June 2012
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“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness, and many of our...”
– Mark Twain, Innocents Abroad (via philphys)
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Electoral college: Can campuses muster Obama... →
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“It’s still early, but I don’t feel there’s been the same level of (get out the vote campaigning) so far,” said Cynthia Wilbanks, vice president for government relations at the University of Michigan. “The novelty of his ascent is gone. Obama’s the incumbent now. That’s different.”
Also, the economy stinks on ice, and Obama is viewed as being responsible. That should be mentioned as...
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“I do not believe that the solution to our problem is simply to elect the right...”
– Milton Friedman (via The Transom)
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Seventy years ago today, Anne Frank received a...
mentalflossr:
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Lapham's Quarterly: 11 Wars People Forgot to... →
laphamsquarterly:
Never forget, Berwick-upon-Tweed vs. Russia. Never forget.
mentalflossr:
Thanks to lost paperwork, diplomatic technicalities, or just plain forgetting they had declared war in the first place, many countries remained in a state of war long after the actual fighting had stopped.
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"I've been playing the same game of Civilization... →
jtotheizzoe:
One of the most interesting Reddit threads I’ve seen in a while. Ever wondered what would happen if you allowed a game like Civilization II to continue into the year 3991 A.D?
War. Eternal war, full of death and chaos, all over scarce resources and among three remaining global nations. Check out the whole post here, and start stocking canned goods. There’s even a subreddit...
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