Political Cartoons

A couple of my favorites:

http://theweek.com/cartoons?sort=publish_date&page=4

Lance's Legacy: Another Cheater

From The Huffington Post - 

Secret Motor Found On Cyclist's Bike At World Championships

"It's absolutely clear that there was technological fraud."

 02/01/2016 02:37 am ET

YORICK JANSENS VIA GETTY IMAGES

The motor was discovered inside the frame of the bicycle being used by teen Femke Van den Driessche, pictured.

(Reuters) - Cycling was being forced to confront a new controversy on Sunday after the sport's head confirmed the first top-level case of "technological fraud" with a hidden motor being found on a Belgian cyclist's bike.

The motor was discovered inside the frame of the machine being used by teenagerFemke Van den Driessche at the world cyclo-cross championship in Zolder, Belgium, Bryan Cookson, the president of the International Cycling Union (UCI), said.

"It's absolutely clear that there was technological fraud. There was a concealed motor. I don't think there are any secrets about that," Cookson told a news conference.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/secret-motor-cyclist-bike-world-championships_us_56af087ce4b00b033aafa518

Today's Google

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/todays-google-doodle-is-honoring-frederick-douglass_us_56af74e9e4b00b033aafc15f

Christmas in February

Andra Day - Rise Up [Live Acoustic Video]

Elephant Love

Throwback Babies

Another gem from Sactown Magazine - a retro clothes line for little ones.

http://www.sactownmag.com/Style-Watch/2016/Maisha-Bahati-baby-onesie-line/

Have One For Me!

From Sactown Magazine -

My Sac folks - Somebody has to have one of these for me!

Start the presses: Midtown coffeehouse The Mill is now serving up made-to-order Liège-style Belgian waffles. Ask for it “in-hand” (to go) and you’ll get the piping hot waffle lightly sprinkled with powdered sugar wrapped in a paper coffee filter.

http://www.sactownmag.com/Whats-Cooking/2016/Craving-of-the-week-The-Mills-waffle-in-hand/

How "bout That Commute?

Unbelieveable Sights From My World

This lends credence to the "Playground of the Middle East" moniker.

http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/7-dubai-locations-that-defy-their-desert-setting?utm_source=Atlas+Obscura&utm_campaign=2f4532f587-Newsletter_1_25_20161_22_2016&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_62ba9246c0-2f4532f587-59905913&ct=t(Newsletter_1_25_20161_22_2016)&mc_cid=2f4532f587&mc_eid=866176a63f

Second Chances

Fun in Death

An Inventor

http://www.upworthy.com/glass-cars-sentient-spoons-and-an-inventor-whos-challenging-our-idea-of-normal?c=upw1

Addressing Ignorance

Neil deGrasse Tyson appears at about the 1:50 mark.

Gerry-Rigging: Manipulating the Outcome

A trick old as dirt.

From Wired -

PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA spent the last chunk of his 2016 State of the Union Address talking about how to “fix our politics.” His first solution? Stop gerrymandering, the shaping of congressional districts to guarantee electoral outcomes. “We have to end the practice of drawing our congressional districts so that politicians can pick their voters, and not the other way around,” he said.

http://www.wired.com/2016/01/gerrymandering-is-even-more-infuriating-when-you-can-actually-see-it/?mbid=nl_12816

Truth Be Told

New from Howard University -

Howard University’s School of Communications recently launched the first fact-checking service dedicated entirely to claims about the African-American community. The website, TruthBeTold.news, publishes student investigations into commonly spouted bullshit like the idea that Planned Parenthood is strategically planning black genocide.

https://www.good.is/articles/howard-students-fact-checking-tool-for-journalism?utm_source=thedailygood&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=dailygood

http://truthbetold.news

Michael Jackson Interview With Oprah (Part 3/6)

At around the 4:00 mark, Micheal responds to Oprah's question about a white kid playing him.

This is being recalled now because Joseph Fiennes, a white guy, is set to play him in a new film.



http://www.vox.com/2016/1/28/10862226/michael-jackson-joseph-fiennes

If You Have to Explain It, You Don't Get It

GET OVER HERE, MAN: DECODING THE BRO-HUG

http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/get-over-here-man-decoding-the-brohug?utm_source=Atlas+Obscura&utm_campaign=c2f46bec40-Newsletter_1_29_20161_28_2016&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_62ba9246c0-c2f46bec40-59905913&ct=t(Newsletter_1_29_20161_28_2016)&mc_cid=c2f46bec40&mc_eid=866176a63f

Kindness Wins

Fight Club Rules

From The New Yorker -

Park Slope Parents’ Fight Club: A Friendly Reminder of the Rules

BY GLENN BOOZAN

http://www.newyorker.com/humor/daily-shouts/park-slope-parents-fight-club-a-friendly-reminder-of-the-rules?mbid=nl_160129_Daily&CNDID=27124505&spMailingID=8488969&spUserID=MTE0MzE0NDEyNDUyS0&spJobID=843293050&spReportId=ODQzMjkzMDUwS0