December 2011
30 posts
U.S. debt was a better investment than gold this... →
(via Instapaper)
Professor questions Iowa's place in elections and... →
cnn.com
While the visiting national news media focuses on the latest utterances of Republican presidential hopefuls in advance of the January 3 caucuses, many Iowans have found a bone to pick with a journalism professor — from the…
Iowans can take issue with the statement but it’s 100% accurate.
Top Ten Facebook Reactions to the Onion of 2011,...
literallyunbelievable:
10. Hey, science jerks: just get over it already and pray!
9. It’s not true
8. “Yeah, well, you know, that’s just, like, your opinion, man.”
7. WHO ARE YOU WHERE AM I
6. “The struggle itself toward the heights is enough to fill a man’s heart. One must imagine Sisyphus happy.”
Humanity is the dominant species on this planet…. HOW?
Replaying Mass Effect 2 made me realize something. I really really… Don’t want as many damn loading screens as there are in ME2 in ME3. Why, why?! Are there this many loading screens in the Normandy? If Bethesda can do Skyrims giant world without that many loading screens then why not ME3. You hear me Bioware?
The Daily: 48% of Americans are at or ... →
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Increasing poverty is killing our tax base and our ability as a nation to pay off our debt. Not the other way around.
The Daily: 48% of Americans are at or ... →
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Increasing poverty is killing our tax base and our ability to pay off the national debt. Not the other way around
The Raw Story: Geek mode, engage: 1,100-y ... →
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This is a pretty huge find. Amazed this isn’t being played out across more outlets.
Liberals Are Cool: robertreich: An Offer to the... →
robertreich:
An Offer to the President
Mr. President, we heard what you said last week in Kansas – about the dangers to our economy and democracy of the increasing concentration of income and wealth at the top.
We agree. And many of us are prepared to work our hearts to get you…
Tim Boelaars: Hi! http://t.co/kmH3lIxf →
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Oh my god. They can wave. And you know what they say about bears…. They’re the sharks of land. We are all screwed.
““If my taxes go up, I have slightly less disposable income, yes,” said Jason...”
– Dude who actually understands that hiring people is about having profit producing work for them to do, not about the marginal tax rate on profit. (via turnabout)
Six Months →
parislemon:
I happen to be in Paris at LeWeb where Eric Schmidt spoke today. I missed the talk, though several blogs summarized the more interesting bits. Namely, Schmidt seems to really believe that Android development will overtake iOS development in the next 6 months.
This is, of course, crazy talk.
John Gruber hits on the first key point that Google doesn’t seem to comprehend:
I think...
Rocketboom: Reports From The Edge: Voyager Reaches... →
rocketboom:
Voyager 1, the first of two interstellar space probes launched by NASA in 1977, has reached the “heliosheath,” the in-between space located at the outermost layer of the “heliosphere” (the bubble created by the sun’s supersonic winds) that marks the outer edge of our solar system and the…
Why is this not a worldwide day of celebration?
“We simply cannot return to this brand of you’re-on-your-own economics if we’re...”
– President Obama, in a speech today in Osawatomie, Kansas.
“Rebuilding” the middle class, while an obvious goal, is a threat to those with power and money. They are never going to “give” anything, you have to go out and get it. If not, the ultra-rich and ultra-connected will just take more and...
