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There's a big argument over the middle east going on right now that many people aren't aware of. Here's some background: Gulf Carriers (AKA ME3): The gulf carriers are Emirates, Etihad, and Qatar Airways. All of them are government owned and operate on the same business model. They use their...

In other association football news... Well the Women's World Cup began today in Canada. I'm still pretty miffed about it being played on artificial turf.

Full story Stay tuned, because this could become very interesting.

You may have heard about this recently, but it's been going on for a while. In short, Amazon and Hachette are having difficulty coming to agreements for wholesale prices on Hachette's books. Amazon has stopped or delayed shipping books published by Hachette. Now both companies are facing some...

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/06/education/major-changes-in-sat-announced-by-college-board.html?hp&_r=0 I can't say anyone's losing out on much with the removal of the writing section.

They are happening. Let's discuss.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HI3ErDjr4BY So this is happening tomorrow in Buenos Aires. The candidate cities are Madrid, Istanbul, and Tokyo.

Full Article: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/24/nyregion/cooper-union-to-charge-undergraduates-tuition.html Now the colleges that don't charge tuition has been reduced to the service academies, College of the Ozarks, Berea College, and Deep Springs College.

If you're unfamiliar with the Indo-European Language family, take a look: Plot The Indo-European languages lived in harmony. But one day they began to notice that the lingual supremacists were on the offense. The lingual supremacists are a group of languages set on eliminating all other...

This is very interesting. John Broder did a test drive of the Tesla S, an electric car, and wrote a piece in the Times: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/10/automobiles/stalled-on-the-ev-highway.html Tesla charged that the entire piece was fabricated since they track activity of all cars used by...

The rest of the Yahoo piece is pretty stupid. Y! SPORTS I would have preferred boxing to be taken out. Oh well.

It's that time of year when many of the history months come up. Let's share moments and breakthroughs in Black American history. I'll start with Barack Obama. Before he was president of the United States he was president of the Harvard Law Review: Full article: First Black Elected to Head...

I'm not sure how interesting this is to people here. I find education news interesting. Law School Applications Are Collapsing (As They Should Be) - Jordan Weissmann - The Atlantic So The Atlantic column has an obvious frame, but it's still pretty interesting and I recommend reading the...

This is a thread to discuss developments in the conflict in Northern Mali. Here's a summary of what's been going on. In early 2012 there was a rebellion in Northern Mali started by the National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad (MNLA). In March 2012, the Malian military, dissatisfied with...

So it has come to this... Behind Lance Armstrong's Decision to Talk - WSJ.com I'm actually a little surprised that he's doing this. There's still a large constituency of people who believe(d) that he was never doping. He's facing a lot of trouble right now. He lost his Nike sponsorship...

Via New York magazine: Google Map of Flu Outbreak Not Comforting -- Daily Intelligencer This was the map showing the intensity of the flu outbreaks reported yesterday: This is the one reported today: Via Connecticut Is No Longer a Flu-Free Utopia -- Daily Intelligencer...

22 children, 1 adult injured in knife attack outside central China primary school - The Washington Post

So Microsoft is releasing the Surface their first ever Windows hardware. Microsoft also made keyboard cover peripherals. The Windows RT version will be releasing soon and the Pro version will debut in early 2013. It's priced competitively with the iPad. The 32 GB model is $500 and the touch...

If you haven't heard the champion music from G5.2 you will soon. Let's take some time to rank the champion music from favorite to least favorite. Here's mine: 1. Lance 2. Blue 3. Cynthia 4. Steven/Wallace 5. Alder 6. Iris Hyperlinks go to youtube tracks for reference.

So, who's interested in this game? I don't have a PS3 or Vita but I'm interested in seeing thoughts from those who do. The last I heard any substantial updates was back in July, and the game had some big problems back then. Hopefully those were fixed. This game is supposed to appeal to...