Facebook Co-Founder renounces U.S. Citizenship [Washington Post]
Eduardo Saverin, the savvy entrepreuner who was one of the co-founders of Facebook, has renounced his United States citizenship to become a resident of Singapore. The move is drawing criticism from those who claim that Saverin’s move was motivated by tax purposes. Facebook is poised to go public, an act that would cost Saverin, who owns approximately 4%, millions of dollars in U.S. taxes.
“For his part, Saverin told the New York Times in an interview Wednesday that he first filed to give up his citizenship in January 2011, more than a year before Facebook filed its paperwork to go public. “I was born in Brazil, I was an American citizen for about 10 years. I thought of myself as a global citizen,” he told the Times.”
Hitler gets Fab [Huffington Post]
Artist Scott Scheidly gives dictators, tyrants, and popes a glamorous makeover. Do you like sunglasses Mao or Stalin’s dangly earring best? Sound off in the comments.
Going Offline [Tablet]
A sold out rally at New York’s Citi Field, held by an organization called Ichud HaKehillos LeTohar HaMachane (Union of Communities for the Purity of the Camp), this coming Sunday to address the problems posed by the Internet. However, political infighting, as well as disputes over the rally’s focus, threaten to derail the event.
“This is not the first time that the ultra-Orthodox community has confronted the problems of technology. In 2000, the Council of Torah Sages, a powerful legislative committee that represents several Haredi sects, weighed in on a number of new (or new-ish) devices, sounding a “serious warning against the terrible dangers within computers, compact disc players, movies and the Internet,” in an official edict. This amounted to a prohibition against accessing the Internet or owning a computer.”
Coffee Drinkers Likely to Live Longer [Fox News]
College students everywhere, rejoice! A new study has found that coffee drinkers, on the whole, tend to live longer. The comprehensive study showed that coffee drinking and longevity were correlated, not that one necessarily caused another. However, for those who were hesitant to reach for that extra cup in the morning, have no fear.
“Even in the new study, it first seemed that coffee drinkers were more likely to die at any given time. But they also tended to smoke, drink more alcohol, eat more red meat and exercise less than non-coffee-drinkers. Once researchers took those things into account, a clear pattern emerged: Each cup of coffee per day nudged up the chances of living longer.”
The Future of the Peace Process [Forward]
As the peace process stalls, perhaps it is time for both sides to float new solutions that may be more amiable to both sides. Nathan Guttman examines some arguments being made from across the spectrum on why peace talks should, or should not be, revised.
“The spectrum of ideas now being voiced in prominent and respected political quarters range from unilateral steps to be taken by either side, to abandoning the two-decades-old peace process altogether.”
