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/

Round up with a healthy dollop of people scared by modernity

Maybe it's time to stop drinking all that bottled water, or at least limit yourself to a couple a week. http://www.naturalnews.com/042126_bottled_water_endocrine_disruptors_chemical_contamination.html

Food news! Barilla, wake up and smell modernity. http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2013/09/barilla-pasta-hates-gay-people.html

Dear Washington Post. Fire your entire Editorial Board, go bankrupt, or stop patting yourself on the back and pretending your tired, predictable, and shitty political reporting is helpful or meaningful. Thank you. http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2013/09/why-this-is-not-just-washington-breakdown-in-3-graphs-and-1-story/280099

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

Old round up that I had to blow the dust off of

Saint Reagan, huh? Glad to know that the man, the myth, the legend didn't mind the use of sarin and mustard gas on innocents. http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2013/08/25/secret_cia_files_prove_america_helped_saddam_as_he_gassed_iran

The science of balls. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-24016988

Maybe it's time to stop drinking all that bottled water, or at least limit yourself to a couple a week. http://www.naturalnews.com/042126_bottled_water_endocrine_disruptors_chemical_contamination.html

Brain cramps

 This week in science news:

Men of Scandinavia, please mind your balls in the water. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/sweden/10234986/Swedish-men-told-to-beware-testicle-munching-fish.html

Behold! The newest classified mammal, the olinguito. http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/For-the-First-Time-in-35-Years-A-New-Carnivorous-Mammal-Species-is-Discovered-in-the-Western-Hemisphere--219762981.html

Hey hipsters, hippies, and rich people, you are not smarter than 100+ years of accumulated public health knowledge. Now go vaccinate your fucking children. http://www.salon.com/2013/08/14/whats_with_rich_people_hating_vaccines/