Interesting Reads for Tuesday, 27 December 2016: Mosul Dam, Bitcoin Price Surge, Animal Photos & More

Iraq: Army Corps of Engineers Says Mosul Dam  Is "The Most Dangerous Dam In The World" And  Poses A Bigger Threat Than ISIS    (The New Yorker)

Islands of Mass Destruction: How China killed essential reefs and built military bases on top     (Bloomberg Businessweek)


Mars rover Curiosity views spectacular layered rock formations which remind us of Southwest buttes in the USA     (Geology In)


China Plans to Land Probes on Far Side of the Moon, Mars by 2020    (NY Times)


Our favorite Wired Long Reads of the year   (Wired) 

Why do I torture my kids … with classical music?    (Vitaly Katsenelson's Contrarian Edge)

Prices Have Exploded Upward As Investors Chase Bitcoins As A Safe Haven        (Coin Telegraph)

The Big Picture Blog looks at "Amazing Animals 2016"     (The Boston Globe)


Grand Chess Master Gary Kasparov Interviewed About Putin, Trump, and Democracy - "Why Dictators Hate Chess"     (Slate) 


Trump Is Already Ditching His Movement      (The National Review)


The Toughest Man in America     (Alabama Political Reporter, Josh Moon)

Reads for Monday, 2 March 2015

Plan To Exit Stocks Within the Next 8 Years? Exit Now! (John P. Hussman, PhD.)

Astrophysicists ponder the question with computer models, "What if the whole Milky Way Galaxy where a giant wormhole that's stable and navigable?" (Universe Today)

Over 20 Million Outraged Chinese  Viewed A Video "Under The Dome" This Weekend Which Tore Into China's Infamous Air Pollution (New York Times) 

Life 'not as we know it' possible on Saturn's moon Titan (Phys Org) 

Detroit Retirees To See Their Pensions Cut Starting Monday, 2 March 15 (Detroit Free Press) 

Why The NFL Players Association Is Taking On Scott Walker (Think Progress) 

Largest black hole ever discovered; mass of 12 billion suns (The Red Orbit) 

Are Colleges and Universities Going To Implode? (Question Everything Blog)

ISIS Members Go Ape Shit In Mosul Museum, Destroying Antiquities Some Of Which Were 3000 Years Old (Daily Mail - be sure to see embedded video) 

ISIS Bans Evolution Being Taught In Schools (TPM) 

Real Estate is Doomed - Part 1: The Fed (Ramsey Su on The Acting Man Blog)

Housing About To Get Messy? (Wolf On Wall Stree Blog) 

Business Week: Have We Reached Peak Burger?

Facebook (Nasdaq: FB) investors need to closely follow wireless app advertising to see if it is sustainable with established businesses, not just startups

USA asks Turkey for help in starving ISIS of oil revenue

Russian leaders tells public not to panic over Ruble's record fall

USDA Chief Urges Warren Buffett to Ready His Railroad for Bumper Fall Crop Shipment