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Archive for July, 2012
The Washington Post: U.S. pushes for more scientists, but the jobs aren’t there
The Canary in the Mine: a frightening insight into the US Economic future. Based in part on Washington Post article, “U.S. pushes for more scientists, but the jobs aren’t there“ Here in Washington state, Ed Lazowska , the Bill and Melinda Gates Professor of Comp Sci at UW, is a very fo[...]
BLACK violence against honkeys, fags, and tilt eyes .. IN SEATTLE!
A Fox station in Seattle, KCPQ, reports the King County Sheriff’s office is concealing the problem of black violence. Bus rider Gil Costello told the local Fox affiliate, KCPQ, violence on the bus “happens all the time. They just never report it.” The conservative news site, WND, r[...]
July 9th, 2012 - 12:28 am § in Misc.
BREAKING NEWS: What IS happening in Egypt
Robert Fisk: President Morsi, a rigged ballot and a fox’s tale that has all of Cairo abuzz HIGHLY recommended read for anyone who wants some insight into what is happening and may happen in Egypt. My take is that Egypt today is rather like Ataturk’s Turkey after WWI. While not a de[...]
July 8th, 2012 - 11:58 pm § in Misc.
A Scientist on the SCOTUS decision about healthcare
What? The Supreme Court didn’t go bugnuts? June 28, 2012 at 11:08 am PZ Myers Good news: our hobbled, rudimentary effort at providing reasonable health care to the Republic — “Obamacare” — was supported by the Supreme Court. Somebody must have stuffed Scalia in the closet for this o[...]
July 8th, 2012 - 8:07 am § in Misc.
SUNDAY REVELATIONS: Netanyahu Angers Jewish Fundies .. Supports UNIVERSAL Drat!
Israeli PM Netanyahu’s party backs conscription law Thousands rallied in Tel Aviv, chanting “One people, one draft!” Continue reading the main story[...]
July 8th, 2012 - 7:59 am § in Politics
When The Solar Industry Goes Political
Sunny Business Germans Lobby for Solar Subsidies By Alexander Neubacher and Catalina Schröder Der Spiegel DPA Solar subsidies cost German consumers billions of dollars a year and are widely regarded as inefficient. Even environmentalists are concerned that Berlin’s focus on solar comes at the[...]
July 8th, 2012 - 5:05 am § in Misc.
ROMNEYISMS:
Audience Question Cleveland Republican Rally: “We have a president right now that is operating outside the structure of our Constitution,” the audience member said to applause. “And I want to know — yeah, I do agree he should be tried for treason — but I want to know wh[...]
July 7th, 2012 - 9:59 pm § in America
Texan Germans dwindling
Searching for something better Searching for better lives in America, hundreds of thousands of Germans immigrated to Texas in the 1800s. Many integrated quickly into the dominant Anglo culture, helping to build the state’s big cities like San Antonio and Houston. Others created their own enclaves [...]