Tuesday, September 1, 2009
stop obama’s socialism: get rid of the fire departments. sadly its not a send-up, its stupid and its real
http://angrytownhall.com/
unbelieveable!
melbourne is particularly bad for cyclist behavior. the people on carbon fiber bikes should indeed have stickers on them (if they would DARE sully that $10k+ bike with a sticker …pfft..) that read “my other bike is an SUV v8″
http://www.theage.com.au/opinion/fellow-leisurely-riders-beware-the-hoons-on-two-wheels-20090809-ee6k.html?page=-1
this should be like what organic food is, just normal. not special, unique, weird, hippie, or utopian. why isn’t this normal?
Vauban article in Independent
this is an interesting take on schools in the city i once lived in. i recall stories from teachers i knew in chicago and that and this article make me sad about the state of education there but also hopeful that people care and work to make things better
Black Agenda Report
mach zehnder modulatorhttp://www.counterpunch.org/sharon05082009.html
nice little read about how Whole Foods doesn’t pay well and goes to some great lengths to prevent their workers from forming a union. their food is good but their pseudo-hippie CEO sucks!
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
“Surplus countries have to spend their income and enjoy themselves,” says Charles Dumas, an analyst at Lombard Street Research. “The purpose of an economy is to consume.”
Is it? Is this the purpose of the economy of the world? To consume until the planet will not sustain it anymore and the species all become extinct?
http://business.theage.com.au/business/the-world-shuts-up-shop-20090224-8gs3.html?page=-1