Increase in UK Applications to Maastricht University Shortlink: http://redbrick.me/22429 In light of the proposed tuition fee increases for 2012, British applications to Maastricht University in the Netherlands (pictured) have increased tenfold. The University is regarded as one of the leading highe[...]
Archive for July, 2011
July 29th, 2011 - 10:14 am § in Uncategorized
UK Tuition Drives Brits to Enroll In Nederlands University: Maastricht
July 29th, 2011 - 4:48 am § in Misc.
IS PHOTOGRAPHY A RIGHT?
DPREVIEW A group of photographers in London have investigated how easy it is to shoot around the city. The six photographers, backed up with six videographer, attempted to take photographs around the City of London (the city’s financial district), to see what resistance they encountered. The e[...]
July 28th, 2011 - 8:50 pm § in Misc.
Economics of Hate Talk Radio.
I keep reading that the audience for Talk Radio is evaporating, yet the sur sur doesn’t go away. Why ? Sponsored radio, that is the answer. Mike Hood of Blatherwatch explains Talkee-nomics. (excerpted) Freedom Works, is working hard against front-runner Mitt Romney… and guess what? s[...]
July 28th, 2011 - 12:23 pm § in Misc.
North Koreans vote in local elections
The polls are being viewed as a procedure for Kim Jong-il to strengthen the position of his son and heir The North’s official Korean Central News Agency said on Sunday that local assembly elections began across the country as songs reverberated and flags fluttered over polling stations crowd[...]
July 28th, 2011 - 6:37 am § in Misc.
CHINA: Why we support Murdock
China Bashes the West for Murdoch Scandal The Beast: Isaac Stone Fish Jul 20, 2011 The day after British opposition leader Ed Miliband called Rupert Murdoch’s political influence “dangerous,” Chinese press agency Xinhua ran an article entitled “Looking at Western Media from Mur[...]
July 28th, 2011 - 1:40 am § in Misc.
What recession?
A boom in corporate profits, a bust in jobs, wages WASHINGTON (AP) — Strong second-quarter earnings from McDonald’s, General Electric and Caterpillar on Friday are just the latest proof that booming profits have allowed Corporate America to leave the Great Recession far behind….[...]
July 27th, 2011 - 11:18 pm § in Misc.
Stupid Arguements for and Against Pot:
Today’s is pro pot: Ron Paul, who’s been on record supporting the legalization of marijuana for over twenty years, keeps getting re-elected in the one of most conservative parts of the country.[...]
July 27th, 2011 - 12:17 am § in Uncategorized
How The Wealthy Mexican Merchants Stimulate The Economy
from Tumbolia: Trade in the Aztec empire was mostly barter, but I’m surprised to read that a few commodities were plentiful, portable, durable, interchangeable, and stable enough to serve as money. “Cacao seems to have been the most common form of money, and it did, indeed, grow on trees. It[...]
July 26th, 2011 - 10:00 pm § in Misc.
Math, McKenna, and Doing Away with Higher Ed.
Pudge at Sound Politics Rants: So speaking of how Robert Reich can’t add, I wonder whether Rob McKenna can. He says we should spend the same amount of money — as a percentage of our budget — should be the same now as in 1980. I don’t have all the numbers (and would greatly we[...]
July 26th, 2011 - 11:06 am § in Misc.
GOP Assault on Truth: Why Do Conservatives Pretend They Know More About Science Than Scientists?
Who needs the careful application of the scientific method when congressmen with absolutely no scientific training are making decisions?[...]