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The Browser weekly newsletter [27 Jan 2012]

28 January 2012

 Best of the Week

The Obama Memos

Ryan Lizza | New Yorker | 23 January 2012

Reflections on Obama's first term, "based on a review of hundreds of pages of internal White House documents". Inside stuff confirms outside impressions. Obama underestimated recession, misread Republican mood, lost his edge Comments

Will Israel Attack Iran?

Ronen Bergman | NYT | 25 January 2012

Gripping account of Israeli perspective on Iranian nuclear programme. Israel estimates that it has about nine months in which to derail the project. After that, Iran would be able to withstand an attack. Will it act? Looks that way Comments

The Caging Of America

Adam Gopnik | New Yorker | 23 January 2012

More than six million people are under "correctional supervision" in the US – more than were in Stalin's Gulags. Why so many? This superb account suggests there's been a serious failure of common sense and humanity Comments

The Looming Threat Of A Solar Superstorm

Lee Billings | Popular Mechanics | 23 January 2012

In 1859 a major solar storm, the "Carrington Event", hit Earth. Another came in 1921. What if one struck tomorrow? "If a Carrington Event happened right now it probably wouldn’t be a wake-up alarm—it would be a goodnight call" Comments

George Soros On The Coming US Class War

John Arlidge | Newsweek | 23 January 2012

"Europe is confronting a descent into chaos and conflict. In America, Soros predicts riots that will lead to a brutal clampdown that will dramatically curtail civil liberties. The global economic system could even collapse" Comments

Citizen Philosophers

Carlos Fraenkel | Boston Review | 21 January 2012

Intriguing look at Brazil, where all high-school students, irrespective of class or background, have to study philosophy for two hours each week. Can it teach students to build a better, fairer society? Comments

How US Lost Out On iPhone Work

Charles Duhigg and Keith Bradsher | NYT | 21 January 2012

Why Chinese factories make everything Apple. “You need a thousand rubber gaskets? That's the factory next door. A million screws? That factory is a block away. You need that screw made a little bit different? Three hours" Comments

The Splintered Skeptic

Richard Marshall | 3AM Magazine | 20 January 2012

Fascinating interview with philosopher Eric Schwitzgebel. "There’s no way to develop an ambitious, broad-ranging, self-consistent metaphysical system without doing serious violence to common sense somewhere. It's just impossible" Comments

The Browser daily newsletter [27 Jan 2012]

28 January 2012

 Best of the Moment

Mega-Man

Sean Gallagher | Ars Technica | 25 January 2012

Barely believable story of Kim Dotcom, self-styled "Dr Evil" of file sharing, and CEO of illegal website Megaupload. Born Kim Schmitz in Germany, this is how he went from hacker to insider trader, playboy, master internet fraudster Comments

The Long Goodbye

Doug Monroe | Atlanta Magazine | 1 January 2012

"We thought Daddy was going to die in 2001." We put him in a hospice. Eleven heartbreaking and expensive years later he was still being diapered and spoonfed. The triumph of American healthcare: Immortality that nobody can afford Comments

How Much Is An Astronaut's Life Worth?

Robert Zubrin | Reason | 26 January 2012

On future of space exploration. "We have to find a way to strike a balance between human life and mission accomplishment. We need a quantitative criterion to assess what constitutes a rational expenditure to avert astronaut risk" Comments

How To Save The Euro

George Soros | NYRB | 25 January 2012

Soros likens solution to being in a skidding car: First, steer in direction of skid (impose discipline on deficit countries, carry out structural reforms). Once control is regained, correct the direction (apply stimulus) Comments

Inside The Heresy Files

Cullen Murphy | New Humanist | 23 January 2012

Revisiting history of the Inquisition suggests troubling conclusion: "Inquisitions advance hand-in-hand with civilisation itself." Indeed the Inquisition can be seen not as historic relic but as harbinger of the modern police state Comments

Mercenary Techie Troubleshoots For Drug Dealers

Adrian Chen | Gawker | 25 January 2012

You want to boost your bar's listing on Foursquare? Martin can help. You want to bury a nasty article deep in Google's search results? That too. You want to set up your drug ring with untraceable cellphones? Martin again Comments

Box Office Report: 'The Grey,' 'One for the Money' Strong Out of the Gate

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January 27, 2012
Box Office Report: 'The Grey,' 'One for the Money' Strong Out of the Gate
Many had expected Katherine Heigl's "One for the Money" to underperform; Summit's action-thriller "Man on a Ledge" no match for fellow action-thriller "The Grey."

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BEIJING (Reuters) - A cancer-causing cadmium discharge from a mining company has polluted a long stretch of two rivers in southern China, and officials warned some 3.7 million people of Liuzhou in the Guangxi region to avoid drinking water from the river, state media reported on Friday. | Full Article
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January 27, 2012 04:59 PM ET
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January 27, 2012 05:17 PM ET
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One million children in Sahel at risk, UNICEF warns
January 27, 2012 01:54 PM ET
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Fitch cuts Italy, Spain, other euro zone ratings
January 27, 2012 04:05 PM ET
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Fitch downgraded the sovereign credit ratings of Belgium, Cyprus, Italy, Slovenia and Spain on Friday, indicating there was a 1-in-2 chance of further cuts in the next two years. | Full Article
Growth quickens, but speed bumps ahead
January 27, 2012 05:26 PM ET
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The economy grew at its fastest pace in 1-1/2 years in the fourth quarter, but a rebuilding of stocks by businesses and slower business spending warned of weaker growth in early 2012. | Full Article
Syria violence kills 37, U.N. Security Council to meet
January 27, 2012 05:23 PM ET
AMMAN (Reuters) - Security forces killed 37 people in Syria on Friday, activists and residents said, as people in Homs mourned 14 members of a family they said were slain by militiamen in one of the worst sectarian attacks in a revolt against President Bashar al-Assad. | Full Article
Romney puts Gingrich on defensive in Florida debate
January 27, 2012 05:15 PM ET
JACKSONVILLE, Florida (Reuters) - Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney took the fight to chief rival Newt Gingrich on Thursday in his most aggressive debate performance yet, five days ahead of Florida's primary vote. | Full Article
In Facebook IPO, bankers seek prestige over fees
January 27, 2012 05:15 PM ET
(Reuters) - Facebook's initial public offering is likely to set a new standard for how low investment banks are willing to go on advisory fees to win big business. | Full Article
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