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2012-11-08 19:33:27 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

‘Fiscal cliff’ will test all sides’ readiness for compromise after Obama win

"The U.S. political landscape changed little with Tuesday’s election, and now both Democrats and Republicans will be tested by the immediate need for moderation if they are to avoid the feared “fiscal cliff” of automatic tax increases and deep spending cuts that could send the country into a recession."

2012-11-08 19:32:50 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

ROMNEY BUNDLERS paid a lot of money for him to deliver. They're not happy at all now.  Politico reports Wednesday night, Nov. 7, 2012:

"Romneyworld reckoning begins"
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1112/83549.html

2012-11-08 19:20:57 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

Ok, I have to work - but this got my day started with a few laughs. 

2012-11-08 19:15:28 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

The researchers reconstructed rainfall records from stalagmite samples collected from Yok Balum Cave, located nearly three miles from ancient city of Uxbenka, in the tropical Maya Lowlands in southern Belize. They compared their findings to the rich political histories carved on stone monuments at Maya cities throughout the region.

2012-11-07 21:10:00 (0 comments, 1 reshares, 1 +1s)

2012-11-07 21:06:56 (0 comments, 1 reshares, 0 +1s)

2012-11-06 20:51:46 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

2012-11-06 09:32:23 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

Watch Paul Ryan snicker at some desperate men who try to question him on the economy" 

2012-11-05 22:33:44 (0 comments, 1 reshares, 2 +1s)

Unions.

"So ugly is the misplaced anti-union hate on the right that Sean Hannity gets caught substituting audio and gets called on it by another right wing hack." -David Badash.

http://thenewcivilrightsmovement.com/10-look-so-republicans-what-do-you-have-to-say-about-unions-now/politics/2012/11/05/53073

2012-11-05 22:21:36 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

Nate Silver is still standing behind his math.

He says that Obama has a 86.3% chance of winning the election. He predicts 307 Electoral votes for Obama and 231 for Mittens.

We'll see what happens, but I think Obama for another 4 is a safe bet. 

2012-11-05 06:33:35 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

2012-11-04 00:20:21 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

2012-11-03 03:35:04 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

2012-11-03 03:34:51 (0 comments, 1 reshares, 1 +1s)

2012-11-03 03:33:26 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

2012-11-03 03:32:54 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

2012-11-03 03:32:14 (0 comments, 1 reshares, 1 +1s)

2012-11-03 03:31:50 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

2012-11-03 03:31:18 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

2012-11-03 03:31:00 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

http://videothevote.org/

2012-11-03 03:29:38 (0 comments, 1 reshares, 1 +1s)

#Empathy Represses #Analytic Thought, and Vice Versa: #Brain Physiology Limits Simultaneous Use of Both Networks

When the brain fires up the network of neurons that allows us to empathize, it suppresses the network used for analysis, a pivotal study led by a Case Western Reserve University researcher shows.

2012-11-03 03:29:03 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

2012-11-01 00:36:32 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

Nice Wired article by Daniel MacArthur as well:
http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2011/07/personal-genomics-no-longer-just-for-rich-white-folks/

2012-11-01 00:35:44 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

It's wonderful to be recognized that what we are doing has the potential to dramatically transform research and bring discoveries to consumers, faster.

“What 23andMe did in a matter of years would have taken several decades and tens of millions of dollars” if done conventionally. -- Haydeh Payami, a neurodegenerative disease researcher at the New York State Department of Health.

2012-11-01 00:35:29 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

Every year thousands of parents are surprised to learn they are carriers for recessive genetic diseases. They usually learn this once they are already pregnant. Knowing what you are carrying in your DNA before you get pregnant can help either prevent passing down genetic diseases or help families better prepare for caring for a child with a genetic disease. 23andMe believes it is important to give consumers the ability to get access to this information before they decide to have children. While you can't know everything about your future children, you can know a great deal about your risk of passing down a genetic disease.

2012-11-01 00:34:15 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

This post has generated a lot of discussion in the Wojcicki household!

2012-11-01 00:31:05 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

+23andMe's official statement on its recent controversial changes, posted by co-founder +Anne Wojcicki.

2012-11-01 00:24:21 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

2012-11-01 00:21:04 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

If you haven't followed the Pussy Riot "trial" in Russia, I recommend you read Garry Kasparov's eye opening account of the state of freedom of expression under Putin.

http://www.themoscowtimes.com/opinion/article/putinism-is-the-only-religion-that-matters/466886.html

There was shock, if no real surprise, at the verdict against Pussy Riot on Friday. Despite whispers of leniency, I never doubted that a conviction and prison term would result. Not because they violated anything in the Criminal Code, which, as of this writing, is still freely available on the Internet. No, Pussy Riot's actions were hateful toward religion only in breaking the First Commandment of today's Russia, "Thou shalt not take Putin's name in vain." ...

2012-11-01 00:20:04 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

2012-10-31 22:34:10 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

2012-10-31 22:33:39 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

2012-10-31 22:31:58 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

2012-10-31 22:29:33 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

2012-10-31 22:28:44 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

from Hubble at http://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic1107a/

2012-10-30 23:10:36 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

There was no practical reason to make people wait 40 minutes to donate their goods other than to create a photo-op of Mitt Romney collecting relief supplies.

If it was about helping, and not about making himself look good there would be no reason to make them wait in line. 

2012-10-30 22:57:16 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

2012-10-30 21:59:29 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

2012-10-30 21:57:20 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

VIDEO: MTA footage of flooding in the South Ferry and Whitehall Street Station. Floor to ceiling water on the rail level.

2012-10-30 21:56:25 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 2 +1s)

2012-10-30 20:27:40 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

2012-10-29 20:45:46 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

2012-10-29 00:32:40 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

2012-10-27 21:23:00 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

2012-10-26 21:45:26 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

2012-10-26 21:45:05 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

 
        A trampoline bridge over the river Seine, Paris
      

2012-10-26 21:44:03 (1 comments, 1 reshares, 2 +1s)

2012-10-26 21:43:08 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

2012-10-26 21:41:31 (0 comments, 1 reshares, 0 +1s)

2012-10-26 21:40:22 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

via +Banz ai