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- Michael Wade with some novels for the young (not so young).

- Rep Wesley Hunt from Texas gave a master class on Bill Maher's show.

- Deputy FBI Director Dan Bongino gives another update on the progress and arrests the men and women of the FBI made. 

- Peter Attia: Are inflammatory molecules in the blood the link between diabetes and dementia? 

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- As they say "faster please"

- RIP Dame Maggie Smith

- From the archive: Ernest Hemingway and his boat.

- Scores of papers by Eliezer Masliah, prominent neuroscientist and top NIH official fall under suspicion.

Apple’s “No-Prick” Blood-Glucose Monitoring

Apple makes major progress on its no-prick blood glucose monitoring for it's watch.  This could be huge. With 1 in 10 Americans diabetic when this comes out the iWatch will become a ubiquitous accessory even for those who normally don't wear watches.

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- Can genetic engineering bring back the American Chestnut? The Chestnut blight is the biggest ecological disaster this country has ever faced but it is so little known and so little discussed.

- If this is what casino poker will look like when things re-open I'll pass

- The strategic side gig

- Perhaps the smartest person you've never heard of. In my world Frank Ramsey played for the Celtics teams that won 7 Championships.

- Type 2 diabetes: remission in just one week.

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- Interesting - real tattoos that change color as biomarkers like glucose change levels

- How humanity won the war on famine. We live in a time of abundance (yet I still had leftover pizza for breakfast)

- This is the type of encouragement I needed today

- Going to have to find a remote place on a clear night this August to see the Andromescopic phenomenon

- The Charlie Munger operating system. "Trust, success, and Admiration are earned." 

- Heh Heh 

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- Pretty good list of Gangster movies - though I'd say both American Gangster and True Romance belong on the list. Honorable mention to Road to Perdition and though I haven't seen Sexy Beast I did enjoy another under-the-radar Ben Kingsley gangster movie You Kill Me

- Interesting - perhaps a reason to take any Wall Street insiders complaints about China tariffs with a huuuge grain of salt.

- 12 things that Lee Kuan Yew taught me about the world. Very instructive thoughts from the "Warren Buffet of Singapore" via the Farnam Street blog

- Air Force Secretary lays road map to new Space Force

- US credit card fraud down by 75% because of EMV chips. Good! Make sure all of your cards have a chip.

- This is why I won't be buying Ian O'Connor's new book on Bill Belichick. If you want Belichick's story read David Halberstam's Education of a Coach

- So you're saying those 6-foot long CVS receipts gave me diabetes? Knew it!

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- Article argues "social scientists and humanities experts" will be in demand in the coming age of robots and artificial intelligence. I remember seeing similar articles in the 80's and 90's - I'm reminded of those articles every time a barista at Starbuck's asks me for my order.

- Hmmm - red meat and diabetes

- Letters from a self-made merchant to his son at college

- Cool - the moment Kyrie Irving found out he was traded to Boston

- Former slave and two-time Olympian becomes an airman

- Offered without comment

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- Good advice for writers from Henry Miller

- Heh heh

- How Marco Rubio gutted Obama's Cuba policy.

- LA honors Adam West

- Hero homeowner holds escaped killers at gunpoint until police arrive. Good for him!

- This is basically why the Red Sox aren't in 1st place in the AL East

- I learned it from you dad! I learned it from you!

- Could broccoli sprouts help treat Type 2 diabetes?