Wednesday in the Age of Reason-Munchausen (1988)

But mostly it gives stupid people something to talk about and sound like they have a knowledgeable opinion.

“The majority (66%) of the rituals performed by fans involve wearing team jerseys or clothing with the team’s colors on them, though some fans report more creative apparel choices. One fan reports that he wears “a dirty pair of underwear … over my pants and then I put my jersey on.” [JAC: I weep for his wife—if he has one!] Roughly one-quarter (24%) of fans who report having a ritual describe some type of activity, such as dancing in a circle, sitting in the same seat, or talking to their television.”

http://www.newrepublic.com/article/116408/survey-half-us-sport-fans-see-supernatural-influences

Apple and Google are criminally-led organizations that conspire to suppress wages.

http://pando.com/2014/01/23/the-techtopus-how-silicon-valleys-most-celebrated-ceos-conspired-to-drive-down-100000-tech-engineers-wages/

http://www.thewire.com/national/2014/01/januarys-school-shootings/357448/

The next time you carp about China’s pollution, keep  in mind how much pollution [and honestly count what pollution] making a bomb pollutes, transporting a bomb pollutes, exploding a bomb pollutes.

http://fpif.org/green-challenge-asia-pacific-pivot/

If you want to bankrupt a country, give it the Olympics.

http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2014/01/vlamidir-putin-sochi-olympics-102342_full.html#.UuZqb2Swoy6

made up of its own waste, but humans, being special, will try.

http://www.news.com.au/technology/environment/climate-change-tipping-point-revealed-by-study-published-in-nature/story-e6frflp0-1226736568408

We are being lied to and manipulated all the time.
http://timharford.com/2014/01/casinos-worrying-knack-for-consumer-manipulation/