Headlines from October 10, 2012
- “Romney frantically figuring out how tax plan could actually work after realizing he might win election.”
- The complex history of presidents trying to be funny.
- A bad lip reading of the first 2012 presidential debate. #video
- Old Economy Steven has it better than his parents—and his kids. #memes
- U.S. no longer has a Protestant majority—mainly because fewer Americans claim a religious affiliation.
- Homer described it as robbing Odysseus of any willpower. Ancient drugs and where to get them. #drugs
- Related: Their minds, they said, had blossomed and contracted with the universe. #tmn
- Polanski underage sex scandal victim, now 47, to publish memoir in fall 2013.
- In 1959, the British Foreign Secretary predicted post-Empire Africa—and was correct on some counts.
- Honduras offers gang members a new life, starting with tattoo removal. #video
- “Internet tsar,” novelist among high-profile donors who have saved UK’s Orange Prize.
- You should not need to audition for a cab. What to know about living in New York. #newyorknewyork
- Sarah Hepola: “Here Is Everything I Learned in New York City.” #tmn
- Pandora CEO announces attractive earnings for artists: $135K to Bon Iver, $3M to Drake, Lil Wayne.
- Detroit rapper Danny Brown visits the most recent Gathering of the Juggalos. #video
- Cartoonists pay tribute to Matt Groening’s Life in Hell.
- Pentagon task force sent to Jordan in case turmoil in Syria should expand into a wider conflict.
- Diplomacy is as much about optics as reality. The pro-U.S. case for helping Iran save face.
- Terrific article about the predetermined square dance that people do in elevators.
- A tale of two lawyers: One wants to inject more money into politics; one represents Stephen Colbert.
- France security forces find explosives in raid on suspected anti-Semitic ring outside Paris.
- Taliban attacks 14-year-old who was an outspoken advocate of education for girls.
- Years later I would find out just how dark the entire story was. Life of a crime reporter. #tmn
- Five years ago, the women captured in last week’s “Stingray Photobomb” meme tried to get the picture on Ellen.
- Linguistic history of how the meaning of “entitlement” has changed from a legitimate to an illegitimate claim.
- The $1 billion food-truck industry has grown 8.4 percent annually in the U.S. since the recession.
- Illustrated guide to cork production—much more interesting than that sounds. via
- Fact of the day: Abraham Lincoln’s grandfather, Abraham Lincoln, was also shot and killed. via
- Advice on whether or not to shave your child’s unibrow, and how best to deal with Five Guys’ fries.
- MythBusters recreate famous Titanic scene to see if Jack and Rose could both have lived.
- Here is an unmistakable talent unashamed of making itself a motley to the view. Withering early reviews of classic novels.
- Video tour of Gay Talese’s “bunker” office beneath his home. #video
- Dutch library composed of a five-story “book mountain” includes “a 1,500 foot-long route throughout multiple levels of literature.”