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What our reaction to Miley Cyrus says about the future of gender - Note for...
Alia E. Dastagir , USA TODAYCyrus image fromWhen Miley Cyrus opened up in Variety this October about how she identifies as pansexual, the media clamored to define the term.Her revelation — that she is...
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Don't Grow Up It's a Trap
John Brown shared Bustle's photo.11 hrs · BustleLike PageMay 21, 2014 ·
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Rating Rats
Response to a message from a Facebook friend:DC is nation's 3rd-rattiest cityWTOP.COMLikeLikeLoveHahaWowSadAngryCommentShareCommentsJohn Brown During my daily jogs (neighbors tell me, without a hint of...
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The Ponte Sant’Angelo ...
John Brown shared The Vault of the Atomic Space Age's photo. (Facebook) 8 hrs · via FWThe Vault of the Atomic Space AgeLike PageYesterday at 12:22am · Sophia Loren sitting on the door sill of the...
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The mortal, strategic threat from Russia against the West ...
«Эти бедные селенья…» Федор ТютчевЭти бедные селенья,Эта скудная природа —Край родной долготерпенья,Край ты русского народа!Не поймет и не заметитГордый взор иноплеменный,Что сквозит и тайно светитВ...
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Map reveals minimum hourly wage needed to afford a 2-bedroom home in every...
americangg.net; via LWM on FacebookTo many people the American dream conjures images of homes with a car in every garage and a chicken in every pot. Owning your own home was the cornerstone of success...
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Americans are Embracing Bad Government Because They Don’t Know History - Note...
Annie Holmquist, intellectualtakeout.org; via WK on FaceebookRecent news has proudly informed us that U.S. graduation rates are rising. Unfortunately, rising grad rates don’t tell the whole story.If...
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Moscow-based Mark Teeter on foreigners and the U.S. presidential election...
Mark H. Teeter added 5 new photos.21 hrs · FOREIGNERS JUST DON’T GET U.S. ELECTIONS. Or as Twain described golf: A Good Walk Spoiled--> So I’m poling along in the park this p.m. on my daily...
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How Much Is $100 Really Worth in Each State? - Note for a discussion, "E...
Jason English, mentalfloss.comHow far does $100 go? Today's map, which comes from the Tax Foundation and uses data from the Bureau of Economic Analysis, answers that question state by state. In...
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Video: Putin on the USA and Russia (2013); via SL on Facebook
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English is hard ... (from Facebook)
Richard W. Murphy shared Analytical Grammar's photo.37 mins · Analytical GrammarLike PageYesterday at 3:51pm · Can you add another one?
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Haircut Russian style
utiliter.ruVia GS on FacebookОднажды к парикмахеру пришел продавец цветов. Когда мастер закончил стрижку, и пришла очередь оплаты, он сказал: «Я не возьму с вас деньги, потому что до конца недели я...
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Rich But Divided - Note for a discussion, "E Pluribus Unum? What Keeps the...
image fromReview: Todd G. Buchholz, ‘The Price of Prosperity: Why Rich Nations Fail and How to Renew Them.’Tyler Arnold, freebeacon.com, July 24, 2016 4:58 am; see also the audiobook on the...
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A handy guide for the British prime minister and her team – just in case they...
A handy guide for the British prime minister and her team – just in case they need to conduct Brexit negotiations in French The French minister Michel Barnier, who will lead the European commission’s...
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Dining Out: Where America Eats - Note for a discussion, "E Pluribus Unum?...
consumerreports.org; pls. note: the below appears without the links in the articleDining Out: Where America EatsOur biggest-ever subscriber survey about restaurant chains dishes up which ones hit the...
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Академики РАН потребовали уволить руководство ВАК и проверить диссертацию...
philologist.livejournal.com; via KS on FacebookОткрытое письмо 24-х академиков и членов-корреспондентов Российской академии наук опубликовано в газете "Коммерсант". Среди подписантов есть академики...
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Paul Goble, Window on Eurasia [JB favorite item: no 7] Staunton, October 28 -- The flood of news stories from a country as large, diverse and strange as the Russian Federation often appears to...
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Russians and their unique language ...
Warning: This entry is not meant to be taken seriouslyimage fromYa Vas ljubil... (Я Вас любил...)Я вас любил: любовь еще, быть может,В душе моей угасла не совсем;Но пусть она вас больше не тревожит;Я...
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Голышев: в Кремле не знают куда бежать — то ли за ядерной кнопкой, то ли за...
rusmonitor.com; via Facebookimage from articleПрошедшая неделя была богата на публичные события, которые многие расценивают, как признаки все нарастающего рассогласования и растерянности на всех...
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