“The untouchable has been touched by India’s growth. Dalits are coming out from hunger and humiliation,” said Chandra Bhan Prasad, a popular Dalit newspaper columnist and childhood friend of Ram’s. “Capitalism is beginning to break the caste system,” said Prasad, who is conducting the survey. … “To me, this is the greatest social change India [...]
Read more →http://www.celsias.com/article/manufactured-famine/ EU fishing the hell out of Africa, for example. Also references “Late Victorian Holocausts” which covers the democidal activities of the Brits. The Indian Holocausts seem to have had more in common with the Ukranian Famine than the Holocaust but you get the general idea. An era that history has politely forgotten, for the [...]
Read more →http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-j-elisberg/the-worst-vice-presidenti_b_122491.html Brutal beat down on Lara Croft Sarah Connor Sarah Palin. If you make it through the article, here’s my thinking: “Nobody ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American public.” I think people will vote for her as a mom-with-a-gun, as the VPILF (cough, hack) and as a symbol of America’s past and [...]
Read more →Our government should work for us, not against us. It should help us, not hurt us. It should ensure opportunity not just for those with the most money and influence, but for every American who’s willing to work. That’s the promise of America – the idea that we are responsible for ourselves, but that we [...]
Read more →http://www.celsias.com/article/energy-crossroads/ Particularly on carbon sequestration, and the different approaches taken by Honda and Detroit to low emission vehicles. An excellent read.
Read more →Palo Alto, Calif.-based Nanosolar’s strategic investors include power company AES Corp., equity firm the Carlyle Group, and electric utility company EDF–the three of which formed AES Solar as part of the deal, Roscheisen said. Those alliances will presumably help Nanosolar develop utility-scale solar power that would be cost efficient. Other investors were hedge fund Lone [...]
Read more →Yeah, this was good. Really, really good. Tragedy he’s on the sidelines, but he wasn’t burning this hot when he was in the primaries.
Read more →http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/2627001/Chinese-cop-killer-becomes-internet-hero.html Seen as an act of rebellion, a protest against the brutality of the state, comparisons with ancient Chinese folk heros. Uhuh. That’s what I’m thinking too.
Read more →http://dmiessler.com/blog/why-america-is-screwed-pic What’s missing? Credit card debt. Student loans. 50% taxation. What’s missing is that this is what the people want and you can tell that because 50% or more those who vote, vote for it every year. It’s not like reform candidates haven’t run, from Perot to Nader. It’s not like local political action isn’t [...]
Read more →http://www.marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2008/08/against-intelle.html (pushes main article on to the stack)
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