Some important Big Data milestones around gay rights, marijuana, and the U.S. role as a global cop

2014 is about 1.25 days old right now in the United States, and it feels pretty OK so far -- with the exception of the passing of Uncle Phil, nothing majorly monumental seems to have happened (and I'm not sure that passing is monumental, although he was a good TV dad).

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