All Things Consider  

  Here are some of this week’s best links that we missed on All Things Consider: 1. The ACLU is suing the Obama administration for refusing to disclose information on the assassinations of three American citizens in Yemen. 2. A former chief economist at the IMF explains why a global economic recovery will fail without breaking the “financial oligarchy” [...]

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February 3, 2012

Albert Pujols, the baseball superstar who left the World Champion St. Louis Cardinals to go to the Los Angeles Angels via free agency, will no longer have a St Louis restaurant named after him.  The Pujols 5 owners recently announced via Twitter that they will no longer be calling the bar the Pujols 5, but instead the St. Louis Sports Hall [...]

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February 3, 2012

Last night, I went to the men’s basketball game against Indiana. I had an amazing time, and we won! Attending the game with friends itself was really fun, but contemplating the environment and the rules and laws that governed the game proved a fascinating exercise. Within the walls of the stadium, there are many interesting [...]

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February 2, 2012

Nearly a year ago, Apple faced the beginnings of a PR catastrophe. Wired magazine published an expose on Foxconn, the Chinese manufacturer that handles the final assembly of the iPhone and many other Apple products. Seventeen people had jumped to their death off the roof of their Shenzhen plant over the preceding few years, most blaming grueling working conditions [...]

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February 1, 2012

Fantasy Football All-Star and NFL Pro-Bowl quarterback Aaron Rodgers claimed that he was disappointed in the NFC’s effort in the Pro-Bowl played this past Sunday.  When watching the game, the best players in the NFL looked to have been going half speed in order to avoid injury.  The game was a shootout and the AFC won 59-41. [...]

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February 1, 2012

It’s here. Finally. All new Too Funny For Words.

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January 31, 2012