news from around the world: january 9, 2012

A handful of interesting article's I've read, and now share with you for your amusement and edification.

'Matrix'-Style Learning Implants New Skills in Brain

Shunning Facebook, and Living to Tell About It

President Obama Richly Deserves to Be Dumped

Ex-Salt Lake Mayor Rocky Anderson, Former Democrat, Launches Third Party Presidential Bid Against Obama, GOP

Census shows 1 in 2 people are poor or low-income

“Super memory” pill–and possibly an Alzheimer’s cure–could be around the corner

This bastardised libertarianism makes 'freedom' an instrument of oppression

Warner Bros. Joins the Attack on Netflix