‘Serious’ Al-Qaeda Alert
The al-Qaeda affiliate in Yemen apparently sparked the threat that led the US to close 22 embassies and to issue a worldwide travel alert.
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Call Me Stormy
Finding righteous currents in turbulent times
Archive for the month “August, 2013”
Bootleggers and Baptists
We all know bootleggers and Baptists rarely see eye to eye. Ask one group and its members will probably tell you they despise the other group. Yet, when it comes to government regulation, both bootleggers and Baptists work together. Prof. Bruce Yandle explains that this happens because both groups actually desire the same outcome. The Baptists benefit, for example, from laws that make the sale of alcoholic beverages illegal on Sundays. Bootleggers benefit because now they can sell alcohol on Sundays.
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Pliny the Elder
Before there was Google, there were encyclopedias. The very idea of these vasat collections of knowledge can be credited to Pliny The Elder. So who was he, and why does he seem to pop up everywhere from Alchemy to Zoology? Hank Green has the story in this edition of SciShow: Great Minds.
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Golden Age of MTV
To celebrate the release of Kennedy’s new book THE KENNEDY CHRONICLES, she sat down for a live broadcast conversation with producer and media mogul Andy Schuon, who happens to be the man responsible for launching her media career. They discussed the old days at the MTV beach house, ruminated on how cultural and technological shifts have affected popular music, and hyped Schuon’s new music video channel, Revolt, which he’s launching in conjunction with Diddy.
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Russia Bans US Punk Rockers
The American punk-rock group The Bloodhound Gang have been scattered with eggs and tomatoes, beaten and banned from performing in Russia after their base player shoved the country’s flag down his trousers during a gig in Ukraine.
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Have Car, Will Guitar
Guitar guru Beaver Felton hops into his hot-road to demonstrate his finger exercise techniques. H/T Found Footage
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How to Take a Photo
Key & Peele join Rhett & Link in a photo session devoted to the quest: How to take the perfect duo portrait.
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Light Rail to Nowhere
In 2011, officials in Honolulu, Hawaii began construction on a controversial 20-mile rail project partly because of almost $1.8 billion in federal subsidies to President Barack Obama’s home state. The project’s total cost estimate stands at $5.3 billion, but if other similar projects are any indication, the final price tag will increase dramatically before anyone even gets to buy a ticket. What’s playing out in the Aloha State is happening all over the country. H/T Reason.TV
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US Foreign Policy in Shambles
With 21 US embassies and consulates closing throughout the entire Middle East, Syndicated Columnist Charles Krauthammer weighs in with his perspective on the President Obama’s gaffe-filled foreign policies.
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Are We Growing Apart?
If the Universe is expanding, are we growing apart along with it? MinutePhysics ponders the imponderable.
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