Yea, I went to The Economist to see what they thought about our President’s reaction to last weekend. I couldn’t even find a mention of it (not that I looked very hard) but I did catch a glimpse of this week’s cover.

Volvo’s second generation R’s. When they wanted to be BMW-like brand.

It is fucked up indeed. I hope she learns from this.

I somewhat regret I made that comment about Mother Teresa because it weakens my original point that we are too unforgiving of flaws in the best of people.

And you don’t understand that meaningful, even good, impact is often driven by bullshit. America is built on it.

I’m not making her out to be great, I just want to give someone the benefit of the doubt, especially when I see a mob ready to convict someone by association.

As someone with a parent who grew up knowing Mother Teresa, I can’t believe there are people out there who still buy Mother Teresa’s shtick. 

I’ve sponsored over twenty children in “those places” to get a university education. Most of their parents never learned to read beyond a basic level and those are in non-latin alphabets.

This thread is dripping with so much bitterness and cynicism, it makes me want to stop trying... You guys just snowballed from doubt to outright vilification based on nothing but conjecture.

That’s a conscious act?

Did you come up with this? Because I had to steal it and make a quick art piece with it.

There seems to be demand for this...

I like those stacked translucent boxes. Where are they from?

Is anyone familiar with Reiki? I've gone to a few sessions after being encouraged by my family. I definitely feel better than when I started, but I've been trying to adopt a healthier lifestyle in several ways (e.g. meditation, yoga) so there's no way I can tell if one thing in particular has an effect.