Issuepedia:Filing Room/to file/2014

January

 * concepts:
 * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inverted_totalitarianism
 * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_credit
 * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_dimming
 * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logic_of_Collective_Action
 * http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2011/06/20/249061/chart-taxes-economic-growth/#
 * http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/07/17/1110907/-Mitt-Romney-s-Driving-Killed-Leola-Anderson-His-Cover-Up-Tale-is-Proved-Dishonest#
 * http://cod-democracy.blogspot.com/2013/12/vacuum-up-economics-sure-is-working.html
 * http://www.latimes.com/world/worldnow/la-fg-wn-syria-fighting-al-qaeda-20140104,0,1630402.story
 * http://mrscottyl.blogspot.com/2014/01/big-pharma-escalating-criminal-behavior.html
 * http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/03/world/asia/kerry-shifts-state-department-focus-to-environment.html?_r=0
 * http://cleantechnica.com/2014/01/04/john-kerry-throws-cold-water-keystone-xl-pipeline/
 * http://rt.com/news/half-drug-trials-uk-199
 * http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/05/business/media/banished-for-questioning-the-gospel-of-guns.html?smid=pl-share&_r=0
 * http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/jan/03/denying-margaret-thatcher-failing-1984-national-archives
 * http://falkvinge.net/2014/01/06/censorship-causes-liability-uk-isps-need-to-be-sued-way-out-into-atlantic
 * http://www.opednews.com/articles/Fukushima-Meltdowns-Globa-by-William-Boardman-Accident_Chernobyl_Chernobyl_Denial-140104-187.html
 * http://guerrillatranslation.com/the-guerrilla-translation-manifesto/
 * http://www.motherjones.com/mojo/2014/01/republican-hype-people-losing-health-insurance-proves-overblown
 * http://valleywag.gawker.com/paul-graham-says-women-havent-been-hacking-for-the-pa-1490581236?rev=1388186389
 * http://mrscottyl.blogspot.com/2014/01/21st-century-tyranny-disturbing-trend.html
 * http://phenomena.nationalgeographic.com/2014/01/06/evolution-hidden-in-plain-sight/
 * http://www.psmag.com/navigation/health-and-behavior/women-arent-welcome-internet-72170/
 * http://www.democracynow.org/2014/1/7/from_funding_climate_deniers_to_shadowy - Koch brothers
 * http://www.motherjones.com/mojo/2014/01/koch-network-scott-walker-recall-election-wisconsin
 * http://imgur.com/I5bD8Fs - institutional calcification, aka the banana is a lie
 * https://bookofbadarguments.com/
 * http://www.skepticalscience.com/news.php?n=2383 - oceans accumulating heat
 * http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/2b25c21c-88a9-11e3-9f48-00144feab7de.html#axzz2rnV7Fuce - BitCoin defended by financial elite
 * http://www.npr.org/blogs/codeswitch/2014/01/06/260282186/eight-reasons-why-the-rent-is-too-damn-high?ft=1&f=173754155
 * http://talkingpointsmemo.com/muckraker/christie-aide-bridge-documents
 * https://plus.google.com/u/0/101896915525351208408/posts/4RwxTUbMviR
 * http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/01/09/david-wildstein-bridge_n_4570085.html?ncid=txtlnkushpmg00000037
 * http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/the-heart-the-scandal
 * http://feedly.com/k/1dbUwJM
 * http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/paper-apologies-story-aca-victims
 * http://rt.com/usa/monsanto-first-quarter-earnings-322
 * http://www.dailydot.com/politics/bank-of-america-monitoring-activists-online/
 * http://flygirlgamers.com/game-on-ladies/
 * http://www.skepticalscience.com/global-warming-humans-not-sun-high-sensitivity.html
 * https://plus.google.com/u/0/100550782367000080959/posts/HSvNXquSGNp
 * https://plus.google.com/u/0/116987987149730551614/posts/D16re4jGZV8 - discoveries credited to men rather than to the women who actually made them
 * http://ultraculture.org/blog/2014/01/10/disney-promoting-fracking-elementary-schools
 * http://www.forbes.com/sites/kashmirhill/2014/01/09/overstock-bitcoin/
 * http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2014/1/9/obama-unveils-first5promisezonesofantipovertyinitiative.html
 * http://www.huffingtonpost.com/lina-esco/facebook-war-on-nipples_b_4548832.html
 * http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/01/11/the-raleigh-experiment/?_r=0 - yet more evidence against the "tough love" theory of employment
 * http://rt.com/news/guantanamo-anniversary-rally-closure-449
 * https://plus.google.com/u/0/102728491539958529040/posts/DXwDMrNKZY6
 * http://www.sanders.senate.gov/buzz/war-on-poverty
 * http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/01/10/russia-orthodox-church-gay-sex_n_4574854.html?utm_hp_ref=mostpopular
 * http://www.snopes.com/politics/business/foxcanada.asp - Fox News does broadcast in Canada
 * http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2014/01/why-were-marching-across-new-hampshire-to-honor-aaron-swartz/282962/
 * www.politicususa.com/2014/01/08/house-republican-bill-requires-irs-investigate-sexual-assault-suvivors.html
 * http://www.princeton.edu/main/news/archive/S33/87/54K53/ - Princeton University's 2012 Baccalaureate Remarks: the role of luck in success
 * http://thehill.com/blogs/defcon-hill/policy-strategy/194694-obama-broadsided-on-iraq-afghanistan-policy - Robert Gates
 * http://mediamatters.org/research/2014/01/06/medias-latest-unemployment-myth-benefits-have-g/197443 - jobsolescence
 * http://pgbovine.net/tech-privilege.htm
 * http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/23/us/drone-pilots-found-to-get-stress-disorders-much-as-those-in-combat-do.html
 * http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=monkeys-stay-away-from-mean-people
 * http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/2/5e6747d6-7af4-11e2-9c88-00144feabdc0.html#slide0 - protest, Brazilian style
 * http://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/29/science/brainlike-computers-learning-from-experience.html?_r=0
 * http://torrentfreak.com/internet-censors-came-for-torrentfreak-now-im-really-mad-140105/
 * http://torrentfreak.com/public-libraries-show-why-sharing-culture-should-never-have-been-banned-in-the-first-place-140112/
 * http://www.openculture.com/2014/01/george-orwell-explains-in-a-revealing-1944-letter-why-hed-write-1984.html
 * http://www.cracked.com/article_19048_6-important-things-you-didnt-know-were-running-out-of_p2.html
 * https://plus.google.com/u/0/118161459803363636897/posts/8Sd8SVAUMF9 - nice collection of MRAisms
 * http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/the-curious-wavefunction/2014/01/10/about-that-consensus-on-global-warming-9136-agree-one-disagrees/
 * http://www.democracynow.org/2014/1/13/noam_chomsky_sabra_shatila_massacre_that
 * https://plus.google.com/u/0/116987987149730551614/posts/PtX7iArcmUL
 * http://blogs.wsj.com/searealtime/2014/01/13/climate-change-clouds-philippines-dream-of-rice-self-sufficiency/
 * https://plus.google.com/u/0/101896915525351208408/posts/FL18zwdSMef
 * http://azstarnet.com/news/local/arizona-cannot-enforce-abortion-ban-supreme-court-rules/article_957fbe6e-7c61-11e3-b55d-0019bb2963f4.html
 * http://www.adafruit.com/blog/2014/01/13/new-battery-material-could-help-wind-and-solar-power-go-big/
 * http://www.laboratoryequipment.com/news/2014/01/caffeine-enhances-memory
 * http://everydayfeminism.com/2013/11/gnp-avoid-implicit-sexism/ - this is partially an advertisement, but has links to research
 * http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/comment/benefits-street-a-healthy-media-would-stand-up-to-the-powerful-and-wealthy-ours-targets-the-poor-and-voiceless-9046773.html
 * http://thinkprogress.org/education/2014/01/12/3151391/cost-public-college-free/
 * http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2014-01/uocm-sed010714.php - empathic social behavior in rats
 * http://pragcap.com/the-biggest-myths-in-economics
 * http://hey.iseeamess.com/display/woozle/69924
 * http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2014/01/bitrot-and-atomic-cows-inside-next-gen-filesystems/#image-3
 * http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2014/01/15/the-recovery-of-arctic-sea-ice-extent/
 * http://rt.com/usa/photos-us-burning-iraqis-653
 * http://www.counterpunch.org/2014/01/14/the-deadly-wages-of-free-trade
 * http://rt.com/usa/us-judges-nsa-reform-649/
 * https://plus.google.com/u/0/102728491539958529040/posts/38xTafGkXae
 * http://americanloons.blogspot.com/2011/05/207-linda-kimball.html
 * http://openstructures.net/pages/1
 * http://www.democracynow.org/2014/1/15/shock_doctrine_in_japan_shinzo_abes
 * http://boingboing.net/2014/01/15/booth-babes-are-bad-for-busine.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter
 * http://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/read/vinod-khoslas-open-letter-to-60-minutes-and-cbs - response to anti-sustainability hit-piece
 * http://www.metafilter.com/135573/listen-to-the-wealthy-scream
 * https://visualizingeconomics.squarespace.com/blog/2013/12/2/income-distribution-in-the-united-states
 * http://elsa.berkeley.edu/~saez/piketty-saezNBER12optKtax.pdf - a theory of optimal capital taxation
 * http://economix.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/01/13/poverty-and-inequality-in-charts/?_php=true&_type=blogs&_r=0 - poverty
 * http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2014/01/16/3171251/walmart-leaked-powerpoint-unions
 * http://www.aft.org/newspubs/news/2014/011414akron.cfm - professional group is apparently instrumental in preventing for-profit healthcare takeover
 * http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/the-return-the-voting-rights-act
 * https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2014/01/questions-should-have-been-asked-todays-fast-track-hearing -- TPP
 * http://www.breakingnews.com/topic/us-government-funding-bill-2014/
 * http://on.rt.com/22udwj- China holds record US Treasury debt
 * http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/01/140116085105.htm - consciousness requires quantum processes?
 * http://economix.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/01/16/occupy-the-s-e-c-has-its-day/
 * http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2014/01/poverty-is-literally-making-people-sick-because-they-cant-afford-food/283032/
 * http://rt.com/usa/3d-printed-concrete-house-727
 * https://plus.google.com/u/0/109334578127237391948/posts/MDnMwTn96JT - FAQs from a stripper and a Muslim woman
 * http://www.cracked.com/blog/4-things-i-learned-from-worst-online-dating-profile-ever/
 * http://rt.com/usa/west-virginia-spill-bankruptcy-798/
 * http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2014/01/koch-brothers-candidate-training-recruiting-aegis-strategic
 * https://plus.google.com/u/0/117669798335407722550/posts/fDhRJQAyNRF -- some Black Panther history from Bobby Seale
 * http://freethoughtblogs.com/dispatches/2014/01/06/christian-blogger-hammers-todd-starnes/ -- Fox News
 * http://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2013/12/04/the-united-states-is-unsustainable/
 * https://plus.google.com/u/0/102282887764745350285/posts/gueKE1ko5cn
 * http://jnci.oxfordjournals.org/content/early/2013/12/05/jnci.djt365.extract
 * http://incendiarylanguage.blogspot.com/2013/12/smoke-em-if-youve-got-em.html
 * http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/jamesdelingpole/100251229/passive-smoking-another-of-the-nanny-states-big-lies/
 * http://www.advocate.com/politics/transgender/2014/01/17/trans-woman-dares-bible-quoting-councilman-stone-her-death
 * http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2013/10/how-the-pentagon-is-using-your-tax-dollars-to-turn-italy-into-a-launching-pad-for-the-wars-of-today-and-tomorrow.html - not sure how credible this is, but it provides links
 * https://www.psychotherapy.net/article/complex-ptsd
 * http://transgenderequality.wordpress.com/2011/09/26/the-top-10-things-trans-people-should-know-about-the-new-standards-of-care/
 * http://gawker.com/twitter-explodes-after-trans-subject-of-golf-article-ki-1504164978
 * http://gigaom.com/2013/11/14/google-wins-book-scanning-case-judge-finds-fair-use-cites-many-benefits/
 * http://www.buzzfeed.com/saeedjones/transgender-people-are-paying-the-price-for-the-medias-willf
 * http://drjengunter.wordpress.com/2014/01/19/abortion-doesnt-hurt-women-but-lies-about-it-do/
 * http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2014/01/19-2 - Turkey internet protest
 * http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/19/health/patients-costs-skyrocket-specialists-incomes-soar.html?hp&_r=0 - healthcare is not a marketplace
 * https://plus.google.com/u/0/106359409635673004271/posts/VoYycPUaMkW - social robotics
 * http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/18/opinion/the-whistle-blower-who-freed-dreyfus.html?_r=0
 * http://www.tor.com/blogs/2013/05/boob-plate-armor-would-kill-you
 * http://www.newsobserver.com/2014/01/13/3529713/small-business-owners-turn-to.html
 * http://makezine.com/magazine/building-an-open-source-laptop/ - HTYP
 * http://www.truth-out.org/buzzflash/commentary/item/18389-booming-solar-energy-halted-by-hawaii-utility-because-it-produces-too-much-power
 * http://www.wunderground.com/blog/JeffMasters/comment.html?entrynum=2613 - heat records set in 2013
 * http://skeptoid.com/blog/2014/01/20/fukushima-fear-vol-4/
 * https://plus.google.com/u/0/114822401067576646327/posts/f5s4yXuMyXK
 * http://www.politicususa.com/2013/10/18/paul-ryans-worst-nightmare-true-bernie-sanders-budget-committee.html
 * http://www.commondreams.org/view/2014/01/20 - some of the latest US wealth inequality numbers
 * http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/fact-checking-key-zimmer-claim
 * http://on.rt.com/2j2ouh - DEA agent quits to work on drugs
 * http://www.alternet.org/tea-party-and-right/pattern-clear-gop-will-bend-over-backwards-make-life-better-1-percent-not?paging=off
 * http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/nullification-campaign-continues-missouri
 * http://news.ubc.ca/2014/01/20/gay-straight-alliances-in-schools-reduce-suicide-risk-for-all-students/
 * http://motherboard.vice.com/en_ca/blog/maybe-the-most-orwellian-text-message-ever-sent
 * www.youtube.com/watch?v=JttQvBIKpVk - long video interview with Rick Falkvinge
 * http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2014/01/domain-registrar-auto-enrolls-customers-into-1850-security-service/ Network Solutions
 * http://readwrite.com/2014/01/13/github-women-passion-projects?awesm=readwr.it_q0vM#awesm=~otIQB8l7tyhDTM
 * http://ourgovernmentmatters.org/dig/
 * http://www.newsobserver.com/2014/01/23/3557442/longtime-durham-county-commissioner.html
 * http://geigercounter.com/california-beach-radiation-fukushima/
 * http://www.salon.com/2014/01/24/how_candy_crush_is_ruining_the_economy/
 * http://deepseanews.com/2014/01/the-question-you-should-have-asked-about-fukushima-but-probably-didnt/
 * http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2012/11/michigan-lawmakers-debate-tax-break-fetuses
 * http://rt.com/usa/chase-ceo-bitcoin-terrible-downfall-100/
 * https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=429443.0
 * http://mahb.stanford.edu/blog/collapse-whats-happening-to-our-chances/
 * http://www.reddit.com/r/collapse/comments/1vnbcq/world_famous_ecologist_time_to_prepare_for_the/
 * http://arstechnica.com/business/2013/12/new-site-gives-internet-creatives-the-hope-of-a-regular-paycheck/ - Patreon
 * http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2013/12/why-comcast-and-other-cable-isps-arent-selling-you-gigabit-internet/
 * http://childhealthsafety.wordpress.com/graphs/ - to be checked...
 * http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/the-inevitable-dsouza-conspiracy-theories
 * http://www.salon.com/2014/01/24/the_rapid_decline_of_dinesh_dsouza/
 * http://www.alternet.org/economy/super-rich-cnbc
 * http://www.ssireview.org/blog/entry/using_data_to_change_gun_policy
 * http://www.knigel.net/anecdote-based-medicine/
 * http://falkvinge.net/2014/01/25/the-toy-hungry-multimillionaire-market-thats-completely-underserved/ - Bitcoin
 * http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2014/01/dinesh-dsouza-indictment-dartmouth-outed-gay-classmates - Dinesh D'Souza is not only mean-spirited but a liar
 * http://www.fairfaxclimatewatch.com/blog/2014/01/2013-temperature-in-review-hansen-says-2014-or-2015-likely-to-be-record-breaker.html
 * http://on.rt.com/twpiw9 - UK Labour proposes 50% top marginal rate
 * https://plus.google.com/u/0/102728491539958529040/posts/dgG36owBtX3
 * http://crazyeddiethemotie.blogspot.com/2014/01/suburban-poverty-north-and-south-of.html
 * http://www.salon.com/2014/01/25/inside_story_of_a_for_profit_college_nightmare/
 * https://plus.google.com/u/0/116127033078839124702/posts/bKRi1KWsU2i
 * http://point7.wordpress.com/2011/07/24/google-the-pseudonym-banstick-and-the-netizen-cultural-schism/ - nymwars
 * http://www.marketwatch.com/story/dimon-pay-raise-mocks-accountability-2014-01-24
 * http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140124/10370425980/surprise-republican-party-says-nsa-surveillance-programs-are-unconstitutional-must-end.shtml
 * http://foodtank.com/news/2014/01/ten-exciting-urban-agriculture-projects-in-philadelphia
 * https://plus.google.com/u/0/108189716864416208821/posts/cqyfdAman9P - similarities between Christian and Muslim fundamentalism
 * http://www.salon.com/2014/01/22/6_reasons_female_nudity_can_be_powerful/?upw
 * http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/tom-perkins-liberal-war-one-percent-kristallnacht
 * http://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/the-brittle-grip-part-2
 * http://www.esquire.com/blogs/mens-fashion/dont-wear-a-380k-watch-when-defending-the-rich
 * https://plus.google.com/u/0/116831348000486446478/posts/Y5GLGpQNN4B - people defending Kristallyacht Guy
 * http://freethoughtblogs.com/entequilaesverdad/2014/01/26/keeping-up-with-the-creationists-vol-i-issue-1-aint-just-private-schools-kids/
 * http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2014/01/26/the-global-warming-hiatus-2013-and-some-data-fauxpause/
 * http://money.cnn.com/2013/03/12/news/economy/rich-taxes/ - some questionable framing here
 * http://boingboing.net/2014/01/27/bad-for-you-exposing-the-war.html
 * http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2014/01/why-is-the-american-dream-dead-in-the-south/283313/
 * http://www.news-medical.net/news/20130618/Hormone-treatment-to-halt-puberty-in-transgender-adolescents-is-safe-and-effective.aspx
 * http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2014/01/22/how-privilege-protects-you
 * http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/one-christie-scandal-begets-another
 * http://news.efinancialcareers.com/us-en/161625/counting-the-reasons-why-jamie-dimon-deserves-that-pay-rise/?utm_campaign=MC_EDI&utm_source=AMS_US_ENG&utm_medium=EM_NW
 * http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140124/09481025978/big-pharma-ceo-we-develop-drugs-rich-westerners-not-poor.shtml
 * http://rt.com/news/queen-finances-poor-state-299/
 * http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2014/01/28/3211551/horrifying-sex-crimes-alabama-womens-prison
 * http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140124/12433225982/doj-says-company-that-vetted-snowden-faked-665000-background-checks.shtml#null
 * http://www.teapartypoison.com/obama-executive-orders-steve-king-336/
 * http://crooksandliars.com/2014/01/yes-greta-erick-erickson-creepy-you-think
 * http://money.cnn.com/2014/01/27/news/economy/spending-obama/index.html?hpt=hp_t3
 * https://plus.google.com/u/0/116665417191671711571/posts/bCb4Ztui7pQ
 * http://ideas.time.com/2012/10/08/the-new-culture-war-ove-fairness/ - more Haidt faux morality science
 * http://www.occupydemocrats.com/real-reason-republicans-scared-death-obamacare-video/
 * http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/11/21/v-fullstory/3769823/in-miami-gardens-store-video-catches.html
 * http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2014/01/26/3931768.htm - scientists urge fighting anti-science
 * https://plus.google.com/u/0/104349621473431504452/posts/iwNgZsQGLH3
 * http://www.samharris.org/blog/item/reflections-on-free-will -- Dennett on Harris's Free Will
 * http://www.scidev.net/global/technology/news/a-wikipedia-of-cheap-tech-to-get-a-facelift.html -- Appropedia
 * http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/nick-clegg-attacks-death-threats-against-maajid-nawaz--lib-dem-candidate-who-tweeted-a-cartoon-of-the-prophet-mohammed-and-jesus-greeting-each-other-9086469.html
 * http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/omb/budget/fy2014/assets/hist01z1.xls
 * http://zyalt.livejournal.com/984735.html - revolution in Kiev
 * http://world.time.com/2014/01/30/ukraines-president-calls-in-sick-in-the-middle-of-a-revolution
 * http://www.democracynow.org/2014/1/30/debate_is_ukraines_opposition_a_democratic
 * http://mashable.com/2014/01/29/clapper-snowden-and-accomplices-should-return-stolen-documents
 * https://plus.google.com/u/0/106919440800476787564/posts/7t6jTNPuiYS
 * http://humansarefree.com/2013/01/what-means-war-is-peace-freedom-is.html#sthash.TayAsCMy.hpvt
 * https://people.gnome.org/~michael/blog/2014-01-30-under-the-hood.html - LibreOffice
 * http://falkvinge.net/2014/01/30/arrest-of-charlie-shrem-shows-dangerously-repressive-u-s-police-system/
 * http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2014/01/soylent-gets-tested-scores-a-surprisingly-wholesome-nutritional-label/
 * http://rt.com/usa/court-prohibits-fracking-critic-pennsylvania-383
 * http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2014/01/atlanta-snow-storm-102839.html
 * http://thinkprogress.org/sports/2014/01/30/3205071/redskins
 * http://occupywallst.org/article/theory-thursday-it-not-revolution-it-new-networked/
 * http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/29/arts/music/pete-seeger-songwriter-and-champion-of-folk-music-dies-at-94.html?_r=0
 * http://350.org/top-climate-scientists-warn-congress-over-keystone-xl/
 * www.onthemedia.org/story/google-glass-dorky/
 * http://tribune.com.pk/story/665341/breaking-barriers-3-transgender-persons-hired-by-sindh-government/
 * http://rt.com/news/radio-host-quits-nuclear-456
 * http://www.newstatesman.com/laurie-penny/2014/01/why-patriarchy-fears-scissors-women-short-hair-political-statement
 * http://www.slate.com/blogs/business_insider/2014/01/30/does_watching_fox_news_make_you_less_informed.html
 * http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2014/01/who-wants-competition-big-cable-tries-outlawing-municipal-broadband-in-kansas/
 * http://www.occupy.com/article/why-are-louisianas-forests-being-sacrificed-fuel-europes-biomass-boom#sthash.fXQzeMpU.dpuf
 * http://www.ilsr.org/ - Institute for Local Self-Reliance
 * http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2010/05/lousiana-fiber-network-running-despite-cable-telco-lawsuits/
 * http://blog.lafayetteprofiber.com/2011/04/why-no-google-fiber-for-baton-rouge.html
 * http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2549666/Russian-space-farmers-successfully-grow-cosmic-VEG-PATCH-theyve-harvested-leafy-greens-wheat-peas.html
 * http://www.adafruit.com/product/1681 - audio codec chip
 * http://rt.com/usa/monsanto-roundup-monarch-butterflies-483/
 * http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/bette-spokane
 * http://robertscribbler.wordpress.com/2014/01/28/arctic-heat-wave-sets-off-hottest-ever-winter-time-temperatures-major-melt-disasters-for-coastal-and-interior-alaska/
 * http://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2014/01/31/add-flaming-death-to-environmental-degradation
 * https://plus.google.com/u/0/102282887764745350285/posts/Ly76iHn9kMD - Paul Beard lists some other spills, gives URLs for related material
 * http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2014/01/tsa-screener-confession-102912.html#ixzz2s5uzCIDm
 * http://www.slate.com/blogs/business_insider/2014/02/01/why_amanda_knox_is_innocent.html
 * http://on.rt.com/9k9jpk - Syria
 * http://www.policestateusa.com/2014/state-crime-labs-incentivized-get-false-convictions/
 * http://www.motherjones.com/mojo/2013/07/onion-predicts-real-life-republicans-block-nasa-asteroid-lasso-plan
 * http://www.veteranstoday.com/2013/07/27/twa-flight-800-and-911/
 * http://www.ndr.de/ratgeber/netzwelt/snowden277.html
 * http://www.businessinsider.com/how-to-fix-inequality-2014-1
 * http://www.weeklystandard.com/articles/what-catastrophe_773268.html - Richard Lindzen
 * http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2014-01-30/gender-inequality-in-the-workplace-what-data-analytics-says#p1 - Lean In
 * http://readwrite.com/2014/01/24/github-meritocracy-rug
 * http://ariannasimpson.com/post/74400025051/this-is-what-its-like-to-be-a-woman-at-a-bitcoin
 * http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2014/01/21/why-bitcoin-matters/

February

 * http://www.wealthandwant.com/docs/King_Where.htm - MLK on unconditional income
 * http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/tue-january-28-2014/wage-against-the-machine
 * http://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2014/02/03/when-the-revolution-comes/ - does Peter Schiff really believe his own propaganda?
 * http://gallery.mailchimp.com/2426ca65bb37cc9006a8c6291/files/ResourceGuide.pdf
 * http://falkvinge.net/2014/02/04/major-bitcoin-exchange-not-executing-withdrawals-now-owes-clients-38m-in-disappeared-money
 * http://www.theonlinecitizen.com/2014/01/basic-income-in-singapore-a-solution-to-poverty/
 * http://www.buzzfeed.com/jimwaterson/scotland-legalises-marriage-equality - also ends the trans* "spousal veto"
 * http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/02/01/progressive-linguist-george-lakoff-liberals-do-everything-wrong
 * https://plus.google.com/u/0/102282887764745350285/posts/W91GJHXxvii
 * https://plus.google.com/u/0/+AllisonConnery/posts/gcdo5iRfw4Y (private share) - links about a group called DGR
 * http://www.theatlanticcities.com/commute/2014/02/9-reasons-us-ended-so-much-more-car-dependent-europe/8226/
 * https://plus.google.com/u/0/101896915525351208408/posts/SrNpBAVLE9Z
 * http://rt.com/usa/california-company-android-robocops-knightscope-645
 * http://www.blogtalkradio.com/nnia1/2014/02/05/enslavement-and-genocide-of-africans-and-indigenous
 * https://plus.google.com/u/0/115212823950444967993/posts/JKA7qs5wkHr
 * http://thinkprogress.org/health/2014/02/05/3250011/cvs-smoking-cessation/
 * http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/02/04/marijuana-legalization-suicide_n_4726390.html?ncid=txtlnkushpmg00000037
 * http://www.edf.org/blog/2014/02/04/reality-check-society-pays-carbon-pollution-and-thats-no-benefit
 * http://t-vox.org/deedpoll/deedpoll.html
 * https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20131002/17443624734/lavabit-tried-giving-feds-its-ssl-key-11-pages-4-point-type-feds-complained-that-it-was-illegible.shtml
 * http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/11/21/v-fullstory/3769823/in-miami-gardens-store-video-catches.html
 * http://www.laboratoryequipment.com/news/2014/02/research-redefines-how-brain-plans-movement - helps with Parkinson's
 * http://www.salon.com/2014/02/05/how_income_inequality_is_ruining_marriage_partner/
 * http://www.wired.com/opinion/2014/02/comes-around-goes-around-latest-snowden-revelation-isnt-just-dangerous-anonymous-us/
 * http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2014/2/5/study-single-sexeducationhasminimalbenefits.html
 * http://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2012/05/16/mitt-romney-is-the-apotheosis-of-republican-economics/
 * https://plus.google.com/u/0/102282887764745350285/posts/1DpdZfFr6Ci
 * http://ofby.us/about-the-bill/ - HR20
 * http://www.smh.com.au/environment/climate-change/big-fall-in-electricity-sector-emissions-since-carbon-tax-20140205-320a6.html
 * http://dcl.li/seeds - Durham County Seed Library
 * https://www.cbo.gov/sites/default/files/cbofiles/attachments/45010-Outlook2014.pdf
 * http://www.forbes.com/sites/scottgottlieb/2014/02/04/cbo-explains-how-obamacare-will-tax-low-wage-workers - interprets CBO report as reducing job supply
 * http://www.politicususa.com/2014/02/04/cbo-report-private-sector-added-8-1-million-jobs-obamacare-passed.html
 * http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/2014/02/alixpartners-study-every-car-shared-means-32-lost-sales/
 * http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2014/01/soylent-gets-tested-scores-a-surprisingly-wholesome-nutritional-label/
 * http://falkvinge.net/2014/02/07/copyright-is-a-scam-that-hurts-artists-as-much-as-the-public/
 * http://mynichecomputing.org/drupal6/content/technological-unemployment-rise-machines-part-1 - has a graph of corp profits vs. labor's share
 * http://io9.com/silent-raw-footage-of-the-bombing-of-nagasaki-is-absolu-1518325727
 * http://blog.nuclearsecrecy.com/2014/02/07/silent-nagasaki/
 * http://www.politicususa.com/2014/02/07/racism-homophobia-lose-50-viewers-dump-duck-dynasty.html
 * http://www.slate.com/articles/business/moneybox/2014/02/assortative_mating_people_marrying_similar_people_is_raising_income_inequality.html
 * https://plus.google.com/u/0/101896915525351208408/posts/ayCCCabkX1X
 * sequel to Citizens United:
 * http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/wp/2013/10/08/supreme-court-takes-up-the-sequel-to-citizens-united/
 * http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/10/07/mccutcheon-v-fec_n_4057903.html
 * http://sposeblog.blogspot.com/2014/02/sposes-crackedcom-article-minus-all.html - another musician writing about the music industry
 * http://rt.com/usa/teen-child-porn-selfie-185/
 * https://plus.google.com/u/0/102728491539958529040/posts/8116dvA4WDu
 * http://www.congressionaldish.com/cd062-the-farm-bill/
 * http://torrentfreak.com/drm-entire-copyright-monopoly-legislation-lie-140209/
 * http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/02/06/idUS383024239820140206 - regulating Bitcoin
 * http://www.basicincomepilot.ca/
 * http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2014/02/09/popular-radio-host-fired-from-her-job-the-reason-why-is-making-headlines/ - example of how someone might gather power in the absence of government
 * http://www.slate.com/articles/double_x/doublex/2014/02/tim_armstrong_blames_distressed_babies_for_aol_benefit_cuts_he_s_talking.single.html
 * http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2014/02/10-6 - solitary confinement
 * http://falkvinge.net/2014/02/11/the-embarrassing-fact-mtgox-left-out-of-their-press-release/
 * http://www.salon.com/2013/10/04/how_americas_right_wing_helped_russia_craft_its_anti_gay_laws/
 * Debtpocalypse:
 * Public Debt and the Economy: what to look at when assessing whether debt is unhealthy
 * Government Debt: "This paper surveys the literature on the macroeconomic effects of government debt."
 * Debtpocalypse and the hollowing out of America
 * Tomgram: Kramer and Hellman, It's the Politics, Stupid
 * The President’s Plan for Economic Growth and Deficit Reduction
 * Fiscal Tightening in 2013 and Its Economic Consequences
 * Choices for Deficit Reduction
 * https://plus.google.com/104607863567617060562/posts/ZMdrCe2qdWJ - some useful graphs: debt/GDP and top marginal tax rate since 1937, GDP growth rate since 1932
 * New Poll Shows Political Futility Of Deficit Reduction: deficit has been falling steadily since 2009
 * Budget Deficit Falling To $514 Billion: CBO
 * On the Economics and Politics of Deficits: "when Democrats get obsessed with deficit reduction, all they do is provide a pot of money that Republicans will squander on more tax breaks for the wealthy as soon as they get a chance."
 * http://www.nasa.gov/jpl/mro/martian-seasonal-flow-20140210/#.Uvq2yPi2zSy - water on Mars?
 * http://pando.com/2014/02/12/the-wolf-of-sesame-street-revealing-the-secret-corruption-inside-pbss-news-division/
 * http://blog.p2pfoundation.net/torrent-to-share-papers-datasets/2014/02/12
 * http://matociquala.tumblr.com/post/76422712809/when-you-are-hurting-there-will-always-be-people - what "I hate X" usually means
 * http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/dogecoin-value-soars-40m-follow-chinese-exchange-opens-1436085
 * http://www.informationisbeautiful.net/visualizations/climate-change-deniers-vs-the-consensus/
 * http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2014/02/11/there-have-been-five-mass-extinctions-in-earths-history-now-were-facing-a-sixth/
 * http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/02/12/bob-jones-university-stifle-sex-abuse-claims-if-you-report-it-you-hurt-the-body-of-christ/
 * http://rt.com/news/snowden-eu-asylum-demand-767
 * http://www.npr.org/blogs/codeswitch/2014/02/11/275087586/study-stereotypes-drive-perceptions-of-race
 * http://rt.com/usa/maryland-nsa-cut-power-761
 * http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/monkey-cage/wp/2014/02/10/how-the-911-commission-helped-edward-snowden/?wprss=rss_national
 * http://news.nationalpost.com/2014/02/13/the-epic-journey-of-our-species-ancient-baby-a-direct-ancestor-of-todays-native-americans-his-dna-reveals/
 * http://storify.com/mmastertheone/ursulav-and-mcahogarth-play-with-honey-badgers
 * https://twitter.com/UrsulaV/statuses/433679126625406976 -- "both sides of the story"
 * http://www.justice.gov/usao/nys/pressreleases/January14/JPMCDPASupportingDocs/JPMC%20DPA%20Packet%20%28Fully%20Executed%20w%20Exhibits%29.pdf
 * http://rt.com/news/tepco-concealed-fukushima-strontium-884
 * http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-macmillan/bill-nye-creation-debate_b_4775207.html
 * http://rt.com/usa/fullerton-cop-kelly-thomas-killing-902
 * https://www.digicert.com/ssl-support/apache-multiple-ssl-certificates-using-sni.htm
 * http://www.openbible.info/topics/slavery
 * https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2014/02/history-surveillance-and-black-community
 * http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2558437/Luxury-fashion-CEO-says-Americans-99-stop-whingeing-poor-considered-rich-India-China.html
 * https://plus.google.com/u/0/102282887764745350285/posts/e92vGqNqMTU
 * https://plus.google.com/u/0/105038510786613931591/posts/7XidpMG3vP4 - Shava mentions some specific conditions where there is medical need for abortion
 * http://www.theguardian.com/science/2014/feb/14/genes-influence-male-sexual-orientation-study
 * http://amodiolab.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Jost-Amodio-2012.pdf
 * http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/02/10/republicans-to-america-work-moochers.html
 * https://medium.com/human-parts/9f53ef6a1c10 - police brutality
 * http://propub.ca/1cEIWU7 - Koch dark money explorer app
 * http://www.propublica.org/article/the-dark-money-man-how-sean-noble-moved-the-kochs-cash-into-politics-and-ma
 * http://www.latimes.com/local/la-me-concealed-weapons-20140214,0,1930416.story
 * http://www.buzzfeed.com/southerndisposition/25-historical-images-that-normalize-breastfeeding-jlw6
 * http://money.cnn.com/2014/02/14/investing/tom-perkins-vote/index.html?hpt=hp_t1
 * http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2014/02/voting-also-reminds-tom-perkins-of-kristallnacht.html
 * https://plus.google.com/u/0/102282887764745350285/posts/7C7rmzjixTH
 * https://plus.google.com/u/0/117903011098040166012/posts/jm6bLNeGxrv - historical note about abuse of authority. Illustration of how power works?
 * http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/answer-sheet/post/texas-gop-rejects-critical-thinking-skills-really/2012/07/08/gJQAHNpFXW_blog.html
 * http://www.aft.org/pdfs/americaneducator/summer2007/Crit_Thinking.pdf
 * http://ncse.com/evolution/education/definitions-fact-theory-law-scientific-work
 * http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2014/02/11/foxconn-working-with-google-on-robotics/
 * http://www.businessinsider.com/bofa-long-robots-short-human-beings-2014-1 - number of jobs vs. number of robots
 * http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2559860/Online-trolls-really-ARE-horrible-people-researchers-Narcissistic-Machiavellian-psychopathic-sadistic.html
 * http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/climate_desk/2014/02/internet_troll_personality_study_machiavellianism_narcissism_psychopathy.html
 * https://plus.google.com/u/0/116665417191671711571/posts/hZiSYx662Lv
 * 2014-02-13 The Art of Compromise & Drawing a Line in the Sand
 * https://plus.google.com/u/0/116352731143131404056/posts/KUQp9jWgCMg
 * http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/MRC/pacificaviet/riversidetranscript.html - MLK agrees with Dante about neutrality
 * http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/15/business/volkswagen-workers-reject-forming-a-union.html?_r=0
 * http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/02/14/portland-homelessness-illegal_n_4790205.html - mob with torches and pitchforks
 * http://boingboing.net/2014/02/07/gop-set-up-phishing-sites-to-t.html
 * http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/heating-the-rez
 * https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Moral_Code_of_the_Builder_of_Communism
 * http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2014/02/the-dawn-of-the-age-of-artificial-intelligence/283730/
 * https://medium.com/p/24eb09e026dd - PayPal, GoDaddy, Twitter: user account social-engineered
 * http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/01/27/altcoin_gpu_market_crash_security_nightmare/
 * http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2014/02/14/277058739/1-in-4-americans-think-the-sun-goes-around-the-earth-survey-says
 * http://www.arabnews.com/news/525696 - women in Saudi Arabia no longer allowed to visit hospitals without male guardian
 * http://www.vice.com/en_uk/read/hotels-in-kiev-are-being-turned-into-morgues
 * http://www.suntimes.com/news/world/25699810-418/russian-security-forces-attack-pussy-riot-members.html
 * http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/21953-us-support-for-regime-change-in-venezuela-is-a-mistake
 * https://plus.google.com/u/0/102282887764745350285/posts/Sqc5xTGE8dK - Venezuela links
 * http://aeon.co/magazine/living-together/how-apraxia-got-my-son-suspended-from-school/
 * http://www.solartiles.co.uk/profiled-solar-tiles.html
 * http://www.grow-it-organically.com/starting-a-vegetable-garden.html#topten
 * http://btat.wagnerone.com/search.php - bands that allow taping (database)
 * https://plus.google.com/u/0/102282887764745350285/posts/UpbJ1RrTu7u - Keystone/Nebraska links
 * https://plus.google.com/u/0/103622952290945056276/posts/R7aDGLBGPKH government monitors in newsrooms? Nope.
 * http://www.esquire.com/blogs/politics/howard-kurtz-fcc-022114
 * https://plus.google.com/u/0/102282887764745350285/posts/V3PXJtmk6Zq - me
 * http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/20/nyregion/a-church-so-poor-it-has-to-close-schools-yet-so-rich-it-can-build-a-palace.html#null
 * http://dailyfusion.net/2014/02/solar-induced-fuel-cell-converts-biomass-to-electricity-26870/
 * http://www.reddit.com/r/dredmorbius/comments/1yvxde/how_many_hiroshima_bombs_in_a_ferrari_with/ - some useful energy facts
 * http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/taxing-the-rich-is-good-for-the-economy-imf-says-1.2552141?cmp=fbtl

March

 * http://www.elephantjournal.com/2013/08/subjectify-me-5-ways-to-tell-if-an-image-is-objectifying/
 * http://www.impactlab.net/2014/03/03/9-robots-that-are-actually-stealing-our-jobs/
 * http://www.mercurynews.com/crime-courts/ci_25275334/hercules-transgender-student-recants-story-made-up-attack
 * http://www.projectcensored.org/top-ten-us-aid-recipients-practice-torture/
 * http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2014/03/04/3360731/chipotle-guacamole-crisis/ -- effect of global warming
 * https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2014/03/obama-nominates-former-sopa-lobbyist-help-lead-tpp-negotiations
 * http://feministing.com/2014/03/05/new-study-finds-that-drinking-doesnt-cause-sexual-aggression-predators-target-drunk-women/
 * http://www.vocativ.com/culture/uncategorized/dark-enlightenment-creepy-internet-movement-youd-better-take-seriously/
 * http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2013/07/2013715133717569407.html "Sharing science is a crime"
 * http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/report-keystone-pipeline-would-have-minimal-environmental-impact-n20196
 * https://plus.google.com/u/0/105951917818812488382/posts/LQ1yfAwAZJi
 * http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2013/01/pro-gun-myths-fact-check
 * http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2012/10/29/121029fa_fact_mayer?currentPage=all - who created the voter fraud myth?
 * https://plus.google.com/u/0/108163527605883433145/posts/c6w68BqgUJ3
 * http://www.nationaljournal.com/magazine/are-robots-about-to-take-our-jobs-20140311 - more about The Second Machine Age
 * http://singularityhub.com/2009/12/15/martin-ford-asks-will-automation-lead-to-economic-collapse - jobsolescence
 * http://www.democracynow.org/2014/3/10/ukraines_longtime_divisions_natos_eastern_expansion - Ukraine Crimea
 * http://garryleech.com/2014/03/05/washington-seeks-regime-change-in-venezuela/ - Venezuela
 * http://www.globalresearch.ca/cia-gun-running-qatar-libya-syria/5345464
 * http://www.esquire.com/blogs/politics/florida-small-town-speeding-tickets-031114 - small government
 * my comments
 * http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-03-12/your-job-taught-to-machines-puts-half-u-s-work-at-risk.html
 * http://pando.com/2014/03/07/after-pledging-transparency-pbs-hides-details-of-new-deal-with-billionaire-owner-of-newshour/
 * http://www.seattleweekly.com/dailyweekly/2011/03/will_the_employer_seeking_righ.php - are paid trolls a real thing?
 * http://aattp.org/wow-targets-new-anti-union-propaganda-may-be-worse-than-walmarts-video/
 * www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2014/03/the-myth-of-the-science-and-engineering-shortage/284359/
 * http://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2014/03/19/i-like-this-message/ - video, but has lots of history about reason and empathy