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Brigid's JournalRachel has some good news about those artifacts in Mosul that ISIS destroyed: Many were reproduction
The originals were sent to the National Museum in Baghdad for safekeeping. Not only that, that museum, which had been set to reopen soon, is open now. .
Sadly, however, it is true that many originals were indeed lost, including that famous statue of the winged bull with the man's head.
For "Walking Dead" Fans: Seven Scientific Reasons A Zombie Outbreak Would Fail Quickly
http://www.cracked.com/article_18683_7-scientific-reasons-zombie-outbreak-would-fail-quickly.html?wa_user1=4&wa_user2=Science&wa_user3=article&wa_user4=recommended
Photographer Captures Bizarre, Intimate Scenes of Chinese Factory Life
Fascinating story, with photos by Zhen Youbing, a former factory worker himself.
http://www.cnn.com/2015/02/23/asia/china-migrant-worker-photographer/?iid=ob_homepage_featured_pool&iref=obinsite
President Obama is holding a town hall tomorrow night on MSNBC at 8 pm.
http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/exclusive-obama-hold-town-hall-meeting-immigrationIt's at Florida International University in Miami.
Watching "Museum Secrets" on Smithsonian Channel.
The Aztecs had a seriously nasty weapon that was sort of a cross between a club and a sword. It had a wood handle with obsidian blades glued into it -- blades so sharp some surgeons today actually prefer them to surgical steel. The blades would often imbed themselves into the enemy's flesh and stay there -- ouch!
"It's a racket."
-- Al Capone, cautioning people to avoid investing in the stock market (1927, I believe). I guess Al knew a racket when he saw one.
The Pillars of American Society Are Proving How Incompetent They Are -- And They Don't Care
I think the title pretty much says it all. This article is dated 10/03/2014, so the references are to events that happened months ago; but the point still stands.
http://www.alternet.org/culture/pillars-american-society-are-showing-how-incompetent-they-are-and-they-dont-care
Tonight's fortune cookie:
"You are capable, competent, creative, and careful. Prove it."
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