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The Mep Who Stares at Goats (Mep Report #117)

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Facebook Is Kind. Facebook Is Good. All Hail Facebook. When Even Foresight Should Have Been 20/20; Just War Vs. Just a War; Gilligan’s Island As Metaphor for War; Clea and Facebook are BFF; Storey Still Hates Privacy; How the Internet Saved and Destroyed the World At the Same Time; and It’s All Fun And Games Until Someone Loses a Thought.

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Capitalism Loses Ground in “Human Nature” Excuse


Maybe sharing doesn’t have to be taught after all!

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Olympic Logo ‘Porn’ Could Lead to Prosecution

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If you’re a British citizen with a vivid imagination, a glance at the 2012 London Olympic festivities could have you branded a trafficker of child pornography.

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A Fate Worse Than Death?

Wondering what to be thankful for this Thanksgiving? How about being grateful you’re not this guy.

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The Goats Who Stare at Men

Here is a righteous combination of Paranormal Activity and The Men Who Stare at Goats — two movies whose trailers are more entertaining than the movies themselves. Now you can say you’ve experienced both.

Geitner Punts 2.3 Billion to CIT

Missou U Economics Professor William Black explaining how Treasury Secretary Tim Geitner failed to secure even the most modest guarantees for taxpayer bailout money going to the recently insolvent investment house, CIT.

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Yankee Stock Theory


Hey, speaking of the Yankees, this is a good opportunity to discuss confirmation of Russ’ old theory about stocks and the Yankees.

Turns out, he’s not the only one who thinks traders like the Yanks.

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Scam of the Week: Car Warranty


You know not to trust this man. But you may not know not to trust incoming mail that the state of New Jersey has enabled you to receive.

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Baby Channels Sea Star Powers. (Mep Report #116)

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Hey, Hey, The Gang’s All Here, Krull and Kelp Kollide, Russ Goes Back to School, Immortality Is/Is Not Overrated, Baby Sea Cucumbers, Rack-O is Whack-O, Cash for Coal, and NAFTA Bartenders.

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The Way of the IntraWebs

This is one of the most informative lectures about the internet that you will ever consume. Jonathan Zittrain not only de-mystifies the processes by which information travels from one site to another, but he lays out an ethos that the Internet operates by in violation of every Darwinian Rule of Human Interaction that you have ever learned.

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