I forgot to add this great tweet by the author of the final story linked in TFS when I submitted this to Slashdot:

Also, the summary should probably say "... with 37000 election-day volunteers in swing states". No more edits now, I promise.

Forgot to add this great tweet by the author to the final story: "Long story short: Don't beta-test an election."

Here is an apparently honest attempt at verification by a math professor who put a lot of effort into sourcing the quote in 2006. He concludes that it is probably not authentic.

HOWEVER, in 2008, a woman brought a series of letters to an episode of Antiques Roadshow. Apparently her father had also attempted to source the quote. Her father finally received a letter from Einstein himself:

To qualify that statement: prostitution is legal in most of Europe, but it is only regulated in a few countries. See this map.

In my opinion, the most interesting system is in Sweden, Norway and Iceland. In these countries, buying sex is illegal, but selling sex is not. The idea is to not criminalize the prostitutes who are already in a vulnerable position and may have ended up where they are by unfortunate social circumstances, but still provide a strong deterrent for the buyers.

I preferred the title given to the Facebook spokesman in the summary originally written by the submitter:

For now, yes. But who knows where Assange will seek asylum next?

Yes, "as luck would have it" that misanthropic bile is in theaters today, and the timing with the ongoing US elections is purely coincidental.

I also assume that you were just as "lucky" to get first post with this book recommendation, and that you have absolutely no connection with the person who submitted this to Ask Slashdot in the first place.

Seriously, you gotta pitch that at the Kickstarter crowd. Best app idea ever.

Who would EVER want to wear some kind of useful device on their WRIST? That's just crazy talk!

So you're saying Curiosity found a piece of Occam's razor? :)

I mostly agree with you, but just to play devil's advocate: assuming there actually are interesting chunks of metal lying around on Mars, it isn't exactly a coincidence when they turn up close to Curiosity ...

Very good summary of the arguments against Thorium, but your first point can be put more succinctly:

1) There is no economic advantage to Thorium reactors.

And make no mistake: the main factor holding back nuclear all over the developed world is not safety issues, public opinion, waste management or proliferation, but cost.