On my mind today……

• We are living in a nation inhabited by imbeciles! –>  Why do people on Twitter think Obama was president during Hurricane Katrina?
• It’s already being done surreptitiously. So, why not? As long as they aren’t armed, no big deal. –> Will Unmanned Drones Replace Police Helicopters?
• Openly counterfeiting. Wow! –> China's fake Yeezy store looks really slick, TBH

Windows & Microsoft

• Co-opetition? –> ‘Cortana, Open Alexa,’ Amazon Says. And Microsoft Agrees.

Business & Technology

• If successful, the diamond syndicates might just resort to murder in order to kill the idea. <tinfoil hatter/> –> Silicon Valley is on a quest to grow the perfect diamond
• A New Cancer Treatment Could Be More Effective Than Chemotherapy
• Is all that processing power, without the oodles of highly personal data Amazon has on users enough? I think not. –> Walmart Taps Nvidia for Massive Cloud to Take on Amazon
• Is it automation? Or incursions into the C&C systems by other state actors –> US Navy collisions point to the risks of automation on sea, air and land
• 'Dream Chaser' Space Plane Hitches a Ride With a Helicopter
• Autonomous electric truck prototype can be controlled remotely
• Smart guy, great branding move! –>  Confederate Motors to close, reopen with new name and electric motorcycles
• This space is heating up fast! –> Cummins Beats Tesla To The Punch And Introduces An All-Electric Heavy-Duty Truck
• These Robots Are Using Static Electricity to Make Nikes
• Spasers seek and destroy metastasized cancer cells
• Self-powered device provides remote diagnostics at point-of-care
• Johns Hopkins proposes flying probe for Titan mission
• Detecting and deflecting the asteroid threat
• Augmented reality heads to the construction site

General Interest

• This is even sadder than the DREAMers! –> Father and son fight for a country which doesn't allow them to vote
• I had always wondered about the accuracy of those bestseller lists. –> A first-time author unwittingly exposed the house of cards beneath “bestseller” books
• Yeah. What did you expect from those nits? –>  Fox News suddenly cares about how the media treats the first lady’s attire

World

•   Israeli suicide drone exports frozen after live demonstration complaint
• Chinese Oil Giant Sinopec Probed by the U.S. Over Nigeria Bribery Allegations

Politics

• Get lost, all of you fools who hated it because of El Presidente Obama! –>  Since repeal scare, Obamacare has never been more popular

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