July 2011
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Apple has more cash right now than the US Treasury →
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““After all the wind and storm, what’s going on with the high-speed train?” read...”
– The New York Times, “In Baring Facts of Train Crash, Blogs Erode China’s Censors.” via inothernews
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Facebook expands into the womb: New ‘expecting’... →
infoneer-pulse: Facebook has quietly launched a new feature allowing users to indicate on their profiles when they are expecting a child. Though a new profile for the unborn child isn’t created, this status will appear on the expectant parent’s profile page on the left side under Family. It will include the default Facebook person image and can be customized with a name, if the parents have chosen...
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Class Reunion
I’ve been invited to my 5-year high school class reunion, via Facebook. It’s in December and I’ll be home anyway — so why not.
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Anthroposophy
Anthroposophy continues to aim at reforming society through maintaining and strengthening the independence of the spheres of cultural life, human rights and the economy. It emphasizes a particular ideal in each of these three realms of society:[1] 1. Freedom in cultural life 2. Equality of rights, the sphere of legislation and the judiciary 3. Fraternity in the economic sphere
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“Oh, and as many people have noticed, America now has European levels of...”
– The End of Eurosclerosis - NYTimes.com (via miocyon)
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Chinese Rail Line Crash
Many people — myself included — say that this horrible crash says a lot about the standard of Chinese engineering and the dominant role of the party in pushing things forward and brushing other things under the rug. I wonder if Germany might not be a more attractive country for the US to work with as it builds high-speed rail projects.
I don’t want to sound like a sinophobe...
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Mayor Bloomberg: ‘America Is Very Low-Tax Compared... →
Revenues are currently at a 60 year low, and “total revenue as a share of gross domestic product has now been under 15 percent for three straight years — the first time that has happened since before World War II.” Revenue in the U.S. is 25 percent below the OECD average, while U.S. corporations are taxed significantly less than their foreign rivals.
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The Master’s as the New Bachelor’s →
Call it credentials inflation. Once derided as the consolation prize for failing to finish a Ph.D. or just a way to kill time waiting out economic downturns, the master’s is now the fastest-growing degree. The number awarded, about 657,000 in 2009, has more than doubled since the 1980s, and the rate of increase has quickened substantially in the last couple of years, says Debra W. Stewart,...
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After instituting abstinence-only sex ed., Texas... →
Texas lawmakers cut sex ed from two six-month courses to a single unit of “abstinence only” education. But early indications showed that the program wasn’t working. In fact, teens in almost all high school grades were having more sex after undergoing the abstinence only program. By 2007, Texas had the highest teen birth rate in the nation.
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The Decline and Fall of Facebook →
Again, I’m not saying he’s wrong, but what I took away from this speech was first an image of Microsoft as the Roman Colosseum being mined for marble after the barbarian invasion, and second a sense that while Facebook is certainly a huge social, cultural, and business phenomenon, I just don’t see it being around for very long.
Facebook is a huge success. You can’t argue with 750 million users...
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Gang of Pain: Who Suffers Under the Bipartisan... →
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Norway: Blast near prime minister's office in Oslo... →
A large explosion has hit near government headquarters in the Norwegian capital Oslo.
The blast is thought to have caused damage to the offices of Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg and a number of other official buildings.
Witnesses have said several people were injured in the incident in the centre of the city.
There are reports of windows being shattered and smoke drifting in the...
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Koch, ExxonMobil busted writing laws to reverse... →
Must read. Bloomberg blows the lid off of a DC front group that’s funded by anti-environmental corporations with major stakes in reversing regulations. The group drafts bills for Republican legislators, who then bring the issue to the floor and public to attack climate change, EPA, enviro-regs, and more. Source: Bloomberg via climateadaptation
How to Liberate America from Wall Street Rule →
Despite the financial crash of 2008, the financial assets of America’s billionaires and the idle cash of the most profitable corporations are now at historic highs. Their biggest challenge is figuring out where to park all their cash.
Unfortunately, most of those who hold the cash and the corporations they control have lost interest in long-term investments that build and expand strong...
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'Gang of Six' Plan? 'Not So Fast,' Says Bernie... →
“While all of the details from the so-called Gang of Six proposals are not yet clear, what is apparent is that the plan would result in devastating cuts to Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid and many other programs that are of vital importance to working families in this country. Meanwhile, tax rates would be lowered for the wealthiest people and the largest, most profitable corporations,” says...
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