December 2011
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The Euro Is Doomed: How the Collapse of Italy and... →
Symmetrical reflation is the best option for restoring growth and competitiveness on the eurozone’s periphery while undertaking necessary austerity measures and structural reforms.
This implies significant easing of monetary policy by the European Central Bank; provision of unlimited lender-of-last-resort support to illiquid but potentially solvent economies; a sharp depreciation...
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American Class System - We Are Not All Created... →
There are some truths so hard to face, so ugly and so at odds with how we imagine the world should be, that nobody can accept them. Here’s one: It is obvious that a class system has arrived in America — a recent study of the thirty-four countries in the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development found that only Italy and Great Britain have less social mobility. But nobody...
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A good smartphone comes but once a year →
Love it or hate it, Apple has done many things right in its relentless march to smartphone dominance over the past five years; the company’s strategic prowess in deploying and growing the iPhone is practically a college textbook unto itself. But recently, its talent for building a patient, deliberate product cadence around a single brand has really spoken to me. By falling into a...
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Boehner’s office cuts off C-SPAN cameras as GOP... →
Oh, this is just dandy. Now the republicans can turn off C-SPAN any time they are doing something assholish.
A strange thing happened Wednesday morning on Capitol Hill. As Rep. Stenny Hoyer (D-MD) attempted to call for a vote to extend a payroll tax cut to middle class and working Americans, his Republican colleagues adjourned the House and walked out of the chamber. And if that weren’t odd...
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Nearly a Third of Americans Are Arrested by 23,... →
What happens when there are more criminals than non criminals?
By age 23, almost a third of Americans have been arrested for a crime, according to a new study that researchers say is a measure of growing exposure to the criminal justice system in everyday life.
The study, the first since the 1960s to look at the arrest histories of a national sample of adolescents and young adults over...
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WatchLittle girl asks santa to bring her dad home from Iraq. Little does she know he is Santa.
Merry Christmas Everyone
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“Psychologists tell us that, if you experimentally separate children in any...”
– Leader: Do you get it now, Prime Minister? by Richard Dawkins (via scipsy)
Artificial divisions.
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“Confronted with the reality of institutional evil, Manning risked his career -...”
– No justice for Bradley Manning | Charles Davis (via cultureofresistance)
Purple Heart for Bradley Manning!
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Scientists report first solar cell producing more... →
It’s stuff like this that gives me hope for the future of the human race.
Quantum dots, by confining charge carriers within their tiny volumes, can harvest excess energy that otherwise would be lost as heat – and therefore greatly increase the efficiency of converting photons into usable free energy.
The researchers achieved the 114 percent external quantum efficiency with a layered...
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“Hitchens dies. His book #GodisNotGreat trends. Religious people threaten...”
– Twitter / @luketadams / Luke Adams
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PPP: Ron Paul Nearly Tied For First In Iowa →
I don’t care if you’re a democrat, socialist, or libertarian. This is certainly a hell of a lot better than the other choices in the republican field.
A new PPP poll for the January 3rd Iowa caucuses has Ron Paul essentially tied (within the margin of error) for first place with Newt Gingrich:
Newt Gingrich 22% (-5 from last week)
Ron Paul 21% ( 3)
Mitt Romney 16% (—)
Michele...
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World power swings back to America - Telegraph →
I’ve given a lot of time to the other side of this debate, so it’s interesting to see the side that imagines the USA will be the dominant superpower in the coming century. For me the only question is if they keep their reserve currency status. Hydrofracking and unemployment, not exactly the way in which we’d all want this to happen, but interesting to think about nonetheless.
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Hello Mr. Bear!
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Up-Inspired Floating House (14 photos) →
Yesterday morning, March 5 at dawn, National Geographic Channel and a team of scientists, engineers, and two world-class balloon pilots successfully launched a 16’ X 16’ house 18’ tall with 300 8’ colored weather balloons from a private airfield east of Los Angeles, and set a new world record for the largest balloon cluster flight ever attempted. The entire...
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