July 2012
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“The element running through entire nature, which we popularly call Fate, is...”
– Fate by Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Page 1A: 13 Reasons Why This Is the Worst Congress...
From the Washington Post
If doing the same thing twice and expecting a different result makes you insane, what does doing the same thing 33 times and expecting a different result make you? Well, it makes you the 112th Congress.
Possible the most shocking graph in this story is the one on how the IRS is 31% more well-liked than Congress. Who said Americans hate taxes the most? Hell, they like...
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“The faith that stands on authority is not faith. The reliance on authority,...”
– The Over-Soul by Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Page 1A: Is Contaminated Chicken to Blame for...
From the Atlantic:
The CDC analyzed the genomes of E. coli from women who were suffering from UTIs, and compared them to the E. coli genomes from food sources, including chicken, red meat, and pork. They found that the strains of bacteria from the UTIs matched those from one food source in particular: chicken. The bacteria were likely to have come from the chicken itself, rather than from human...
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“It is easy in the world to live after the world’s opinion; it is easy in...”
– Self-Reliance by Ralph Waldo Emerson
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“What is not good for virtue, is good for knowledge.”
– Plato; or, the Philosopher by Ralph Waldo Emerson
I wish people wouldn't ask me about my experiences...
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Page 1A: Why Conservatives Are Happier Than...
From the New York Times:
People at the extremes are happier than political moderates. Correcting for income, education, age, race, family situation and religion, the happiest Americans are those who say they are either “extremely conservative” (48 percent very happy) or “extremely liberal” (35 percent). Everyone else is less happy, with the nadir at dead-center “moderate” (26 percent).
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“The sun illuminates only the eye of man, but shines into the eye and the heart...”
– Nature by Ralph Waldo Emerson
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“Men cease to interest us when we find their limitations. The only sin is...”
– Circles by Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Page 1A: Has 'Organic' Been Oversized?
From the New York Times:
As corporate membership on the [National Organic Standards Board] has increased, so, too, has the number of nonorganic materials approved for organic foods on what is called the National List. At first, the list was largely made up of things like baking soda, which is nonorganic but essential to making things like organic bread. Today, more than 250 nonorganic substances...
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“You should date an illiterate girl.
Date a girl who doesn’t read. Find her in...”
– Charles Warnke (via jarrodis)
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I don't want to freak anyone out, but there are...
liquid-thought:
Any fandom.
Is this real… or like what…? I just don’t grasp… What’s the point…?
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