Quote of the Day for Tuesday, 17 January 2017, by Stephen Leacock on Advertising

Advertising may be described as the science of arresting the human intelligence long enough to get money from it.

- Stephen Leacock
Canadian Economist and Humorist

Interesting Reads for Monday, 16 January 2016: Big Ben Secrets, Trump™ in Russia, Primate Straws and More . . . .

How Does Big Ben Keep Accurate Time?   (youtube)

Primate tool-use: Chimpanzees make drinking sticks     (BBC)

California begins to emerge from its five-year drought      (PBS)

Common crop chemical leaves bees susceptible to deadly viruses   (Eureklert)

20 dividend stocks with yields up to 7.5% - and these companies are set for sales and earnings gains

(Marketwatch) 

America's 10 Most Favorite Liquors    
(24/7 Wall Street)

China threatens to "take off the gloves" if Trump continues to push them on Taiwan 
(TIME)  

For Trump™, 3 decades of chasing deals in Russia     (New York Times)

Motley Fool Poster Suggests "Trump: Kremlin Employee of the Month"     

(Motley Fool)

Scottish humour! A Scottish newspaper's TV listing of President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration has caught people's attention both in the UK and the US    (BBC)

Tom Tomorrow Cartoon: The Unbelievable Baby-Man    (Daily Kos)

Willie Nelson's new Trump™-inspired song is titled "Delete and Fast Forward"    

(Rolling Stone)    

Berlin unloads on Trump™    (The Guardian)

Quote of the Day for Thursday, 12 January 2017 by Criss Jami on Work and Respect

“A man who goes into a restaurant and blatantly disrespects the servers shows a strong discontent with his own being. Deep down he knows that restaurant service is the closest thing he will ever experience to being served like a king.” 

- Criss Jami

Interesting Reads for Thursday, 12 January 2017: Planet Sized Spitballs, Self-Driving Cars, Human Population Over Time and More...

The Milky Way's Black Hole is Spitting out Planet Size Spitballs     (Phys Org)

Must see video from the American Museum of Natural History "Human Population Over Time"

The Limited Is Closing All 250 Of Its Stores     (Fortune)

Mall Companies, Including REITs, Falling As Sears Closes More Stores     (Bloomberg) 

Scientists discover an Alzheimer drug which makes teeth grow back      (Telegraph UK)

16 questions about self-driving cars    

(Frank Chen of Andreessen Horowitz)

Jim Chanos Interview: Is a big change underway in Global Capitalism?    (Institute for New Economic Thinking) 

Trulia reports a doubling of homes listed "For Sale" moving to "Pending" and back to "For Sale" again      (Bloomberg)  

Could Vancouver, B.C., be looking at a drop of -50% to -80% in peak home prices?

(Howe Street) 

Infographic on Currency and the Fall of the Roman Empire     (Visual Capitalist)

The Presidency as Ad Agency: Donald Trump urges Americans to buy from L. L. Bean 
(Huffington Post)     

Quote of the Day for Wednesday, 11 January 2017 by Eric Hoffer

People who bite the hands that feed them usually lick the boot that kicks them

- Eric Hoffer

Interesting Reads for Wednesday, 11 January 2017: Blue Eyes,

Blue-eyed humans have a single, common ancestor  (Science Daily)

China: Slideshow of Photovoltaic Generation Project Floating Above Fishery Waters and Now in Operation      (Xinhuanet) 

Graphene OLED produced in European labs means cellphone screens which will not break and which are only one atom thick
(Phys Org)

Investors could be blindsided by a cluster of Fed rate hikes this year     (Marketwatch)

Ex-High Schol Football Player Leaves Behind A Journal Of Suffering From CTE Before Taking His Life      (GQ)

Two Orlando Police Officers Die Trying To Bring Murder Suspect to Justice, One Shot, One In Wreck of Police Motorcycle in Pursuit

(Huffpost)

The extraordinary size of Amazon in one chart     (The Big Picture)

Next Apple iPhone iteration to be made from forged stainless steel instead of milled aluminum
(Forbes) 

Two wide-moat dividend paying stocks to consider on dips   (Dividend Growth Investor)

1930s-Like Demographic Headwinds Are Restraining the US Economy    (Bloomberg)

Bitcoin plunges as Chinese authorities increase scrutiny      (Marketwatch) 

Bitcoin could soar if the Winklevoss ETF is approved      (Marketwatch)

The path to $10,000 Bitcoin    (Of Two Minds)

Intel Chiefs reportedly told Donald Trump last week in a classified meeting that the Russians have something on him (Business Insider)


Trump needs a win/win deal. Putin is a win/lose guy     (Bloomberg)