Day: January 18, 2016

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Daily Beast: Pentagon May Demote David Petraeus

Will Truman January 18, 2016

The Pentagon is considering retroactively demoting retired Gen. David Petraeus after he admitted to giving classified information...

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Donald Trump Is Really Unpopular With General Election Voters

Will Truman January 18, 2016

We’ve got an unpopular set of presidential candidates this year– Bernie Sanders is the only candidate in...

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Black hole sun could support bizarre life on orbiting planets | New Scientist

CK MacLeod January 18, 2016

The energy of light is proportional to its frequency. This means that when light from the CMB...

Alexandra Petri: An unbiased look at the Best Picture nominees of 2016 – The Washington Post IFRL-NaPP-Space-P04-Surveyors-Wanted-NASA-Recruitment-Poster

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Alexandra Petri: An unbiased look at the Best Picture nominees of 2016 – The Washington Post

CK MacLeod January 18, 2016

“The Big Short”: Toast The Knowing, The Splendid Angharad, The Dag, Furiosa, Capable and Nux are all names...

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Morning Ed: United States {2016.01.18.M}

Will Truman January 18, 2016

The Ticket King of Brooklyn, the town for sale in South Dakota, and more...

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A Futurist Take On Personal Transportation

Oscar Gordon January 18, 2016

Looking ahead to the driverless future.

Dark Matter in reply to Jaybird on Open Mic for the Week of 4/14/2025Far as I can tell, most press conferences are not open to the general public. That seems to be what…
David TC in reply to Jaybird on Open Mic for the Week of 4/14/2025I have to say, while I am not a Free Speech Abolutist, I am very confused. I didn't know you could a…
David TC in reply to pillsy on Open Mic for the Week of 4/14/2025I think it's worth reminding people that the Republicans are setting precedent after precedent that…
Saul Degraw on Open Mic for the Week of 4/14/20251. Van Hollen managed to meet with Garcia in a hotel. Bukele and/ Trump are frightened. 2. David Bro…
Dark Matter in reply to InMD on Open Mic for the Week of 4/14/2025It's in NY, against an unpopular victim, with an attractive killer whose motivation was presumably s…
Dark Matter in reply to Saul Degraw on Open Mic for the Week of 4/14/2025Very true. It's newsworthy only because it's rare. These sorts of "respect" killings (assuming that'…
Jaybird in reply to Slade the Leveller on Open Mic for the Week of 4/14/2025Nothing to be done, I guess.
Slade the Leveller on Open Mic for the Week of 4/14/2025It’s kind of hard to believe there’s anything worth bombing still in Gaza, but I guess when you run…
Jaybird in reply to Michael Cain on From Marginal Revolution: o3 and AGI, is April 16th AGI day?Not to nitpick, but that excludes more than 5% of humans.
Jaybird in reply to pillsy on Open Mic for the Week of 4/14/2025They have already taken away the salad bars from Applebee's. They have taken away the Ponderosas.