A remembrance of Edward Abbey [Front Porch Republic]

Cosmopolitan's 44 Most Ridiculous Sex Tips [Nerve]

White working-class voters don’t think Obama cares about people like them [Michael Barone]

Who is destroying the American middle class? [Zero Hedge]

The disadvantages of being too smart [Satoshi Kanzawa]

Act of war: U.S., Israel developed Flame computer virus to slow Iranian nuclear efforts, officials say [Washington Post]

Why 'Nigerian Scammers' Say They're From Nigeria [Computer World]

"Selfish genes" indeed [Jared Taylor]

Untreatable Tuberculosis Reported In India [Medical News Today]

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As Orwell said about the goose-step march of totalitarian armies: yes, it looks ridiculous, but you dare not laugh.

Original Apple 1 Computer sells for $374,500 in Sothebys auction [WSJ]

Economists demonstrate exactly why bank robbery is a bad idea [Ars Technica]

We're all Kulaks now: The war on property rights [James Bovard]

Actual sword fighting techniques are not what you see in movies [ARMA]

Man bit by feral cat in Oregon now has plague [Seattle Times]

Film director Joe Cornish to make Neal Stephenson's Snowcrash into a movie [Deadline]

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