December 10, 2011: Weekend
- U.S. troops could remain in Afghanistan through 2014.
- A female soldier in Iraq is more likely to be attacked by a fellow soldier than killed by enemy fire.
- Thousands march today across Russia in biggest protests since fall of the Soviet Union.
- Profile of the blogger and leading dissident jailed and unable to speak at today's rally.
- Kremlin understands the web too: Thousands of bots drown out hashtag organization.
- Mechanics of Soviet Union politics remain: Bureaucrats control key institutions for power, wealth.
- Reich...argued that sexual satisfaction is fundamental not only to individual health but also to true democracy.
- Rats revealed to be empathetic and altruistic.
- Cereal makers fail to meet own guidelines on sugar, some are 41% sugar—more than a Twinkie.
- Graphical reminder of difference between causation and correlation.
- Graphical reminder that we annually recreate the Christmases of baby boomers' childhoods.