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* [[wikipedia:Rate Your Music|Rate Your Music]] | * [[wikipedia:Rate Your Music|Rate Your Music]] | ||
* http://musicmanager.last.fm/statistics/artist?artist=27191895 | * http://musicmanager.last.fm/statistics/artist?artist=27191895 | ||
==2011-05-11== | |||
* http://chainbreaker.org/ "working to build community and expand access to safe, affordable and sustainable transportation in Santa Fe, New Mexico since 2004" | |||
* '''2011-05-09''' [http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2011/05/09/the_myth_of_9_billion The Myth of 9 Billion]: I wouldn't exactly call it a ''myth''; it was an estimate that turned out to be off, for very specific reasons | |||
* '''2011-05-10''' [http://thinkprogress.org/2011/05/10/workers-who-make-ipad/ Meet The Workers Who Make Your iPad: 100 Hours Of Overtime, No-Suicide Pacts, Standing For 14 Hours A Day]: "Back in March, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) astoundingly claimed that the iPad and iPhone are built in the United States of America. This news must have been a great surprise to the Chinese workers who work for Taiwanese-based manufacturing giant Foxconn, which is notorious for the poor conditions at its factories and the wave of suicides at its plants." | |||
* '''2011-05-03''' [http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503543_162-20059095-503543.html Osama bin Laden's hard drive being examined] | |||
* '''2011-05-10''' [http://www.npr.org/2011/05/10/136179771/following-arab-worlds-lead-mexicans-rise-up Following Arab World's Lead, Mexicans Rise Up] | |||
* '''2011-04-25''' [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/wikileaks/8472430/WikiLeaks-leaked-files-accuse-BBC-of-being-part-of-a-possible-propaganda-media-network.html WikiLeaks: leaked files accuse BBC of being part of a 'possible propaganda media network']: unfortunately, the propaganda network in question is not Koch Industries | |||
* '''2011-01-28''' [http://www.cdt.org/blogs/john-morris/doj-looking-mandatory-internet-data-retention-law DOJ Looking for Mandatory Internet Data Retention Law]: did anything come of this? | |||
* '''2011-05-09''' [http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2011/may/09/ipcc-renewable-energy-power-world?intcmp=122 Renewable energy can power the world, says landmark IPCC study]: about time someone made it official | |||
* '''2011-02-11''' [http://motherjones.com/blue-marble/2011/02/republican-climate-nasa-budget Taking Climate Denial to New Extremes] | |||
* '''2011-01-06''' [http://www.realclimate.org/index.php/archives/2011/01/forbes-rich-list-of-nonsense/ Forbes rich list of nonsense] | |||
* '''2008-07-24''' [http://www.salon.com/news/opinion/glenn_greenwald/2008/07/24/journalism Who is doing real journalism?] by Glenn Greenwald | |||
* '''2011-05-10''' [http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-13338754 Why are Americans so angry about petrol prices?] | |||
''posted on Facebook:'' | |||
Reasons why ''I'm'' angry about gas prices (although it's not really one of my top issues): | |||
* Because the govt *didn't* start taxing it stiffly back in the 1970s, when it should have been obvious to everyone that we had become too dependent, to help pay for development of new fuels to replace it. | |||
* Because the govt pays subsidies to petroleum companies | |||
* Because the govt heavily subsidizes petroleum companies *instead of* alt fuels, and we should have had affordable electric cars 20-30 years ago; instead I'm stuck driving beasts that now cost $100-200 in gas per month | |||
* Because Republicans keep cutting funds for public transportation, while supporting subsidies for yet more roads and highways | |||
* Because the few govt subsidies for alt fuels go mainly to the wrong ones, like corn-based ethanol, and actually cause more problems than they solve | |||
Also, the "dollar prices" are misleading. A dollar may be worth about half a Euro, leading to 1 Euro of gas costing $1.50+ for a visiting tourist, but if you look at earning power (average wages) the dollar and the Euro are more on a par with each other -- $2.50 isn't twice as hard to earn in England as $1 is here. The exchange rate sucks because of our trade deficit, not because dollars represent less labor than Euros. | |||
So people in Europe aren't as upset about gas prices for two reasons: (1) the prices actually aren't that much higher, and (2) they have more public transportation (and a social safety net, so there's less worry of falling off a financial cliff when you can't make ends meet). | |||
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* http://www.stopfbi.net/supporting-organizations -- for FBI page, and also list of organizations that might be networked | * http://www.stopfbi.net/supporting-organizations -- for FBI page, and also list of organizations that might be networked | ||
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* '''2011-05-07''' [http://globalguerrillas.typepad.com/globalguerrillas/2011/05/rc-journal-an-omnivorous-strategy-for-local-energy.html An Omnivorous Strategy for Local Energy] has some useful alt-energy links. Also, I commented. | * '''2011-05-07''' [http://globalguerrillas.typepad.com/globalguerrillas/2011/05/rc-journal-an-omnivorous-strategy-for-local-energy.html An Omnivorous Strategy for Local Energy] has some useful alt-energy links. Also, I commented. | ||
* '''2011-05-03''' [http://content.usatoday.com/communities/theoval/post/2011/05/obama-aide-bin-laden-not-armed/1 Obama aide: Bin Laden not armed when killed]: slowly getting the story worked out | * '''2011-05-03''' [http://content.usatoday.com/communities/theoval/post/2011/05/obama-aide-bin-laden-not-armed/1 Obama aide: Bin Laden not armed when killed]: slowly getting the story worked out | ||
==2011-05-08== | ==2011-05-08== | ||
* Osama bin Laden: | * Osama bin Laden: | ||