79% of Americans Adults Face Economic Uncertainty in Their Lives

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/exclusive-4-5-us-face-175906005.html

The Life of Nancy Dupree

An amusing article summing up the interesting life of my mother's sister:

http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2013/04/18/188964/grandmother-of-afghanistan-nancy.html#.UfXgVEHVB8F

The last time I visited her was at her and Louis's home in North Carolina in the 1980s. At the time she had an attractive Afghan mujahedin princess over to help drum up US government support for their fight against the USSR, and we hit it off well. I was just out of the army, and she tried to convince me to return with her to Afghanistan to help train Afghan soldiers in the use of US military equipment. I'd had enough of military life, so I declined, although I provided her with some useful training manuals. I also taught Nancy how to use a computer. My first failed student! ;-)

Turkey Accuses Bird of Spying For Israel

http://news.yahoo.com/turkey-captures-bird-accuses-spying-israel-see-why-141627495.html

Good thing the Republicans don't seem to have caught on to our spycam condors and microphone finches....

The Party of Sabotage

Just in case you get complacent...

http://www.nationofchange.org/republicans-sabotaging-not-governing-who-they-are-now-1374934891

GOP = God's Own Party

http://www.politicususa.com/2013/07/23/rnc-chairman-reince-priebus-republican-party-religion.html

But we knew this....

Blessed are the Rich

http://www.nationofchange.org/blessed-are-rich-1374672097

Poll Results on Evolution vs. Creationism

http://news.yahoo.com/did-god-really-create-universe-mankind-200012480.html

It's sad--actually more disgusting---that so many Americans believe the Young Earth Creationist claim of a 10,000 year universe created by God...but the silver lining is that acceptance of evolution guided by purely naturalistic means is up 61% since just 2004.

Major Reason Couples Stay Together is Fear

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/07/18/divorce-study_n_3618509.html?utm_hp_ref=tw

I've always thought the institution of marriage needs overhauling....

Six Types of Atheists

http://religion.blogs.cnn.com/2013/07/15/the-six-types-of-atheists/

I'm not sure how useful the list is, since I fall under categories 1, 2, 3, 4 and even a bit of 6!

Conspiracy Theories Conspiracy

By YouTube user Potholer54, one of my favorites:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EhWpP-vPUcQ

The most important lesson is that conspiracy theories can never be proven wrong...their believers just widen the conspiracy.

An interesting explanation of the importance of empathy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l7AWnfFRc7g

Morsi is (was?) Egypt's Michelle Bachmann

http://www.nationofchange.org/how-egypt-s-michele-bachmann-became-president-and-plunged-country-chaos-1372945264