Brilliant people are much more likely to fail under pressure than average people [Business Insider, Amazon.com]

Romney mistreating a dog or Obama eating a dog: Which is worse? [CNET]

Security vs. liberty. Is more security worth less liberty in every case? [Bruce Schneier @ TED Talk]

Constitutionalism: Another god that failed [Butler Shaeffer @ Lewrockwell.com]

The blast chiller. It does exactly what it sounds like: cool things down quickly, using fast-moving cold air. [Popular Science]

Lyrics to the Samurai Jack theme song. [Movie Catcher]

Thursday's tidbits from the web

The story of students being harassed by Gay sex predators teaching at an elite NYC prep school over the years [NY Times Magazine]

What to do about budding psychopaths? [NY Times]

Failed recall effort in Wisconsin a victory for Gov. Snyder in Michigan [Detroit News, AnnArbor.com]

U of Washington researcher posits that crows have cognitive abilities equal to apes and dolphins. [Popular Science, Amazon.com ]

Where Is The Outrage Over the Domestic Use of Drones? [reason.com/]

The actual reason that mediocre but attractive talking heads continue appearing on cable news channels is: "...because however hard [they] try, they cannot outsmart their hosts (O’Reilly, Sean Hannity, Glenn Beck, Dylan Ratigan, and Martin Bashir)."[Taki Mag]

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