8 Questions that the IOWA Caucus is supposed to answer...
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The New York Times, on Why Innovative Minds Don't think Alike. "It’s kind of like the ugly American tourist trying to get across an idea in another country by speaking English slowly and more loudly,” he says. “You’ve got to find the common connections."
The American pilot who dropped the atom bomb in Hiroshima dies 8 years short of a century, at the ripe age of 92.
I thought the guilt would have killed him long before. Guess not. As I later found out, he actually revelled in his "heroic", "patriotic" act, even signing autographs and selling pictures of the devastation.
The earth quaked today. Was a pretty big one for recent times. I was out in the store and did not feel it at all.
Like madmadhatter says on sfgate.com,
"nothing like a good quake to make you feel insignificant!"
For once, someone found a dog (purebred boxer) instead of losing one as usually is the case..
Location: Outside a coffee shop in San Luis Obispo
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As evident in this ad for a Night Club, the "STAG" stigma on single guys is still alive and well in India.
"How many places in the world today can you go that are this dark and this quiet?" He turns and begins his ascent back outside. "That's why I do this."
Yet another lawsuit. This one is a Gem though. It is filed against the most feared man in the world. Good luck getting paid !
"There are three things that are clear from Davis' case. The first is that the American legal system does not administer blind justice. Lady Liberty will open her eyes for cash. Had he been wealthy - or just wealthier - he could have bought a defense in time that would have effectively challenged the case." Southern Comfort.
"I am not some trust-fund baby, and there is nothing to go after ". Trust-fund baby or not, it would certainly be deemed 'Un-American' not to sue.
Who would've thought that locating Samsung Electronics' stock ticker symbol would be such a complicated task ?
"Seventeenth century French scientist Blaise Pascal is perhaps best remembered for his contributions to the field of pure geometry. In the 39 years that he lived, he found time to invent such modern day fundamentals as the syringe, the hydraulic press, and the first digital calculator. And, if that weren't enough, he was also a profound philosopher. One of my favorite Pascal quotes is: "All man's miseries derive from not being able to sit quietly in a room alone.". Mohnish Pabrai on how Warren Buffett often "sits on his butt" .
"Other folks, people who want to get these types of surgeries, they have to go through their insurance carrier or save up for it and do it independently. Yet if you are in prison, you can do it for nothing? That doesn't make a lot of sense". Right. Then again, does anything in prison make sense ?