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March 3rd, 2013 - 10:01 am § in Misc.
CORPORATISM
Apple has a huge problem. Steve Jobs’ image made it possible for Apple to pretend it was not a mega corporation … North Korea has a similar problem, pretending that it is a democracy. Both pretenses are shallow. The letter left on the desk of new Apple hires reads as follows, accordi[...]
April 23rd, 2017 - 8:28 am § in Donald Trump, Environment, Hypocrisy, Politics, Science, The Ave Scene, UW
Was The March for Science a Bad Idea? I
On Saturday, UW faculty took very different paths in the March for Science. Some of us stood aside, concerned that the March might politicize science, others celebrated science by joining with the the crowd marching in the Seattle rain. Cliff Mass was among those who stayed away. Cliff is [...]
Fascists Across World Celebrate Trump, Russia Admits It has Worked With Trump
The horror over Trump is that he is part of movementd we have seen before. The movement, called fascism under Mussolini and populism uder Hugo Chavez, is misunderstood because of Hitler’s version that conflated racism with state corporatism and nationalism. Mussolini’s fascism, the o[...]
October 13th, 2014 - 3:19 am § in Misc.
Book Review: Don’t Read This Book!
David Stockman is what’s known as a “spectacular failure”: A high flyer who climbs to great heights and then spins out of control and augers into the earth with afterburners roaring. An aspiring Olympic diver who somersaults off the 10-meter platform into an empty pool. You g[...]
September 19th, 2014 - 12:28 pm § in Misc.
Paul Allen: Yet another toy!
GEEKWIRE: Paul Allen paid $2.5M for this German tank, says seller refuses to deliver by Todd Bishop on September 12, 2014September 12, 2014 at 10:47 am6 Comments Paul Allen is finding it very difficult to acquire this tank. The 28-ton Panzerkampfwagen IV, better known as the Panzer IV, was used by [...]
Schumer endorses BIG BROTHER!
What does Senator Schumer NOT understand? The merger of Comcast with Time Warner amounts to a takeover of America, a corporate coup. After coming out in support of Comcast’s proposed acquisition of Time Warner Cable, Sen. Chuck Schumer ,,, a member of the Senate Anti Trust Committee, will REC[...]