Brian Gongol
Show notes: Brian Gongol Show on WHO Radio - January 12, 2014
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Vigilantes or drug lords?
Perhaps put another way: Tyrannical order or chaotic self-determination?
For about $7000, you can become "Internet famous"
But to what end and purpose?
Trouble for the financing of the Minnesota Vikings stadium
Exiting "Quantitative Easing" will be a huge challenge for the Federal Reserve
Science Magazine calls cancer immunotherapy the breakthrough of 2013
What's the economic value of real skills?
A study finds on one hand that union membership isn't very positive for people with job skills...but also notes that it could simply be that people with skills are extracting economic rents from everybody else (that is, they're charging more but not actually creating more value).
The Condition of the State (of Iowa)
Per Governor Terry Branstad
Mrs. Doubtfire as horror film
(Video)
One week in cyber vulnerabilities
You might be unpleasantly surprised by the length of the list
North Korea makes new threats
Just bluster, or actual threats? Hard to know.
Teenagers from poorer families are at higher risk of obesity than richer counterparts
It probably has to do with a lot of factors, including food deserts, limited time availability, and access to cheap calories
Judging by the content of a person's character
A study suggests that Americans subconsciously assume that black men with light-colored skin are smarter than their darker-skinned counterparts. There's still a long way to go to eliminate bias.
A big blow to "Net neutrality"
How an old Radio Shack ad makes your smartphone look even better
These kinds of improvements don't easily show up in conventional GDP data, but getting everything from a full-page ad in the shape of a single smartphone really does make things better
Many state budgets are in serious trouble
Unfunded mandates and under-funded retirement obligations
More than 30 Republicans who might end up running for President
200 million texts a day
The NSA is reviewing them
Google buys Nest
For $3 billion, they're trying to get a foot inside the front door of all the houses in the world. They could become a next-generation GE...or they could flame out by overreaching. Time will tell.
President Obama muses that the "kids" aren't on Facebook anymore
A complete human genome is about to hit the $1,000 price mark
LinkedIn moves to support volunteerism
Here's what a gigapixel photo looks like
ISU's Hilton Coliseum in high-definition
An honest movie trailer for "Skyfall"
(Video)