escapement?

While thinking about the type of people who can take a watch apart and put it back together again, I thought... I've never done that.  But in thinking about the mechanics of it, I may have recalled
something in regards to the nature of pendulums, springs and gears.  The term "escapement" came up in regard to clocks on the History Channel. That aside I may not get around to taking a clock apart, let alone following up* on the particulars of what I will now put together, but it feels** similar. 

How Many Ways Can Maureen Dowd Embarrass Journalism? by Charles Pierce Esquire**
Tea Party hatches quiet-but-insane plot against democracy: Meet the “12 Percent Solution” by Paul Rosenberg ***

P versus NP problem wikipedia with credit to Elementary
The Secular Coalition and Religious Freedom Day. 

* 1-17-13 added 2 inserts based on heading alone, and added labels
** (indicating read) Journal** about Journalism and Humor (Manichean Duelity) (Hegel tine Identity?)
*** only begun to fight(I mean read)(OW)^

Note: there are 3(**) but only one Mani[!] (buh dump ump)(ow)

^ 1-19-14: Before I go further. (bdu)
to reads: Personally I do not think Edward Snowden is a whistle-blower, nor is the debate over. Nor is the last read yet connected to the second to last, but maybe to the further and the branching problem.