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Is American decline real?
More and more thinkers are warning that our glory days are over, but their arguments are flawed — and old
http://www.salon.com/2012/05/14/is_american_decline_real/
A lot of interesting stuff on Salon today…
So this is an argument against the …
Euro doomsday looms
As Greek politics become increasingly chaotic, the once-taboo subject of Euro disintegration has become unavoidable
http://www.salon.com/2012/05/15/euro_doomsday_looms/
In what will surely be considered ironic from historian’s point of view, I am quite sure that initially this will result …
Another innocent executed?
The state of Texas killed Carlos DeLuna for a crime he appears not to have committed, according to a new report
http://www.salon.com/2012/05/15/another_innocent_executed/
Personally I got no problem with the death penalty. Well, I do have a problem, …
Rural life may boost allergy resistance
Country dwellers richer in immune-calming bacteria
http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/340558/title/Rural_life_may_boost_allergy_resistance
I talked about the ‘hygiene hypothesis‘ before, here is more evidence. I am starting to accept that the billion-year co-evolution of multi-cellular organisms and single-celled …
Retinal implants could restore partial vision
In lab tests on rat retinas, a photovoltaic chip helps display images through special goggles
http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/340650/title/Retinal_implants_could_restore_partial_vision
This is still a long way off, but it is quite interesting. Basically put a CCD chip in …
On closer inspection, doomsday cancelled
http://www.smh.com.au/world/on-closer-inspection-doomsday-cancelled-20120511-1yi2l.html
Doesn’t that just suck? You have built your whole life around it ending 8 months only to learn you have to keep trudging along. What a drag!…
Tuition is too damn high
Government is to blame for rising higher education costs — but not for the reasons the GOP tells you
http://www.salon.com/2012/05/11/tuition_is_too_damn_high/
Our society has decided (or rather the oligarchy that controls the sheeple that is our …
Why Wisconsin’s Recall Clusterf#@k Matters
http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/blogs/national-affairs/why-wisconsins-recall-clusterf-k-matters-20120508
As the author states:
…So, $25 per vote from reactionary out-of-state donors versus three bucks and one million petition signatures from regular old Wisconsinites: which one of them will prevail in June will tell
How Wall Street Killed Financial Reform
It’s bad enough that the banks strangled the Dodd-Frank law. Even worse is the way they did it – with a big assist Congress and the White House.
http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/how-wall-street-killed-financial-reform-20120510
Yes it is a long …
Learn something new – your brain will thank you
http://thechart.blogs.cnn.com/2012/05/10/learn-something-new-your-brain-will-thank-you/?hpt=hp_bn12
I have tried to learn to play musical instruments several times. In middle school I played the flute for several years. I was shocked, though, at how fast I un-learned …