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ift.tt/2kg9BE1 by Abrahm Lustgarten via ift.tt/2lsuOKE ift.tt/2jgv3un

ift.tt/2CjdWBi On this day in 1968 "I Heard It Through The Grapevine" by Marvin Gaye was the #1 song.  1968 Average U.S. Prices Bread: $0.22/loaf Milk: $1.21/gal Eggs: $1.12/doz Car: $2,450 Gasoline: $0.34/gal House: $26,600 Stamp: $0.06/ea Average Income: $9,670/yr…

ift.tt/2q39IrA Attorney General Jeff Sessions listens during a news conference at the Justice Department November 29, 2017, in Washington, DC. (Photo: Alex Wong / Getty Images) One day after President Donald Trump invited Republican lawmakers to the White House to…

ift.tt/2lwhzZq iluvnerdystuff: The Orthanc at Isengard. Alan Lee via ift.tt/2lwgsJi ift.tt/1b8W9aj

ift.tt/2Bf3NRt Caleb A. Scharf Dr. Caleb A. Scharf is Director of Astrobiology at Columbia University,and has an international reputation as a research astrophysicist, and asa lecturer to college and public audiences. The UK’s Guardian newspaperhas listed his blog Life, Unbounded,…

ift.tt/2El6jHE blackpaint20: Théophile Louïse , illustration bookplate from a book about witchcraft published in 1861. via ift.tt/2El6keG ift.tt/1b8W9aj

ift.tt/2BYncXg New web comic strip Hot Paper Comics is one of our favorite new comic strips of the year. The artists taste for dark absurdity pushes all the right buttons for us. Submitted by: Tagged: absurd , dark , funny…

ift.tt/2pQl0Q0 On Nov. 17, 2012, Tyler Haire was arrested in Vardaman, Mississippi, for attacking his father’s girlfriend with a knife. Tyler, 16, had called 911 himself, and when they arrived, the local police found him seated quietly on a tree…

ift.tt/2DqzWX4 When Lawrence Mishel came to Washington during the height of the Reagan revolution, the options for a young leftist economist looking to make a difference were nearly non-existent. “The liberal position was represented by the Brookings Institution,” Mishel told…

ift.tt/2CdzRq2 Ever had a Croque-Madame? This is a classic French ham and grilled cheese sandwich, topped with a fried egg! Great for an easy lunch or dinner. Photography Credit: Sheryl Julian If you go to France and never learn a…

ift.tt/2BO7b6l From the abyss of WWII, an elevating reminder that we each contain a universe within that contributes to the universe without. “All the goodness and the heroisms will rise up again, then be cut down again and rise up,”…

ift.tt/2Bnek18 Click here to go see the bonus panel! Hovertext: If you believe we should look at all sides, do you also believe that we shouldn’t look at all sides, in which case… New comic!Today’s News: via ift.tt/2B5TEqd ift.tt/1Li4Gcy

ift.tt/2C4KHyH Click here to go see the bonus panel! Hovertext: Weinersmith spent Christmas accusing God of things, as was his wont. New comic!Today’s News: via ift.tt/2D9gzl5 ift.tt/1Li4Gcy

ift.tt/2lfrVg9 For the Yuletide this year, we decided to republish a recent classic commentary on Christmas an anarchism.  Enjoy! By Ruth Kinna It’s no surprise to discover that anarchist theorist Pyotr Kropotkin was interested in Christmas. In Russian culture, St.…

This special day got me to thinking about America’s spirit of giving, and I don’t mean this overdone business of Christmas gifts. I mean our true spirit of giving – giving of ourselves. Yes, we are a country of rugged…

ift.tt/2C815kl On Zerious Meadows’s last day in prison, he woke up at 4 a.m., as usual, because his cell mate works in the kitchen and leaves early to prepare breakfast. He listened to the radio — a station that plays…

ift.tt/2kFGVEB So Tennessee Senator Bob Corker is in trouble now, because he flip-flopped to vote for Donald Trump’s tax bill after a provision was included that reportedly helps him personally. Color me not shocked. I spent most of this past…

ift.tt/2yo2yls Children make a home brighter, richer, and a little bit louder — especially when they cook alongside us in the kitchen. This year, we tackled everything from ubiquitous kid-loved cheese crackers to homemade slime in the kitchen with our…

ift.tt/2C60e1r Planet Earth, 17-Dec-2017 14:47 UTC This is a section of a large image of the full disk of the Earth (Full resolution: 10848×10848) as seen by the GOES-16 geostationary weather satellite. The image is a GeoColor data product, which…

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ift.tt/2prQYSr Songs Santa Claus Taught Us: Download the Christmas mix tape compiled by Lux Interior of the Cramps   The story goes that Lux Interior of the Cramps was an inveterate maker of cassette mixes for his friends. (CD mixes,…

ift.tt/2BXgcwS Dr. Michael West created a series of five videos which are on Youtube – Back to Immortality. Dr. Michael West led the team that discovered Telomerase and the Telomerase gene and used to immortalize human cells in a petri…