Mood Riffs

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  [Mood Riffs] Social Mood, Stress and Gluteus Maximus Magnetism

  Negative social mood trends are stressful phases in our social evolution, and stress influences not only our health, but decisions we make every day.
   
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  [Mood Riffs] Kicking Assange

  On Sunday, Julian Assange took the authoritarian/anti-authoritarian conflict out onto the balcony of his asylum refuge in the Ecuadorean embassy in London, berating the United States for its “witch hunt” and “war on whistleblowers.”
   
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  [Mood Riffs] “Do Ya Feel Lucky, Punk?”

  “Instead of gasps of horror there have been yawns. It’s plain that the media and the public are a little tired of Wall Street scandals.”
   
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  [Mood Riffs] Size Matters

  “While previous economic downturns have been weathered, the current market is one of the worst experienced for many years, with no upturn forecast for at least 12-18 months…”
   
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  [Mood Riffs] Is My $10-Off Spa Treatment Coupon Still Good?

  The stock is down roughly 80% in less than a year, and NOW their opinion changes to neutral?
   
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  [Mood Riffs] Women on Top

  For the first time in Olympic history, every country participating had at least one female athlete in the games.