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From the National Archives:

Founders Online

Yesterday afternoon, the National Archives launched Founders Online—a tool for seamless searching across the Papers of George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, and Alexander Hamilton. A partnership between the University of Virginia Press and the National Historical Publications and Records Commission, you can read more about this massive undertaking at Prologue: The Papers of the Founding Fathers Are Now Online

National History Day winners had the honor of making the inaugural search, reportedly using the keyword “Cheese.”

But what kind of cheese did the Founders favor? We found at least 2 hits for “Stilton” — the “king” of cheeses. Maybe some intrepid Tumblarians can find a more egalitarian variety within?

This really awesome

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… it’s important to bear in mind I’m being called a traitor by men like former Vice President Dick Cheney. This is a man who gave us the warrantless wiretapping scheme as a kind of atrocity warm-up on the way to deceitfully engineering a conflict that has killed over 4,400 and maimed nearly 32,000 Americans, as well as leaving over 100,000 Iraqis dead. Being called a traitor by Dick Cheney is the highest honor you can give an American, and the more panicked talk we hear from people like him, Feinstein, and King, the better off we all are. If they had taught a class on how to be the kind of citizen Dick Cheney worries about, I would have finished high school.

— Edward Snowden, via his Guardian Q and A: NSA whistleblower answers your questions (via apoplecticskeptic)

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I’m not going to censor myself to comfort your ignorance.

— Jon Stewart (via kateoplis)

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Meanwhile in China of the Day: “Big Yellow Duck” and “Today” Banned from Weibo

In preparation for the anniversary of the 1989 Tianamen Square protests, Chinese censors reportedly blocked several search terms on the country’s top microblogging site Sina Weibo, including “1989,” “in today,” “anniversary” and “big yellow duck.” The odd water fowl reference was banned in response to a viral photoshopped version of the iconic 1989 photograph “Tank Man,” which Weibo user Weibolg altered by replacing the tanks with superimposed photos of Dutch artist Florentijn Hofman’s famous Rubber Duck floating sculpture.

Gee whiz, really China? A country in denial…

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Flavorwire put together a wonderful roundup of famous artists lounging around with their cats. What could be better?

Top to bottom, you’ll find Ai Weiwei, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Georgia O’Keeffe, Picasso, Edward Gorey, and Frida Kahlo.

Renowned Artists Photographed With Their Cats

via DeMilked

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If Apple were a worker it would have paid the federal government $36 billion in taxes.

Instead of paying taxes, Apple has taxes that are deferred for as long as it chooses.

In total, I estimate from corporate disclosure documents, American multinational companies have $2 trillion of untaxed profits offshore because they did just what Apple has done.

Had Congress required those companies to pay up last year it would have been the equivalent of all the income taxes paid by everyone in America from January until July 10. Imagine that, all the income taxes taken out of your pay or pension from January into the middle of summer just so Apple and other multinational companies can profit today and pay their taxes someday.

— David Cay Johnston (via soupsoup)

They really need to pay up

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No More Smuggling: Many Cured Italian Meats Coming To America : NPR

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Culatello. Capocollo. Sopressata. It will soon be legal to import a whole new world of Italian cured pork products, thanks to the USDA’s decision to end a decades-long ban. Every Italian region and province, and even many towns have their own distinctive salumi.

Dreams really do come true.

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Interesting…I’d like to know more about the rationale behind the ban personally.

Yay!

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