October 2011
115 posts
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Oakland PD told a judge it wouldn't use projectile... →
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How to Connect the West Bank and Gaza Strip →
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★ Apps Are the New Channels →
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Tunisian Election Results Guide: The Fate of a... →
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The long shadow of Mt. Rainier →
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Picture of the Day: An 18th-Century Manuscript,... →
“The eurozone risks a tidal wave of fiscal and banking crises. The European...”
– Martin Wolf: Be bold, Mario, put out that fire
“A key reason why the eurozone is under challenge is that markets have become...”
– Jean Pisani-Ferry, Europe’s leaders must start making tough decisions | FT.com
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One small tweak to CEO pay may have helped prevent... →
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Blog - Habitable Zone Dramatically Bigger Around... →
“The original Oxfordian, the aptly named J. Thomas Looney, who proposed the...”
– Wouldn’t It Be Cool if Shakespeare Wasn’t Shakespeare? - NYTimes.com
“[T]he fatal weakness of the Oxfordian theory is chronological, a weakness that...”
– Wouldn’t It Be Cool if Shakespeare Wasn’t Shakespeare? - NYTimes.com
“Thanks to “Anonymous,” undergraduates will be confidently asserting that...”
– Wouldn’t It Be Cool if Shakespeare Wasn’t Shakespeare? - NYTimes.com
George Soros: My seven-point plan to save the... →
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Google Fiber coming to Europe →
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The Euro zone summit: "Despair and backbiting in... →
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Physicists graph the 1,300 "super-connected"... →
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Soaring prices push Queen close to ‘fuel poverty’ →
The Queen is coming perilously close to joining millions of her subjects in “fuel poverty” as energy bills for four palaces and a draughty castle absorb a rising share of her income.
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Why taxi medallions cost $1 million →
Interesting piece of taxi-nomics. I also couldn’t agree more that taxis should not be deregulated. You want to be able to hail a cab, know that the driver is licensed, insured, that there’s a mechanism for dealing with complaints, and that you will be charged a fair rate. This is indispensable for out of town travellers. The locals, then, can take their pick from limousine services and...
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The small, light, fill-in blog →
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Bill Would Give U.S. Visas to Foreign Home Buyers... →
“The reeling housing market has come to this: To shore it up, two Senators are preparing to introduce a bipartisan bill Thursday that would give residence visas to foreigners who spend at least $500,000 to buy houses in the U.S.”
“Historically, a story about people inside impressive buildings ignoring or even...”
– by Lemony Snicket | OccupyWriters.com
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Do you need a coach? →
“[E]ven Rafael Nadal has a coach. Nearly every élite tennis player in the world...”
– Coaching a Surgeon: What Makes Top Performers Better? : The New Yorker
“Let’s give credit where credit is due: Hollywood has come a long way. The...”
– Jeffery Self: The Gay Carla
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Will Wright's Awesome Business Cards: Just His... →
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Why Do Americans Care So Much Less About Captured... →
“If Spain and Italy want a backstop – that realistically only the ECB can provide...”
– Solvent? Who said solvent? – Kantoos Economics
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The Coin Flip: A Fundamentally Unfair Proposition? →
“NOTE TO READERS: This article was written in connection with a now-expired...”
– More women, higher returns? - WSJ.com
“Germany accounts for little more than one per cent of the world’s population –...”
– Germany will never leave the eurozone | FT.com
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The Abacus sign →
“When Blackberry service went down for three days last week, traffic accidents...”
– Max Fisher - The Atlantic
The Ides of March - Official iPad Site →