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‘Brief Encounters' explores Gregory Crewdson's quest to pull real moments from fake photos - The Verge

Mr LaPierre called for a national database of the mentally ill and blamed violent video games and films for portraying murder as a "way of life".

Newtown shooting: Gun lobby defiant as US remembers - BBC News

Lest we forget that the NRA is a bunch of stupid assholes.

Joy Division and Daft Punk songs reproduced with 3D-printed records - The Verge

Official John Tomac Picture Thread – Mtbr Forums

What Mountain Bikes are supposed to look like.

The Real Thing by Bodie Stroud

via Daring Fireball

How tall can a Lego tower get? - BBC News

Dutch artist modifies a pinball machine to make art prints - The Verge

SUPPOSE that an investor you admire and trust comes to you with an investment idea. "This is a good one," he says enthusiastically. "I'm in it, and I think you should be, too." Would your reply possibly be this? "Well, it all depends on what my tax rate will be on the gain you're saying we're going to make. If the taxes are too high, I would rather leave the money in my savings account, earning a quarter of 1 percent." Only in Grover Norquist's imagination does such a response exist.

A Minimum Tax for the Wealthy – NYTimes.com

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UPDATE: New link - Peta Pixl

Obama has at least understood that Asia is where his nation needs to be focused. Romney has made contradictory statements... Most worrying is his vow to declare China a currency manipulator on his first day in office, a sure-fire way to start a trade war with a country that the US needs above all others. Extremism has no place in politics.

I think that Obama will win, should win and must win... Even though Romney has all kinds of campaign promises, he is not friendly to China... He will still revive theories on geopolitical competitive strategy and opt for more alienating and limited confrontations so that the US maintains its competitive edge ... Things may not get better with Obama, but they will certainly not get worse.

Most Egyptians are praying for Barack Obama to win… because we feel that he is less harmful.

World press considers US election campaign - BBC News