Links of interest for May 23rd, 2008 through June 4th, 2008:
Oil prices: George Soros warns that speculators could trigger stock market crash | Business | guardian.co.uk - Soros says that oil was pushed to its recent all-time peak of $135 a barrel by a new wave of speculators. He believes that the doubling in the [...]
Links of interest for April 23rd, 2008 through May 9th, 2008:
BBC NEWS | Health | The man who grew a finger - Mr Spievak re-grew his finger tip using "pixie dust," an extracellular matrix made from pig bladders.
Selling the War with Iran - The Washington Note - American lack of understanding of the true situation [...]
Links of interest for April 15th, 2008 through April 21st, 2008:
The Seven Myths of Energy Independence - Why forging a sustainable energy future is dependent on foreign oil
Frequently asked questions about poetry - Why don’t modern poems rhyme? Answers to that and other questions, in the forms of the poems themselves.
Scientists Flesh Out Plans to [...]
Links of interest for March 30th, 2008 through April 5th, 2008:
Short Words to Explain Relativity - Albert Einstein’s Theory of Relativity In Words of Four Letters or Less
How to Disagree - A guide to the disagreement hierarchy, from name-calling to refutation.
A Tiny Revolution: Oh Noes!!! - "…watch out, world: you having the power to deter [...]
Links of interest for February 25th, 2008 through March 28th, 2008:
Why voting is wrong - "For most people, the electoral charade provides a kind of relief valve for angers and frustrations that might otherwise seek a more effectual outlet."
The Reality-Based Community: How fair was that trial? - James Wimberley compares the trial of Jesus with [...]
Links of interest for February 21st, 2008 through February 23rd, 2008:
BBC NEWS | Europe | Guernsey | Sark agrees to switch to democracy - Politicians in the Channel Island of Sark have agreed to end the island’s feudal system of government which has been in place for the past 450 years.
The Difference Between an Illegal [...]
Links of interest for January 24th, 2008 through February 20th, 2008:
WorldChanging: Tools, Models and Ideas for Building a Bright Green Future: My Other Car is a Bright Green City - Our vehicle emissions are a major climate change contributor, but what comes out of the tailpipe is only a fraction of the total impact of [...]
Links of interest for December 7th, 2007 through January 20th, 2008:
George Monbiot: The Turks haven’t learned the British way of denying past atrocities | News | Guardian Unlimited Books - A brief tour of British genocides in India and Kenya. Contrary to popular belief, the British Empire was anything but benign, and in India alone [...]
Links of interest for November 30th, 2007 through December 4th, 2007:
Rad Geek People’s Daily 2007-12-03 – Veterans Against Individual Freedom - The "elaborate and formalized liturgy of theo-nationalist rites surrounding the military colors of the United States" provokes a violent attack on a bar-owner’s freedom of expression. Stop worshiping the damn flag!
The Washington Monthly–The Republican [...]
Links of interest for November 30th, 2007:
The Washington Monthly–The Republican Base - Joe Klein attended a focus group for the Republican debate. "It turns out that the only thing these GOP voters hated more than helping the poor was being told that it’s wrong to torture people."
Brilliant at Breakfast–What constitutes “expressing discontent” - FIrefighters in [...]
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