Headlines from January 24, 2012
- France criminalizes the denial of officially recognized genocides, angering Turks, straining foreign relations.
- With 163 boys born for every 100 girls in parts of China, gendercide isn’t slowing.
- Scientists estimate a 98% chance of an magnitude 7 quake in Tokyo in the next 30 years.
- A lot of Republicans are swooning for the same lines. What Gingrich ‘12 and Obama ‘08 have in common.
- Tweeted “excerpts” from Gingrich’s speculative fiction.
- The district [does] not want students to study Mexican American studies, but they do want them to clean toilets. #opinions
- Surowiecki: Private-equity firms like Bain destroy a few jobs, but their exploit of tax loopholes is more concerning.
- Nancy and I want you to know how much we enjoyed “E.T.” Presidential letters to culture icons.
- Maps to show where you would tunnel up from the other side of the Earth.
- Fields upon fields of Amish porn.
- Victorian psychiatrists largely responsible for developing the concept of “heterosexuality.”
- Cakes throughout U.S. history. #infographic
- The people drinking coffee remained sober and plotted against the government. Coffee, feared by dictators.