It may be romantic now, but it won't be when they find those weird giant turd photos from 5th grade.

It may be romantic now, but it won’t be when they find those weird giant turd photos from 5th grade.

In Rio de Janeiro there are three Osama Bin Laden themed bars. (Gawker)

In a closed door meeting on Friday, Secretary of State John Kerry warned that Israel was at risk of becoming “an apartheid state” if the current round of talks do not continue.  Such an assessment echoes a long history of anti-zionist activists comparing Israel to apartheid South Africa represents the growing potency of criticisms of Zionism that have centered around similarities between South Africa and Israel. (AJA)

Reading up on current conversations about global political economy one recent book has come to the fore:  Thomas Piketty’s critique of capitalism, called ‘Capital in the Twenty-First Century‘ rings Marxist, but defends democratic reforms as an effort of the people and has been making waves in many circles.  (AJA) Media likes to talk about media being media in the media industry.  To hell with this industry! (Salon) On Tuesday the Supreme Court is considering the 4th Amendment implications for police looking through smartphones. (NYT)

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