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In a review of Starbucked: A Double Tall Tale of Caffeine, Commerce, and Culture, by Taylor Clark, Stephen W. Beattie notes that “part of the philosophy behind clustering (having more than one store in the same location), as Clark attests, is the goal of making the chain unavoidable to potential customers.” Altogether sounds like an [...]

Wayne Slater in The Dallas Morning News reports on the conference of the Republican Party of Texas. It advocates, as one might expect, prayer in school, getting out of the United Nations, teaching intelligent design with evolution in science classes, repealing of the minimum wage, declaring illegal immigrants criminals and outlawing abortion with no exceptions.
Oh, [...]

‘We’re not on a plantation, Clint.’ Spike Lee hits back in war of words over black soldiers.
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The optimist says, This is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist says, You’re right. Anon.
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Yes we can. Yes we can elect another Republican president. Un.fortun.ately.
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From an article in Washcycle:

I bike along the NE Branch Trail which, for large sections, is completely devoid of tree cover. In the summer it can get quite stifling (among other problems) so naturally I got jealous when I found out about Qatar’s planned cooled bike path. It has a shaded canopy and misters.
Dubai is [...]