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Anyway, let’s take a break from shutdown theater (but read this nice round-up, first), which is becoming more like shutdown porn, and I’m addicted to it. Let’s turn to Obamacare… Here’s a more detailed...
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I give you: brides throwing cats instead of bouquets. Jeffrey Goldberg thinks reducing Egypt’s aid is a mistake. He gives three reasons why. A Malaysian court has ruled that non-Muslims are no longer...
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11 lessons that Jane Eyre can teach every 21st century woman about how to live well. TICK TOCK Speaking of the Obamacare rollout, Nick Gillespie has a great piece on it today. The best jokes about the...
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Stay classy, Qatar. Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou URL…The Folger Shakespeare Library collection goes fully digital. (Watch the video at the link.) The Titanic violin just sold for $1.6 million....
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Your Morning Cup of Links
The Capitol dome is getting a $60 million facelift. A new report suggests that Iran may be only a month away from having enough weapons-grade uranium to make a bomb, which for all intents and purposes,...
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Check out these surreal portraits of classical beauties with fish heads by my new favorite artist Hannah Yata. Sorry, but now I’m going to ruin your day. I was nice and gave you some nudity first. Now...
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13 of the best literary quotes about beer. Two of my favorites: “Beer’s intellectual. What a shame so many idiots drink it.” — Ray Bradbury “The beer tastes good to my throat, cold and bitter, and the...
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When is the perfect time to drink coffee? Right now, all the time, always. (The timing is actually a little more condensed than that.) 38 pumpkins carved like famous people. Some of these look like...
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Your Morning Cup of Links/Japan is just the best
There’s a travel agency in Tokyo for stuffed animals because, well, it’s Japan. It’s called Unagi Travel (awesome!). A Japanese burger chain has made face masks so women can eat burgers more...
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Essential tips for hosting a literary holiday party. Jake Tapper’s top five war book recommendations. These Star Wars-themed sex toys will make you “feel the force,” baby. Matthew Continetti with a...
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Meet the Pentagon’s most powerful female official ever…who was also the inspiration for the Kelly McGillis character “Charlie” in the Tom Cruise movie about Navy fly boys, Top Gun. Can the world still...
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If Shakespeare wrote Star Wars. Celebrity death match, Jane Austen-style: Mr. Darcy vs. Mr. Knightley. The five ships that are the future of the Chinese Navy. Chile’s fast-growing economy and low...
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Speaking of government running everything into the ground, Zimbabwe is about to experience a government-made famine. Ronald Bailey offers up a guide for dictators who want to keep their countries poor...
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The glassware that will change your wine-drinking life. What your booze says about your politics. I pretty much enjoy all liquor, so that chart doesn’t really help me, but check it out for yourself....
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There’s a Velveeta shortage…with the Super Bowl coming up. RIOT!!! I’m no fan of Satanism, as it’s a religion and I despise all religions, but come on Oklahoma, this statue is AWESOME! The 7-ft.-tall...
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This is so ridiculous. U.S. women’s hockey goalie Jessie Vetter had an awesome concept for her 2014 Sochi Olympics mask: Using actual 23 karat gold in the paint – hey, she’s going for gold, right? –...
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Weekend Links
Incredible story. Mexican avocado growers – the people behind your Super Bowl guacamole – are brave vigilantes. Al-Qaeda operative based in Iran, Yasin al Suri (Ezedin Abdel Aziz Khalil), is “more...
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The Sochi Olympics are a fucking mess, as expected, because it’s Russia. Here’s your daily dose of hilarity: journalists tweeting about their gross/hilarious Sochi hotel experiences. In less funny...
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Image of the Day
Three of Charles Dickens’ great great great grandchildren take a selfie with the statue of him unveiled on his 202nd birthday last week. It was one of Dickens’ dying wishes to not have a monument or...
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Jane Austen’s real-life Mr. Darcy sofa just sold for twice its estimated bid. A vintage sofa that belonged to the real-life Mr Darcy from Jane Austen’s novel Pride and Prejudice has sold for more than...
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