- Why break up the Juniors? They couldn’t handle the pressure :: “I think Junior has more scrutiny on him than anyone I’ve ever met,” Hendrick said. “He can’t walk without people wanting to know what’s going on with him. It’s hard for him to live life. There’s just so much pressure. I don’t think I could function on the pressure.”
- The Church in an Age of Scarcity :: I wrote it a couple of months ago but it has gotten a lot of attention lately so I thought I would toss a link to it again.
- This may be the coolest trailer I have ever seen, a 1957 Willerby.
- This is my favorite photo yet of Oliver. For the record, this is my favorite photo ever of Mark (runner up and honorable mention).
- Was the boom in the Sun Belt really just a big ponzi scheme? In the Sun Belt’s newer, shallow-rooted communities, the roadkill is most evident: Where once there were "boomburbs," there now stand "ghostdivisions." Where property-flipping was once almost a middle-class sport, joblessness and "For Sale by Owner" signs reign.
- How to save thousands on your mortgage payments
- 10 Best Cities in the USA to Live In
- How Chile is Thriving During the Global Recession
- The Economist says that since 1997 nearly 450 gangsters have been killed in Vancouver and quotes the RCMP’s Pat Fogarty as saying the recent surge in shootings is directly related to a crackdown on gangs in Mexico and the United States. The article describes Vancouver as a "distribution hub in a global drugs trade," where "local gangs ship out cannabis, amphetamines and ecstasy made in BC, importing cocaine, heroin and guns for the Canadian market." The article says 135 gangs are fighting over the drugs business worth an estimated $7 billion Canadian each year, and says the police have been unsuccessful at collaborating to curb the gangs.
- Five reasons to be terrified of Google Wave
- So what is at the bottom of New York Harbour?
- Alec Baldwin on why the United States should allow gay marriage
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