November 12, 2013: Afternoon
By The Morning News
—
- Analysis of Kerry's bet, and opposing views, that lining up a nuclear deal with Iran is still the smart play.
- U.S. veterans return to Vietnam, some for closure, some to foster reconciliation between the two countries.
- Cracking down on U.S.-waged "economic war," Venezuela's military occupies a popular chain of electronics stores.
- Large hairy crabs escape from a box and go scuttling down a train in Germany.
- Over the past decade, bandwidth reports show Netflix streaming has effectively squashed file sharing.
- YouTube-less China has the world's largest population of online-video watchers, and it's set to explode.
- "ESPN searching for a few loud-mouthed fucks for new afternoon program."
- Profile of a window cleaner and how he gets his clients' windows so clean.
- Book on the history of panoramic photos contains staff pictures of the Anti-Saloon League of America and the Midget Swing Review, among others.
- In New York the paid-friends market is more formal then in LA, where "it's much more faux democratic."
- Former employees say French restaurants seat customers depending on their aesthetic appeal.
- Studies find young women are becoming equal partners in hookup culture, but without equal benefits when it comes to orgasms.
- "Local teen walks in on family masturbating."
- See also: Non-Expert Eric Feezell advises a mother who's just walked in on her son during a private moment.
- Here, books are nothing special, just part of a wider ecology of continual destruction, recomposition and miscegenation.
- Astonishing Ariel Levy article about traveling to Mongolia for a story while pregnant.