Monday, September 8, 2014

Beyond Definition

The Rise Of The SWAT Team, Antonio Brown Drop-Kicked Cleveland Browns Punter, Joan Rivers Mourned At Manhattan Funeral, Why We Have Blind Spots — And How To See The Blood Vessels Inside Your Own Eye, The Trans-Everything CEO, Finally, Wall Street Gets Put On Trial
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Monday, September 8, 2014
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SWAT'S THE MATTER WITH AMERICA?
The Rise Of The SWAT Team
nytimes.com
SWAT teams were created in the 1960s to combat hostage-takings, sniper shootings, and violent unrest. But today they're often used in more controversial police work.
NOT WHAT 'STEP ON IT' MEANS
Antonio Brown Drop-Kicked Cleveland Browns Punter
digg.com
We didn't think football could get any more violent, but apparently we were wrong.
ONE LAST RED CARPET
Joan Rivers Mourned At Manhattan Funeral
hollywoodreporter.com
While it's unclear if Joan Rivers' funeral had a wind machine or Harry Winston toe tag, per the instructions left in her 2012 book, the real-life event, held Sunday morning at Manhattan's Temple Emanu-El, was a star-studded affair with all of the security and paparazzi and fan attention of a premiere or red-carpet event.
EYE SPY
Why We Have Blind Spots — And How To See The Blood Vessels Inside Your Own Eye
digg.com
For once it's okay to stare at your computer screen.
BEYOND DEFINITION
The Trans-Everything CEO
nymag.com
Futurist, pharma tycoon, satellite entrepreneur, philosopher. Martine Rothblatt, the highest-paid female executive in America, was born male. But that is far from the thing that defines her. Just ask her wife. Then ask the robot version of her wife.
HOLDING THE 0.1% RESPONSIBLE
Finally, Wall Street Gets Put On Trial
salon.com
Too Big To Fail bailouts let them get away with it. The amazing result of California fraud trial could change that
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GOOD TRAINING FOR MODERN WARFARE
Image: Soldiers on horseback perform an attack through a burning obstacle during the Cavalry Day show in Warsaw, Poland, Sunday, Sept. 7, 2014.
Soldiers on horseback perform an attack through a burning obstacle during the Cavalry Day show in Warsaw, Poland, Sunday, Sept. 7, 2014. Credit: AP Photo/Alik Keplicz
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