Random dying synapes

A diligent "Go fuck yourself" to the slick and slimy Roger Goodell: http://grantland.com/the-triangle/what-does-it-take-to-get-roger-goodell-fired-2/

Hahaha. And I didn't think the Post could get any worse. The slide towards irrelevancy just got faster. http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/jeff-bezos-replaces-katharine-weymouth

A short history of tear gas: http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2014/08/100-years-of-tear-gas/378632/?single_page=true

Flotsam and Jetsam

Just because you write history, does not make you an historian. Today's example is Jon Meacham. Even if you don't feel any embarrassment, please do us all a favor Mr. Meacham, and please crawl back to your Georgetown cocktail circuit without yelling at any of your interns. http://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/doofuses-in-the-mist

Just when the thought of all the Subway I ate as a teenager wasn't disturbing enough. Now comes this gem: http://abcnews.go.com/Health/subway-takes-chemical-sandwich-bread-protest/story?id=22373414

Medicare pays for penis pumps? Why, yes, it actually overpays for them. http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/ig-report-penis-pumps-ves

Wonderings

Cul-de-sacs are bad for you. Really. http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_eye/2013/12/10/why_cul_de_sacs_are_bad_for_your_health_happy_city_by_charles_montgomery.html

Is David Brooks still a smug, holier-than-thou asshole? Why, yes, yes he is. http://dish.andrewsullivan.com/2014/01/03/talking-heads-for-prohibition/

Yo! History, bitch. http://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2014/01/you-have-to-know-history-to-actually-teach-it/282957/

Old and trusty

Adios facebook? Probably. http://www.ibtimes.com/facebook-removes-search-privacy-it-time-delete-your-profile-1422948

Now I am afraid that a small, but significant chunk of the country is scared of modernity. http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-10-04/why-republicans-shut-down-the-government.html

Yesterday was a crazy day on the Hill, but this was by far the most surreal thing to happen there: http://www.businessinsider.com/house-stenographer-removed-during-vote-2013-10

Fucking Georgia: http://www.volokh.com/2013/10/22/copious-amounts-constitutionally-protected-sodomy-occurring-great-state-already/