Random stuff worth reading on the internet thread

[BigFatMeanie]

Not an article, but a book:

The Plutonium Files: America's Secret Medical Experiments in the Cold War

http://http://media.wix.com/ugd/0ad54b_02bd35303a0338ab8bb7526fd5b60c98.pdf

Absolutely riveting.

[Pelado]

"Confessions of a Catholic convert to capitalism"

http://www.americamagazine.org/polit...ert-capitalism

[falafel]

Dad takes kid's drawings and turns them into fully drawn characters.



http://imgur.com/gallery/l25T7?campa...design_engaged

[Art Vandelay]

I am far from an expert on The Philippines and and Duterte's war on drug users and dealers, other than everything I have read and seen about it seems very bad.

The NY Times published a photo piece documenting some of the violence yesterday. It is full of beautiful and terrible and disturbing photos.

Very few sites do as good a job at weaving together maps, graphics, and other media into their stories as the NYT. I really dig a lot of what they do, maybe because I am an old guy.

Warning, lots of dead bodies.

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2...=tw-share&_r=1

I read that a couple days ago. It was shocking to see a country like the Phillippines (which often seems closer to a poor American state than a 3rd world country) have this happening. The photos are amazing, and as you said disturbing.

[Clark Addison]

I am far from an expert on The Philippines and and Duterte's war on drug users and dealers, other than everything I have read and seen about it seems very bad.

The NY Times published a photo piece documenting some of the violence yesterday. It is full of beautiful and terrible and disturbing photos.

Very few sites do as good a job at weaving together maps, graphics, and other media into their stories as the NYT. I really dig a lot of what they do, maybe because I am an old guy.

Warning, lots of dead bodies.

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2...=tw-share&_r=1

[Art Vandelay]

This article is interesting from an outsiders perspective for us 99%ers. If Uncle Ted, PAC, or cr33kster decide to get divorced, they may be able to learn something. I don't know if anyone on here is a divorce attorney. I found all the legal maneuvering intriguing.

How to hide $400,000,000

[falafel]

I disagree that that article is worth reading.

[Maximus]

Who are these people

http://www.slate.com/blogs/outward/2...y_harmful.html

"In reality, this treatment is performed almost universally without even asking for the parents' consent, making this practice all the more insidious. It's called infant gender assignment: When the doctor holds your child up to the harsh light of the delivery room, looks between its legs, and declares his opinion: It's a boy or a girl, based on nothing more than a cursory assessment of your offspring's genitals."

"With infant gender assignment, in a single moment your baby's life is instantly and brutally reduced from such infinite potentials down to one concrete set of expectations and stereotypes, and any behavioral deviation from that will be severely punished—both intentionally through bigotry, and unintentionally through ignorance. That doctor (and the power structure behind him) plays a pivotal role in imposing those limits on helpless infants, without their consent, and without your informed consent as a parent. This issue deserves serious consideration by every parent, because no matter what gender identity your child ultimately adopts, infant gender assignment has effects that will last through their whole life."



"Infant gender assignment is a wilful decision, and as a maturing society we need to judge whether it might be a wrong action. Why must we force this on kids at birth? What is achieved, besides reinforcing tradition? What could be the harm in letting a child wait to declare for themself who they are, once they're old enough (which is generally believed to happen around age 2 or 3)?"

[HuskyFreeNorthwest]

I've never been a Glenn Beck fan, and his denouncement of Trump seems a little Jason Chafetz-like (the prophet HFN said: kickers are a**holes and should never be trusted). With that said, Brother Beck has had some pretty significant change of directions in his life. Regardless, a quick, easy and interesting read.

http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/20...mbid=synd_digg

Glenn Beck'a family lives in Toronto?

He was speedwalking up Eighth Avenue with his wife, son, and daughter, all in from Toronto.

Lol what a great patriot!

[Art Vandelay]

I've never been a Glenn Beck fan, and his denouncement of Trump seems a little Jason Chafetz-like (the prophet HFN said: kickers are a**holes and should never be trusted). With that said, Brother Beck has had some pretty significant change of directions in his life. Regardless, a quick, easy and interesting read.

http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/20...mbid=synd_digg

He left convinced that Trump was nuts. “This guy is dangerously unhinged,” he said. “And, for all the things people have said about me over the years, I should be able to spot Dangerously Unhinged.”

[Jeff Lebowski]

This guy attended 52 churches on 52 Sundays in a single year, and blogged about it. Here is his LDS experience:

http://churchexperiment.blogspot.com...ormon-lds.html

Children. Cute little buggers. Cute, but loud. Especially in this particular Mormon Church. It was interesting how much emphasis the Mormon Church seems to place on the family. In fact, this Sunday was called “Family Sunday.” (Not sure what it means. Maybe they don’t do their version of Sunday school, and instead, invite the children into the adult service?) Either way, there were lots of kids, and they were so incredibly loud that it became comical.

It seemed like there was a competition to see which child could make the most noise. And there was a fifty-way tie for first place. More on that later.

[Katy Lied]

This guy attended 52 churches on 52 Sundays in a single year, and blogged about it. Here is his LDS experience:

http://churchexperiment.blogspot.com...ormon-lds.html

Heres a list of the churches:

• Church #1: Solid Rock Church
• Church #2: Christian Life Center
• Church #3: Union Baptist Church
• Church #4: Clifton U. Methodist
• Church #5: Church of Scientology
• Church #6: St. Peter in Chains
• Church #7: Passion and Fire Church
• Church #8: Crossroads
• Church #9: Good Shepherd
• Church #10: Jehovah's Witnesses
• Church #11: Christian Scientists
• Church #12: Christ Savannah
• Church #13: Vineyard Westside
• Church #14: St. John's Unitarian
• Church #15: Holy Cross Immaculata
• Church #16: Quaker Community
• Church #17: Seven Hills Church
• Church #18: 7th-Day Adventist
• Church #19: Mormon Church (LDS)
• Church #20: Clifton Mosque
• Church #21: New Spirit MCC
• Church #22: First Christian AG
• Church #23: The Vineyard
• Church #24: NS Church of Christ
• Church #25: Jesus Christ University
• Church #26: Duck Methodist
• Church #27: LifeChurch.tv
• Church #28: Beth Messiah
• Church #29: Montgomery CC
• Church #30: Hindu Temple
• Church #31: Southland Church
• Church #32: Mennonite Fellowship
• Church #33: Leadership Summit
• Church #34: Concordia Lutheran
• Church #35: Norwood Wesleyan
• Church #36: Grace Presbyterian
• Church #37: Lifepoint Vineyard
• Church #38: KingsWay Church
• Church #39: Zion Pentecostal
• Church #40: Wise Temple
• Church #41: COG of Prophecy
• Church #42: St. George Russian
• Church #43: Virtual Church
• Church #44: Mason Vineyard
• Church #45: Personal Church
• Church #46: Gathering Place
• Church #47: Oaks Community
• Church #48: City Gospel Chapel
• Church #49: Maproom / Thinplace
• Church #50: Buddhist Center
• Church #51: Atheist Meeting
• Church #52: Old St. Mary's

[Commando]

Don't forget the fact that he advertise the world, including the previous owners of the property, that he found $45,000 cash.

But the imgur community DESERVES!!!

[mtnbiker]

My wife found this article about my grandfather today. I knew some of the details, but not all:

http://www.ubmedia.biz/vernal/news/a....html?mode=jqm

Interesting. A couple of thoughts on the article. The B-17 wasn't called the Flying Fortress because of its ability to withstand enemy fire; it was because of all the defensive guns bristling from it.

My uncle flew B-17s in WWII, somewhat earlier in the war, from May to the end of June, 1944 (spanning D-day), when he and his crew completed their tour of 30 missions. He never told his kids about it, but my brother and I, being airplane nuts, managed to cajole some stories out of him. Pretty fascinating and scary, too. His plane was shot down just a mission or two after he rotated out.

The article says he was originally held in a prison camp in Nuremburg, which is where my grandma was from. Although they left Germany and came to America in 1912, just a few months after the Titanic sank. Her mother was pretty freaked out about that.

[falafel]

My wife found this article about my grandfather today. I knew some of the details, but not all:

http://www.ubmedia.biz/vernal/news/a....html?mode=jqm

He died on a Monday evening, his daughter Connie Perry said, and his wife died the next afternoon. They had been married 62 years.

Its great to hear some of these stories from the soldiers' mouths.