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In a week when Americans celebrated the Fourth and Tesla investors drank a fifth, this also happened:
“Here’s a little economics lesson: supply and demand. You put the supply out there, and the demand will follow.” That’s what Energy Secretary Rick Perry said as he spoke at a West Virginia coal plant, according to a tweet from Taylor Kuykendall of S&P Global Market Intelligence. Is it possible for the Pets.com sock puppet to roll over in its grave?
Cirque du Soleil bought Blue Man Group in a move that should help the group’s performers get more international exposure. “It’s not about blurring the brands,” said Chris Wink, one of Blue Man’s co-founders.
China is building a very well-designed solar plant in Datong. According to Business Insider, it’s called the
Panda Power Plant because the solar arrays are arranged in the shape of, well, you guessed it.
CBS prepared its final touches for “Candy Crush,” which premieres Sunday night. And yes, the TV show is based on the mobile game franchise. We now live in a world where you can find Top Ramen
Chicken Pringles and Dunkin’ Donuts Mocha Oreos. NPR tweeted out stuff like “A Prince whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a Tyrant, is unfit to be the ruler of a free people.” It was July 4 and it did come from the Declaration of Independence, but people on Twitter got angry anyway. Apparently not all truths are self-evident.