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I asked [Charles Woodson] what he thought Al Davis might be saying tonight.
“VOODSON! VOODSON, YOU HAVE BETRAYED ME! BLAH! BLAH!”
- Big Daddy Drew, Peter King Suffers Yet Another Wonderful Free Super Bowl Trip [KSK]
How Much Does NFL Seeding Really Matter? [David Roher on HSAC via Deadspin]
Trying to make a hierarchy out of the NFL’s regular season is kind of like putting a broken glass sculpture back together. The “top” teams might get an advantage, but the randomness of the regular season often means that those squads aren’t actually the best. So why have the structure at all? There isn’t much of an alternative; random seeding isn’t exactly fair either. One nice option might involve increasing the playoff teams to eight per conference, eliminating the bye. More below-average teams would get in, but the resulting system, one without byes, might actually be fairer. It might even be a compromise in the current 18-game-season debate. And who wouldn’t want four more games of playoff football?
Our standard of living: Is it better than ever? [USA Today]
A USA TODAY/Gallup Poll found only 31% of Americans thought they could live comfortably for less than $50,000 a year. One-fourth thought it would take $100,000 or more to make them comfortable. That’s roughly the same result as when Americans were asked the same question in 1987, after adjusting for inflation. What’s different today — what stretches the ordinary imagination — is how much richer we’ve become than at any time in the past.
The Youth Unemployment Bomb [Peter Coy on Bloomberg BusinessWeek]
The highest rates of youth unemployment are found in the Middle East and North Africa, at roughly 24 percent each, according to the International Labor Organization. Most of the rest of the world is in the high teens—except for South and East Asia, the only regions with single-digit youth unemployment. Young people are nearly three times as likely as adults to be unemployed.
Historical Public Debt Database [IMF]
US envoy’s business link to Egypt [The Independent]
Mr Wisner is a retired State Department 36-year career diplomat – he served as US ambassador to Egypt, Zambia, the Philippines and India under eight American presidents. In other words, he was not a political appointee. But it is inconceivable Hillary Clinton did not know of his employment by a company that works for the very dictator which Mr Wisner now defends in the face of a massive democratic opposition in Egypt.
Eruption on the Nile/Confusion on the Potomac [Eric Margolis via LRC]
While unsure which way to move for the time being, Washington is hoping that General and now Vice President Suleiman will assume full leadership of Egypt with the backing of yes-man defense minister Mohammed Tantawi, chief of staff Sami Enan, and prime minister Ahmed Shafik, a general. While the US and Israel clearly want this outcome, most Egyptians just as clearly do not. Gen. Suleiman ran Egypt’s notoriously brutal secret police for a decade. He organized the torture of alleged terrorism suspects sent by the US to Egypt and suspected opponents of Mubarak’s dictatorship. How ironic it is to see Sudan’s leader, Gen. Omar Bashir, charged with crimes against humanity while Egypt’s chief torturer is lauded in North America.
The Apostate [Lawrence Wright on The New Yorker]
On August 19, 2009, Tommy Davis, the chief spokesperson for the Church of Scientology International, received a letter from the film director and screenwriter Paul Haggis.
Guns N’ Peas Is Where The Trajectory Of Man Began Its Steady Decline [Big Daddy Drew via Deadspin]
So the Black Eyed Peas covered “Sweet Child O Mine” at the Super Bowl last night, with Slash helping out on guitar. First of all, FUCK YOU SLASH. You just spent the last bit of goodwill you earned from NOT being Axl. Secondly, the journey to our eventual self-extinction has begun.
Soldier Finds Minefield on Road to Citizenship [Wall Street Journal]
During 10 years in the U.S. Army, Luis Lopez served in Iraq and Afghanistan, won medals and had a commander laud his service as a “critical part of the success of his unit fighting the global war on terrorism.” Mr. Lopez is also an illegal immigrant.
Emerging And Submerging Markets In The Third World [Jerry Bowyer via Forbes]
Economists call the presence of a monopoly of resources, or of choke points in the shipping of resources, the “commodity curse.” Oil, gold, diamonds, uranium and so forth in large quantities correlate with poverty, not wealth; with stagnation, not growth.
Without language, numbers make no sense [New Scientist via io9]
People need language to fully understand numbers. This discovery – long suspected, and now backed by strong evidence – may shed light on the way children acquire their number sense.
400 hungry wolves overrun Siberian town of 1,300 [Daily Mail via io9]
Frigid temperatures in the small town of Verkhoyansk in Russia’s Sakha Republic have led to the formation of an unnaturally large pack of livestock-hungry wolves. In the past four days, 30 horses have been devoured by this massive pack.
Kayabuki in Utsunomiya – Where Waiters Are Monkeys [Budget Trouble]
Kayabuki is a restaurant (actually, an izakaya, to be precise) in the Miyukihoncho part of Utsunomiya (address: 4688-13 Miyukihoncho, parking available) where two monkeys work as waiters (or waitresses – sorry I didn’t feel like pulling down underpants). Their names are Yacchan (presumably a boy) and Fukuchan (presumably a girl, though I’m not sure).
Tiny water flea has the biggest genome ever sequenced [Science via io9]
A lot of Daphnia’s genes appear to have clear environmental functions, as certain genes are expressed in response to changing environmental factors. For instance, if one of these water fleas finds itself in polluted waters, a whole suite of genes will be expressed slightly differently than in its counterparts that are still in clean water. These shifting ecological reactions seem to be tied to Daphnia’s frequent cell duplication, although the researchers say we still don’t entirely understand this relationship.
Neutron star observed creating otherwise impossible form of matter [io9]
And now we have the first direct evidence that neutron stars are forming superfluids of neutrons – a totally bizarre state of matter that can’t even be created in Earth laboratories. A superfluid is sort of like a liquid, except its behavior can be very strange. Basically, a superfluid is where viscosity drops to zero and thermal conductivity becomes infinite, the upshot of which is the superfluid flows uncontrollably in all directions while maintaining the same temperature throughout. Even gravity is no longer a barrier for superfluids – it can flow right up the side of a beaker and escape. Superfluids essentially live in a world without friction.
Was George Washington the victim of 18th century airbrushing? [AAS and MIT via io9]
It’s not just modern magazines that tweak people’s faces to fit the standard of beauty. For hundreds of years, portraits have been altered to reflect whatever ideas of beauty that people had at the time. Every woman in the 18th century appears to have the same nose. No one in the 17th century had any eyebrows to speak of. And everyone at every time had flawless skin despite limited access to soap. It’s not certain that if a historical figure appeared today beside their portrait, anyone would recognize them.
Ray Allen Humbly Breaks The NBA’s 3-Point Record [Boston Globe via Deadspin]
Last night, Ray Allen made the 2,561st three-pointer of his professional career in a 92-86 loss to the Lakers and gave Reggie Miller a hug. He did this, as he reportedly does everything else in his life, quite humbly. Even if it is true that all 2,562 of those three-pointers (he knocked down another later in the game) were each worth $65,613.
New discovery explains why a mundane book of poetry stayed in print for a century [University of Oxford via io9]
It appears that readers in the 1700s were not as obsessive about the delicately-turned phrase as we imagine them to be. The pornographic poems were not listed at the front of the book. Hidden as they were, behind all the other poems, it’s unlikely that the casual page-turner would have found them while browsing the shelves of a store or a private library. Instead, the volumes would have gained readers as people whispered to each other about what kind of poetry they would actually be buying.
Are we witnessing the death spiral of the Hollywood blockbuster? [Charlie Jane Anders on io9]
The idea of spending $300 million to make a two-hour fantasy is kind of weird if you think about it. That kind of spending only makes sense if you can convince millions of people to spend between $10 and $20 each to see the result. This is one case where the format is the content — there’s no other format in which you could spend such an obscene amount of money on just two hours’ entertainment. It’s not going to happen on television, it’s not going to happen with direct-to-DVD movies. There’s really no other format I can think of that would justify that kind of opulence.
Things you can do better asleep than you can awake [Annalee Newitz on io9]
As you sink into sleep, you enter a state called hypnagogia, similar to hypnosis. You may hear strange noises or snatches of imaginary conversations, experience odd physical sensations, and see vivid hallucinations of geometric shapes. Your muscles may twitch involuntarily. Nobody is sure why. Nor does anyone know why, as we enter deeper sleep, our white blood cell count rises and eventually we begin to dream. But after decades of careful observation, scientists have figured out that there are a few things we do better when we’re sleeping than when we’re awake.
Would putting a spike in the middle of your steering wheel make you safer? [Esther Inglis-Arkell on io9]
Gordon Tullock, an economist, once joked that if the government wanted people to drive safely, they’d mandate a spike in the middle of each steering wheel. Of course such a thing would never happen — nor should it, morally — but ensuring the person most in control of a situation will be damaged by their mistakes can lead to much safer behavior than ensuring that they’ll be protected, even if others won’t be. Everyone’s careful not to incite a revolution if they know they’ll be the first up against the wall.
When Irish Eyes are Crying [Michael Lewis via Vanity Fair]
There’s no such thing as a non-recourse home mortgage in Ireland. The guy who pays too much for his house is not allowed to simply hand the keys to the bank and walk away. He’s on the hook, personally, for whatever he borrowed. Across Ireland, people are unable to extract themselves from their houses or their bank loans. Irish people will tell you that, because of their sad history of dispossession, owning a home is not just a way to avoid paying rent but a mark of freedom. In their rush to freedom, the Irish built their own prisons. And their leaders helped them to do it.
The False Promise of Green Jobs [ via Project Syndicate]
The companies calling for political intervention to create green jobs tend to be those that stand to gain from subsidies and tariffs. But, because these policies increase the cost of fuel and electricity, they imply layoffs elsewhere, across many different economic sectors.
“I came out and a bear was crapping in my car and drinking my beer…” [Jalopnik]
I live on a ranch where there are lots of bears…there was one that learned how to open open door handles. It got in and the wind must have shut the door, it got into 3 other peoples cars before getting shut in mine. it drank 4 beers, ate a bottle of mallox, and crapped all over the place.
Here’s Video Of Wayne Rooney’s Brilliant Goal For Manchester United Today [Deadspin]
His upper-corner, overhead-kick game-winner was the stuff of highlight legend. It was nothing short of jaw-droppingly good.
An Inside Look At The White House Pooper! [Big Daddy Drew on Deadspin]
Hummus is also extremely underrated as a condiment. Ever put it on rice? UNGODLY. It’s like I’m riding a magic carpet to Ali Baba’s flavor palace.
NBA’s Greatest Shots – Court Location & Video [Hoopism]
Our Valentines day gift for hoops fans, the visualization below is an Interactive video collection of the most important and amazing shots in NBA history, mapped by location and year. We asked the authors of some of our favorite basketball blogs to submit their favorites and then rounded out the list to get to 65 total shots.
Lessons in Manliness from the Egyptian Revolution [Yasser El Hadari via The Art of Manliness]
While Muslim protesters were attending Friday Prayers, Christians formed a human wall to protect them. On Sunday when Christian protesters performed Mass, Muslims stood watch to protect them. There was no slurring in the protests. People who attended were of different races, religions, and social backgrounds; black and white, Muslim and Christian, rich and poor, we stood together. If people deep down inside had a certain hatred for others due to these differences, the protests helped them replace this hatred with understanding. In the end we were all the same. We were all Egyptian, and we all wanted freedom.
Iran Bans Valentine’s Day [Melik Kaylan via The Wall Street Journal]
In another sign of its ever more improvisational approach to governance, the Iranian regime has outlawed Valentine’s Day. “Symbols of hearts, half-hearts, red roses, and any activities promoting this day are banned,” announced state media last month. “Authorities will take legal action against those who ignore the ban.”
Conan 2.0 [Douglas Alden Warshaw via Forbes]
Mitchell posted his “I’m with Coco” image on his own site, then created a new “I’m with Coco” Facebook page and Twitter account, and then at 4 a.m. he went to bed. When he woke up at noon, he was shocked to discover that more than 30,000 people were following his new Twitter feed, close to 10,000 had clicked LIKE on his new Facebook page, and an untold number were making his “I’m with Coco” graphic their own profile picture on Facebook. Two days later, “I’m with Coco” had 185,000 Twitter followers, and just a week after Mitchell’s all-nighter the number was 700,000. That was barely a year ago, but it was before most television executives understood what Twitter was. In fact, it was before Conan O’Brien, age 47, understood what Twitter was. “I’m a Luddite when it comes to computers,” says the man who keeps a bust of Teddy Roosevelt prominently in his office. “I didn’t do Twitter. Didn’t understand why anyone would do Twitter. I’m not on Facebook.” But now, suddenly, NBC executives were telling O’Brien to “stop it,” and O’Brien was saying, “Stop what? It’s not me.” And it wasn’t. It was Gen X and Gen Y.
Baby gymnastics: Russia’s ‘potentially dangerous’ therapy [BBC News]
Mr Tyutin holds Victoria’s baby by the legs, so that little Pavel is dangling upside down – and swings him gently from side to side like a pendulum. Then, like the game of cup and ball, he swings the baby up towards him and catches him in his chest. Pavel is just 17 days old. The Russians call this dynamic baby gymnastics. The practice is legal in Russia and widespread. There are believed to be hundreds of practitioners across the country. Oleg maintains it gives babies a head start in life.
Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue: Score One For the Bears [Bespoke Investment Group]
Since 1978, an American has appeared on the cover of the annual Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue in 17 different years. The average performance of the S&P 500 during those years is a gain of 10.7% with positive returns 82.4% of the time. Of the 16 years where no American appeared on the cover, the S&P 500 has averaged a gain of 8.2% with positive returns 75% of the time. To be sure, we would note that the S&P 500′s 38.5% decline in 2008 when an American appeared on the cover caused the spread between the two performance numbers to narrow considerably. So what does a Russian model on the cover mean for Russia’s equity market? Interestingly, going back to 1978, this is the first year that we have seen a Russian model on the cover of the issue, so there is no precedent. However, just two weeks ago we noted that while all the other BRICs were crumbling, Russia had been doing exceptionally well. Coincidence?
The Loneliness Of The American College Transfer Student [Big Daddy Drew on Deadspin]
I remember being on the floor of my room in South Quad, bawling my eyes out on the phone. I couldn’t stop crying. Real, hard crying. The kind where your jaw unhinges and long, cathartic wails just come pouring right out of you. My mom was on the other end of the line, and for a very long time, she didn’t say anything.
The sabotaging of Iran [Financial Times]
The new type of covert war that has ensnared scientists, unleashed dangerous viruses and sought novel ways of exporting faulty equipment takes the nuclear stand-off into uncharted territory. If effective, it buys the US and its partners time, postponing the day when they might have to decide between a conventional strike against Iranian nuclear facilities, with all the risks that it engenders for the Middle East, or acceptance of Iran becoming a nuclear-capable state. But every war has a cost, and in this mysterious world of intrigue and sabotage, no one knows yet what the real price will be.
What Health Reform Missed: The Doctor Shortage [Fox Business]
ACP says when it comes to doctor shortages, Massachusetts’ attempt at a universal care model provides a case study of what can happen. There, “shortages of primary care physicians have led to long waits for appointments,” ACP says.
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- Information Costs and Hedonics [Gary North via LRC]
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- Yemen ‘Day of Rage’ draws tens of thousands [Reuters Africa]
- A Modest $500 Billion Proposal [Rand Paul via The Wall Street Journal]
- Cairo: And the Impossibility of Intelligent Foreign Policy [Fred Reed]
- Housing Bubbles Are Few and Far Between [Robert Shiller via The New York Times]
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- Gary Noesner on Negotiating and the FBI [The Browser]
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- Pox Americana [Tom Englehardt via LRC]
- National Treasure [Tom Carson on Gentlemen's Quarterly]
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- New drilling method opens vast oil fields in US [Jonathan Fahey on Associated Press]
- WikiLeaks cables: Saudi Arabia cannot pump enough oil to keep a lid on prices [The Guardian]
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- Ave, Imperium! [Pro Libertate]
- The Tea Party and civil liberties [Glenn Greenwald on Salon]
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