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Inside Oracle’s cloak-and-dagger political war with Google - Recode : Google is far from perfect but to say Oracle is the protector of the masses or that they have done more good for industry and consumers is nothing short of laughable. This smells of paid propaganda. HAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!

Why people keep buying Apple products : I agree with most this article.  The biggest drawback about the Apple decision is you give up freedom of choice.  I don't believe most people realize this until it is too late.

14 People In Massachusetts Suddenly Lost Their Memories. Could Heroin Be The Culprit? : T his is a sad example of what I tell my children regularly.  Some mistakes are too big to make and will change your whole life.

Torching the Modern-Day Library of Alexandria - The Atlantic : This is a great loss no one cares about.  A sad inefficiency of the system that will probably never be fixed in my lifetime.  I guess someone will uncover it for a 100 years when no really reads books anymore.

I got bumped from a flight. Then I sued - CNN.com : This is pretty much a joke.  The average would not see this outcome.  It has more to do with who it happen to rather than what happen. If you are a lawyer already, suing someone is much cheaper.

A virus, fished out of a lake, may have saved a man’s life : This would seem to have possibilities wider than just Pseudomonas aeruginosa that is resistant to antibiotics.  Why wouldn't this approach apply to flesh eating bacteria or other antibiotic resistant bacteria? Is there resistance different?

This drug just got the FDA's OK -- and an $89K price tag | KVUE.com : A drug sold for years overseas and they justify the huge price differential because of R&D.  That does not add up.

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