FREAK-est Links

1. Did an “academic dream team” help Obama win the election?
2. Bond economics: which Bond villain plans are economically viable? (HT: V. Brenner)
3. Dutch artist Berndnaut Smilde figures out how to create clouds indoors for an exhibition.
4. Candy for quietness: police in Durham gave drunk students candy to quiet them. (HT: V. Brenner)
5. The world’s “poorest president“: Uruguay’s Jose Mujica lives on a farm.