Developer’s backing a boon to toll initiative Bellevue developer Kemper Freeman has dumped more than $1 million into Tim Eyman’s tolling initiative, which includes a provision that would ban light rail across the Interstate 90 bridge. Readmore at the Seattle Times.[...]
Posts Tagged ‘entrepereneurs’
Worship of Steve Jobs.
On last Friday’s “Real Time,”Bill Maher painted Steve Jobs as “not a corporate type” only to minutes later accurately note, “Apple makes their s–t in China. And they could still make it here and make a big profit, but they make more of a profit by making i[...]
October 6th, 2011 - 12:17 pm § in The Ave Scene
More on Applesauce.
Over at SLOG David Goldstein is defending his love for the new iPhone and mourning the loss of Steve Jobs. The odd thing about Job’s death is the wierd comparisons to Einstein, Edison, … even Aristotle. A better caparison is to the Beetles. I think David confuses the Beetles’[...]
September 28th, 2011 - 9:58 am § in America, The Ave Scene
BREAKING NEWS: Amazon’s Apple sauce arrives!
UPDATE: I highly recommend Paul Constant’s comments on how the Apple Sauce will affect book stores. I agree with him that they will change. I especially doubt the viability of Barnes and Noble. On the other hand, the Kindle does leave a huge opening in its model for used book stores[...]
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[...]
June 25th, 2011 - 2:19 pm § in America, Schools & Colleges
Texas Group Challenges Texas Governor’s Plans for Higher Education
from the Chronicle of Higher Ed: June 16, 2011, In a move aimed at Gov. Rick Perry of Texas and his controversial initiatives to remake higher education in the Lone Star State, a high-powered group of more than 200 former regents, chancellors, and presidents, along with Democratic and Republican p[...]
June 23rd, 2011 - 8:53 am § in Uncategorized
Sex in Politics: Swedish Royals Weigh In
Serious trouble began in November with the publication of an unathorised tell-all book, “Carl XVI Gustaf – den motvillige monarken” (“Carl XVI Gustaf – the reluctant monarch”). The controversial book detailed the King’s alleged visits to porn clubs, claims o[...]
BREAKING NEWS: A Capitalist Tells Repricans “Get Real!”
Bond King to Congress: Get Real! from Talking Points Memo This is really a must-read piece. Not because of the message but the messenger. The hyper attention to the country’s debt is supposed to be in reaction to the bond market, the people who buy our debt. But the biggest bond guy in the cou[...]
June 20th, 2011 - 8:49 am § in America
Siemens vs WGU:Unemployed or just uneducated?
German Giant Says US Workers Lack Skills Siemens has just reported that it is now unable to find US workers qualified even for entry level apprentice jobs. WGUW … Washington State’s new no faculty, online solution to the problem .. offers our answers! DIPLOMAS! Not just high school d[...]
No Free Lunch, No Cheap Drugs
Xconomy News: Weston, MA-based Biogen Idec, the largest maker of injectable treatments for multiple sclerosis, met its goals in a second clinical trial for an oral pill to treat the disease. The pill reduced flare-ups by 44 percent when taken twice per day, and by 51 percent if taken three times a[...]