke in 3 Minutes | Brain Pickings • by Maria Popova
- > video philosophy
- 8,000-year-old stone shelter found in Colorado
- A small prehistoric stone shelter which dates back 8,000 years has been found in Colorado.
- Ancient Egyptians used hair gel
- An analysis of an Egyptian mummies hair shows that a fat-based product was used to hold their hair styles in place.
Roman jar mystery full of holes
- A unique Roman jar riddled with holes is stumping scientists who have never come across anything like it before.
- Dangers of a ‘Submissive’ Wife in Chief: Is a Vote for Michele Bachmann Really a Vote for Her Husband? | Tea Party and the Right | AlterNet
- …only in America would the first female president be a woman who has promised to obey her man as Christ’s representative on earth–and only in America would there be a debate about whether a such a woman can be a feminist. Yes, we are that screwed up. Naomi Wolf, for example, claims that reactionaries like Sarah Palin and Michele Bachmann are the real feminists today. …
- Does [Rick Perry] believe in wifely submission? Given his close ties to the AFA, it’s very likely, but not to worry: since he’s a man, the question of whether he’d defer to Anita on matters of state won’t come up.
- Rick Perry: Transparency Is Good—Except When I’m in Charge | Mother Jones
- > open_government hypocrisy
- In Somaliland, less money has brought more democracy | Nick Eubank | Global development | guardian.co.uk
- As the humanitarian crisis in southern Somalia threatens millions of lives, Somalia’s little-known northern neighbour, Somaliland, is doing so well that its government recently offered to send aid across the border. That a small and relatively poor country that is also suffering from the ongoing drought would be in a position to help Somalia is itself remarkable…
- BBC journalist killed during Taliban attack ‘may have been shot by US forces’ | World news | guardian.co.uk
- > war_what_is_it_good_for
- The 10 States With the Best Economies in America | Economy | AlterNet
- > north_dakota nebraska alaska iowa south_dakota wyoming virginia new_hampshire oklahoma hawaii
- Terrorism in the U.S. Since 9/11 | Schneier on Security
- John Mueller and his students analyze the 33 cases of attempted [EDITED TO ADD: Islamic extremist] terrorism in the U.S. since 9/11. So few of them are actually real, and so many of them were created or otherwise facilitated by law enforcement.
- The death toll of all these is fourteen…
- > war_on_abstract_nouns security_theater
- Chile’s Commander Camila, the student who can shut down a city | World news | The Guardian
- Camila Vallejo’s call for better and cheaper education has seen student protests transform into a two-day nationwide shutdown
- Five ways to guard kids from ID theft | MarketWatch.com
- Child identity theft can go undetected for years — till a young person runs into problems opening a bank account for the first time. Here are ways to protect your child’s ID.
- Los Angeles middle schoolers get a lesson in the legal system | L.A. Times
- A mock trial focusing on cyberbullying is the culmination of a 10-week series on the legal system for Los Angeles middle school students.
- Councilman killed probing pot operation | L.A. Times
- A Northern California city councilman was shot and killed while investigating a marijuana-growing operation
- LHC puts supersymmetry in doubt | BBC News
- Results from the Large Hadron Collider have all but killed the simplest version of a theory that physicists had hoped would update the current model of sub-atomic physics.
- Rebels Free 10,000 From Gadhafi’s Prisons | ABC News: Top Stories
- Libyan rebel official says 10K Gadhafi-era prisoners freed, 50K still missing.
- Bachmann: Irene Was God’s Warning | ABC News: Top Stories
- Michele Bachman, campaigning in Florida Saturday, said Hurricane Irene was a wakeup call to politicians to listen to the American people. Her campaign said the comment was made in jest.
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