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Archive for February 6th, 2012

February 6th, 2012 - 5:46 pm § in Misc.

BREAKING NEWS: Romney Team Slams ‘Flawed’ Poll

WaPo/ABC poll finds Romney’s national numbers tanking.  Romney blames the poll. However, polling experts who talked to TPM say that the survey is in line with a broad set of evidence that Romney’s general election appeal is declining — even if the poll’s approach is less than ideal. REA[...]

February 6th, 2012 - 4:38 pm § in Misc.

Fly Me to The Moon

Washington – Firm Hopes to Sell Trips to The Moon for $1.5 Billion Today 06:08 PM Washington – Attention wealthy nations and billionaires: A team of former NASA executives will fly you to the moon in an out-of-this-world commercial venture combining the wizardry of Apollo and the marketi[...]

February 6th, 2012 - 1:48 pm § in Misc.

Economy Doing Just Fine!

Amazon sells out autographed Superbowl by 10AM! Now if Manning would sign my Chevy VOLT![...]

February 6th, 2012 - 10:29 am § in Misc.

Who Owns the Copyright on Federal Research?

A colleague wrote to me today at the AAUP in response to a post I had made about taking the rights t9 copyright federal researech away from publishers. Steve, Last spring, I sent off a paper to the Journal of Geophysical Research, a  non profit owned by the American Geophysical Union.  To do a non[...]

February 6th, 2012 - 10:08 am § in China, Hypocrisy, Russia

Syria: The Chinese Point of View

What China and Russia wants to happen in Syria. China maintains that any attempt by the international community to help Syria solve its crisis must respect the sovereignty, independence and territorial integrity of the country. A messy civil war in Syria will not be conducive to peace in the Middle [...]

February 6th, 2012 - 8:51 am § in Hypocrisy, Jews, The Ave Scene, UW

SUNDAY REVELATIONS: Political Diversity Sprouts in Libya.

Despite concerns of the UW’s own Ali Terhouni, Reuters reports  hopeful signs in Libya that democracy has taken root. Terhouni, a former UW economist, returned to Libya as a member of the provisional government, but resigned in protest to organize a new political party.   His party is now o[...]