Highlights From Yet Another Week Of Afflictor

May 3, 2014 in Misc. | Permalink

This week, the sovereignty of two great entities was under attack.

This week, the independence of two great entities was threatened.

Old Print Articles: Rudolph Valentino is not permitted to rest in peace (1926) + Swapping wives in New Jersey during WWII (1942).

Featured Videos: Evel Knievel visits Johnny Carson (1973) and makes a ludicrous TV drama pilot (1970s) + 3 interviews with sex-change pioneer Christine Jorgensen (1950s-80s) + Willie Mays says hey to Merv Griffin and Tallulah Bankhead (1966) + Orson Welles narrated the cockamamie Late, Great Planet Earth (1979) + Commercial for a Texas Instruments Spell-Checker (1989).

Recently Posted on NYC’s Craigslist: I’m also leasing a frog with an option to buy + Probably won’t work if you’re not a moaner + Film noir in the computer age.

10 recent Huffington Post headlines.

Red Sox owner John Henry has brought finance thinking to baseball.

The Pelican imprint is being revived with some exciting, new titles.

In 1883, John L. Sullivan wanted to punch John Q. Public in the face.

In 1983, Michael O’Donoghue tried to go mainstream.

Thomas Piketty believes the relative postwar equality was an exception.

Financial reporter Jesse Eisinger did an Ask Me Anything at Reddit.

Economist Ha-Joon Chang prefers technological innovation to natural resources.

Google wants autonomous city driving and robot butlers.

Circus freak shows have been replaced by reality television.

In 1964, Timothy Leary married fashion model Nena von Schlebrügge.

In 1967, Leary gave his “Turn On, Tune In, Drop Out” speech at UCLA.

For better or worse, Wally Olins turned branding into a thing.

Synthetic biology is definitely coming. What will it change?

SI reported on Deep Blue very differently in 1996 and 1997.

In 2014, baseball’s all-star voting is still done with punch cards.

A Libertarian utopia might, perhaps, bloom in New Hampshire.

E.O. Wilson thinks humanity might be suicidal.

William James hosted nitrous oxide parties at Harvard.

Will Self eulogizes the novel.

Larry King did an Ask Me Anything at Reddit.

Qataris are fabulously rich as well as overweight and unhappy.

Al Feldstein, who just passed away, edited Mad in its glory years

A non-believer argues against the nature of New Atheism.

Men with pencils and pads take down Kim Jong-un’s every word.

Giant 3D printers in China can build 10 houses in a day.

Robotic rodents may help explain polymorphism.

A brief note from 1910 about a weary stork

A brief note from 1910 about a stubborn mule.

A brief note from 1921 about a romance.

A brief note from 1911 about an exhibition.

This week’s Afflictor keyphrase searches.