{"id":180808,"date":"2016-12-26T05:38:00","date_gmt":"2016-12-26T10:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.panix.com\/~msaroff\/40years\/2016\/12\/26\/linkage-250\/"},"modified":"2016-12-26T05:38:00","modified_gmt":"2016-12-26T10:38:00","slug":"linkage-250","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.panix.com\/~msaroff\/40years\/2016\/12\/26\/linkage-250\/","title":{"rendered":"Linkage"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/jonathanturley.org\/2016\/12\/19\/women-outnumber-men-in-law-schools-for-the-first-time-in-history\/\">Women Outnumber Men in Law Schools For The First Time In History<\/a> (<i>Jonathan Turley<\/i>) I know that correlation is not causation, but when a profession makes this transition, it is accompanied by a loss of status and pay.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/priorities-usa-positions-itself-as-center-of-gravity-for-the-left-in-the-trump-era\/2016\/12\/20\/046d2cea-c6c8-11e6-bf4b-2c064d32a4bf_story.html?\">Priorities USA positions itself as center of gravity for the left in the Trump era<\/a> (<i>Washington Post<\/i>) Translation:  This is a pretty sweet gig, and despite the fact that we failed abysmally, we are going to keep our phony baloney jobs.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/shadowproof.com\/2016\/12\/20\/obamas-legacy-leaving-regime-indefinite-military-detention-intact\/\">Obama\u2019s Legacy: Leaving Indefinite Military Detention Regime Intact<\/a> (<i>Shadowproof<\/i>) Donald Trump will inherit these powers.&nbsp; Hellova legacy.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.abcactionnews.com\/news\/winter-haven-mans-obituary-lists-cause-of-death-uppercut-from-batman\">Winter  Haven man&#8217;s obituary lists cause of death &#8216;uppercut from Batman&#8217;<\/a> (<i>WFTS-TV<\/i>) Not a typo.&nbsp; Friends honoring his memory.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.eschatonblog.com\/2016\/12\/fakebook.html\">Fakebook<\/a> (<i>Eschaton<\/i>) An interesting observation on how social media sites all eventually drift toward self-destructive curation of their user&#8217;s content, &#8220;End the algorithm and end the curation and no one can complain about anything except the fact that their friends are idiots.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.politico.eu\/pro\/irelands-love-affair-with-apple-sparks-backlash-at-home\/\">Ireland\u2019s love affair with Apple triggers hate at home<\/a> (<i>Politico<\/i>) The people of Cork, Ireland, where Apple&#8217;s European HQ is located, hate the tax deal that the EU declared illegal.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/investigates\/special-report\/usa-uncounted-outbreaks\/\">How hospitals, nursing homes keep deadly &#8216;superbug&#8217; outbreaks secret<\/a> (<i>Reuters<\/i>) The magic of the market should solve this <b><span style=\"font-size: 100%; font-variant: small-caps;\">\u2014Not\u2014<\/span><\/b>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/hackernoon.com\/a-guide-to-giving-your-cats-their-annual-performance-review-fbf14610305?gi=da12f131223\">A guide to giving your cats their annual performance review<\/a> (<i>Hackeroon<\/i>) ROFL. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>How entering the public domain turned <i>It&#8217;s a Wonderful Life<\/i> from a flop into a classic:<br \/><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fEq9sdKbYhU\" width=\"500\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Women Outnumber Men in Law Schools For The First Time In History (Jonathan Turley) I know that correlation is not causation, but when a profession makes this transition, it is accompanied by a loss of status and pay. 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