from Carpe Diem and the Economist The chart above is from The Economist and shows a “population-weighted history of the past two millennia” based on “economic output” and “years lived.” According to The Economist: “By this reckoning, over 28% of all the hi[...]
Posts Tagged ‘Ideas’
September 3rd, 2011 - 12:56 am § in Environment
2,000 Yrs. in One Chart: 23% of all Goods, Services Made Since 1 A.D. Were Produced This Decade
September 2nd, 2011 - 11:14 am § in The Ave Scene, UW
The AVE: a vision for Seattle’s new waterfront.
Any successful effort to create a marvelous waterfront park for Seattle should include turning Elliot Avenue into a grand entrance into the city. Once you cross the Ballard Bridge, there are fields, a very underused shopping center, warehouses, and amazing access to three great attraction … [...]
August 31st, 2011 - 8:59 am § in America
U.S. Government Sues to Block AT&T T-Mobile Merger Lenin made a powerful argument against capitalism. The Russian predicted that corporate self interest would dictate a concewntration of the media … not justn intgo one monoploy but nto an oligopoly of shared interests that would snake de[...]
August 27th, 2011 - 9:26 am § in Environment, Hypocrisy
Climate Change, As the World Churns
Climate Change: It’s bad and getting worse Severe weather events are wracking the planet, and experts warn of even greater consequences to come. Dahr Jamail al Jazeera Flooding in China is currently affecting approximately five million people [GALLO/GETTY] The rate of ice loss in two of Greenl[...]
Ayoon wa Azan : American Jews are All Agents of Israel and are Betraying the Interests of America)
The strangest thing is that Weiner had been married since 2010 to a woman named Huma Abedin, and that her mother is Saleha Mahmoud Abedin, active in the Muslim Brotherhood of Egypt. And since she is a Muslim, she cannot legally marry a non-Muslim. I do not imagine that Weiner converted to Islam to m[...]
August 1st, 2011 - 12:12 pm § in America
US Founds First Cancer Lab
NIH: Chronology of Events 1700 | 1800 | 1900 | 1910 | 1920 | 1930 | 1940 | 1950 | 1960 | 1970 | 1980 | 1990 | 2000 1700 1798 The Marine Hospital Service was established with the July 16 signing by President John Adams of an act for the relief of sick and […][...]
July 13th, 2011 - 11:03 am § in Environment
Brazil/Peru: Time Travel, early humans living in natural state.
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July 8th, 2011 - 1:14 am § in Politics
The Case of Peace: Pakistan Realizes War Is Too Expensive
Pakistan cannot afford to match the induction of modern weaponry by India, which possibly has a greater capacity to sustain a war, Pakistani Defence Minister Chaudhry Ahmad Mukhtar has said. “If we only try to match them (India) militarily and buy the sort of armament which they have, we will prob[...]
June 30th, 2011 - 7:31 am § in Uncategorized
Sign the First Amendment, Today!
Sign the First Amendment! Show your support for the amendment that keeps us free. It’s risk-free. No follow-up messages (unless you want them!). We just want to show America that lots of people – all of us, let’s hope – support the First Amendment. So sign it today. And ask your friends![...]
June 18th, 2011 - 6:06 am § in Religion
Juju Juice Decoded
‘Juju Juice’ to go to Nairobi for Testing from Freethought Kampala, by James Onen On November 6th 2010 I witnessed an attempt by a witchdoctor to try to catch a car thief. I posted a detailed account of what I witnessed, in which I also narrated how I was able to retrieve a sample of a [&hell[...]