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Can The Internet Be Archived?, The Supreme Court's Billion-Dollar Mistake, A Video Timeline Of All The X-Men Ever, America's Middle Class Is Unlucky, A Terrifying Near Miss Experience On The Highway, An Oral History Of The Creation Of FX's 'Justified' The Daily Digg Tuesday, January 20, 2015 COBWEB Can The Internet Be Archived? newyorker.com The average life of a Web page is about a hundred days. No one believes any longer, if anyone ever did, that "if it's on the Web it must be true," but a lot of people do believe that if it's on the Web it will stay on the Web. Chances are, though, that it actually won't. WHAT'S LEGALESE FOR 'WHOOPS'? The Supreme Court's Billion-Dollar Mistake nybooks.com Five years ago this week, in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, the Supreme Court decided to allow unlimited amounts of corporate spending in political campaigns. How important was that decision? At the time, some said criticism of the decision was overblown, and that fears that it would give outsize influence to powerful interests were unfounded. Now, the evidence is in, and the results are devastating. COURTESY OF BISHOP A Video Timeline Of All The X-Men Ever digg.com Brace yourselves. This is 11 minutes full of mutant history. LEFT BEHIND America's Middle Class Is Unlucky theatlantic.com President Obama's tax plan is Piketty-lite, aimed at reversing years of economic rot among America's poorest 50 percent. DRIVE SAFELY PLEASE A Terrifying Near Miss Experience On The Highway digg.com The driver was blocked by two trucks on a highway in New Jersey and was trying to take a picture when he noticed an out of control semi-truck barreling towards him. The truck narrowly missed his car and instead ended up jumping the guard rail and landing in the opposite lane. The occupants of the truck can be seen exiting the cab of the truck towards the end of the video. GOING DEEP IN HARLAN An Oral History Of The Creation Of FX's 'Justified' uproxx.com With the end of "Justified" in sight, Uproxx thought it would be fun to go back to the beginning and look at the show's journey to the screen from the perspective of the people involved. They talked to some of the key players in the development of the series and the result is this account of how "Justified" came to be. Get more stories on Digg.com → A REVELATION BEST SERVED COLD Men get out of the ice cold water after plunging into it to mark Epiphany in Minsk, Belarus, Monday, Jan. 19, 2015. Thousands of Russian Orthodox Church followers will plunge into icy rivers and ponds across the country to mark Epiphany, cleansing themselves with water deemed holy for the day. Credit: AP Photo/Sergei Grits Digg iOS app   •   Digg Android app Twitter   •   Facebook   •   Tumblr   •   YouTube Advertise on Digg digg.com   •   Unsubscribe © 2015 News.me Inc. 416 West 13th Street #203, NY, NY 10014