Rapid Travel Chai

Dateline: Jersey City, NJ. In a confluence of events akin to an alignment of planets, the NYC C, G and L trains all appear to be running as normal this weekend and we are Brooklyn-bound on an outing.

News:

• Neglect May Do What ISIS Didn’t: Breach Iraqi Dam (NYT).
• The World’s Favorite New Tax Haven Is the United States (Bloomberg Business).
• Angola’s dollar shortage deepens (This is Africa).
• Saudi Women Are Getting Down to Business (Foreign Policy).
• Manchu, Former Empire’s Language, Hangs On at China’s Edge (NYT).
• Burkina Faso hotel attack: 18 nationalities among dead (The Guardian).
• Countries Rush for Upper Hand in Antarctica (NYT).
• SPOTTED: Chinese navy stops in Brisbane, stocks up on Aussie milk powder (Shanghaiist).
• Video: Gorgeous footage of a rare, deep-sea squid swimming in shallow waters (Quartz).

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Comment:

• When Philosophy Lost Its Way (NYT).
• Clueless in Davos (Peter Schiff – Euro Pacific Capital).

Travel:

• One Photo from Every Country Visited in 2015 (Caroline Lupini).
• Hotel Review: Hotel Indigo Paris (Located near Opera & Vendome) (Travel with Grant).
• More options for MSP fliers as number of routes grows (StarTribune).
• Two Days in The Gambia (Jason Around the World).
• American Museum of Natural History Unveils Its Biggest Dinosaur Yet (WSJ).
• The Marshall Islands Are Disappearing (NYT).
• Avalanche Rescue Needs a Revolutionary (Outside).
• A Letter from Tonga and A Sunny Paradise with Some Shady People (Travel Weekly).
• Work Begins on New Pudong Terminal (Shanghai Daily).
• The most striking aspect of Europe’s newest nation: Its normalcy (Washington Post).

Tech:

• My CES 2016 Book Report: The Latest Innovations (Pizza In Motion).

Podcasts:

• The Truth About Davos (Foreign Policy), need to hunt for the audio link on this page.