October 9, 2013: Afternoon
By The Morning News
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- A government shutdown worst-case scenario is happening as a Salmonella outbreak reaches 18 states.
- Especially at a time of war, any threat to the Treasury's financing is a threat to national security.
- See also: Everything you need to know—in cartoon form—about debt-ceiling fiascos, from McKinley’s war to Obama getting punk'd.
- "Bill is a fucking jackass."
- There's no evidence that the great library at Alexandria was destroyed in a fire—more likely, it succumbed to budget cuts.
- Similar to healthcare.gov, Washington state's marketplace was crash-prone; now it's what Obamacare should hope to be.
- The Village Voice's Banksy exclusive.
- Rituals to push away bad luck—e.g., knocking on wood—"work" in that they instill a sense of control.
- England is the only developed nation whose young adults are less literate and numerate than their grandparents.
- Austin environmental science professor to spend a year living in a Dumpster that will eventually be air conditioned.
- Everything Jonathan Franzen currently hates.
- Bustillos: "The principal (and fatal) flaw of The Circle is that nobody would use this thing."
- In addition to hard work, training, and rehab, Nadal's return to form is due in part to Plasma Rich Platelet therapy.
- Peyton, LeBron, and Serena are the athletes who send the most mixed messages to children about junk food.
- "Frank Sinatra Has a Cold," annotated.
- Related: "What I did was I hung around people who hung around Sinatra."
- Vampire Weekend's Ezra Koenig writes the definitive review of Drake's new album.
- What We Watch: "a geographic exploration of popular YouTube videos."
