Campaigns have been collecting information about voters and trying to target interest groups and voting blocs for more than a hundred years, as the Annenberg report notes. And since the invention of direct mail, they've been narrowcasting messages in all kinds of ways. But with the web and now the rise of mobile, campaigns' pursuit and use of information about individuals has never been more sophisticated.
Full story: http://techpresident.com/news/22688/will-online-political-targeting-generate-voter-backlash ... I'm not going to vacuum until Sears makes one you can ride on. —Roseanne Barr It's perhaps too easy to forget how many times this has happened. The horrific mass murder at a movie theater in Colorado on July 20 and another at a Sikh temple in Wisconsin on August 5 are the latest in an epidemic of such gun violence over the last three decades. Since 1982, there have been at least 58 mass murders* carried out with firearms across the country, with the killings unfolding in 30 states from Massachusetts to Hawaii. We've mapped them below, including details on the shooters' identities, the types of weapons they used, and the number of victims they injured and killed.
Full story: http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2012/07/mass-shootings-map ... When it comes to eating right and exercising, there is no "I'll start tomorrow." Tomorrow is disease. ~Terri Guillemets A hidden "super volcano" near Pompeii threatens an eruption that could make Vesuvius look like a picnic, scientists warn. The Phlegraean Fields zone of intense seismic activity—which the ancient Romans believed was the gateway to hell—could doom millions of people in the Naples area if it erupts, Reuters reports. Scientists plan to drill more than two miles below its surface to monitor any signs of a pending eruption in the huge chamber of molten rock, but some experts fear that the drilling itself could trigger an earthquake or eruption.
Full story: http://www.newser.com/story/151510/italian-super-volcano-may-threaten-millions.html Every person should have their escape route planned. I think everyone has an apocalypse fantasy, what would I do in the event of the end of the world, and we just basically - me and Nick - said what would we do, where would we head? - Simon Pegg A mosque in southwest Missouri burned to the ground early Monday in the second fire to hit the Islamic center in little more than a month, and investigators spent the day combing through the wreckage searching for evidence of arson.
No injuries were reported, but the Islamic Society of Joplin's building was a total loss after the blaze, first reported at about 3:30 a.m., the Jasper County Sheriff's Office said. As of late Monday, nobody had been arrested in connection with the fire. Full story: http://news.yahoo.com/joplin-mosque-razed-fire-2nd-blaze-summer-160342127.html “No human race is superior; no religious faith is inferior. All collective judgments are wrong. Only racists make them” ― Elie Wiesel I really believe the only way to stay healthy is to eat properly, get your rest and exercise. If you don't exercise and do the other two, I still don't think it's going to help you that much. - Mike Ditka
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