November 23, 2011: Morning
By The Morning News
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- Latitude mystery in Europe—why high unemployment, low productivity, low investment are mostly found in the south.
- South African legislators pass secrets bill to protect corrupt officials from press scrutiny.
- Putin's secretary says boos were for an American fighter, not Putin; Russians tell American fighter, No, we were booing Putin.
- Reading Romney's speeches as poetry.
- GE's tax bill—after billions in profits, it claimed billions in benefits—shows why our corporate tax rate is too high and too low.
- Enjoyable diary of day-to-day life and economics in Greece, where pawn shops are growing.
- South Korean lawmaker tear-gases legislative session in attempt to prevent vote.
- Gawker comments on Megyn Kelly's calling pepper spray a food product.
- Five-star Amazon reviews of pepper spray.
- There are more than 7 billion humans in the world, but a lot more potential persons.
- Jimmy Wales's left-aligned headshot appearing across Wikipedia has led to some unfortunate associations.
- "Professional link finder" Jason Kottke says Indian talent show is "the craziest thing you'll ever see on the web."
- See also: Schwarzenegger phones in what's possibly the worst-ever DVD commentary.
- Praise for art "whose forms consist of ephemeral situations.”
- Decades later, Klingon thrives, used for translations of Hamlet and marriage ceremonies.
