Archive for May, 2010

The Game of Choice

May 18, 2010
The Game of Choice

When I was a young kid I remember playing a kind of game with my friends. We didn’t have a name for it, but it could have been called, “Pushed to the Limits.” It’s not as serious as it sounds, but it did have meaning. The game went like this – each kid would...
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The first dirty (polarized) mind.

May 9, 2010
The first dirty (polarized) mind.

British politics is dirty and noisy since who knows when. That’s the Brits history, and that’s their problem. The problem with US dirty politics is that it: 1. Drives up costs for candidates. 2. Has the potential to drive away capable potential candidates. 3. Confuses the hell out of everyone so we no longer know what the...
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Mad Bombers and Americans

May 8, 2010
Mad Bombers and Americans

I just finished listening to a radio interview with an “expert” in terrorism talking about the (failed) Times Square bombing and it left me mumbling very ungentlemanly epithets at the radio. And it’s not because I think I know more than experts in this field, it’s because this expert was stating that – it...
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“Social Capitalism” another sustainable-incentive based stock market

May 5, 2010
“Social Capitalism” another sustainable-incentive based stock market

In a wonderful article published, March 10, 2010, in The Nation, Steven Hill lays out the benefits and history of “Europe’s Answer to Wall Street.” After a brief nod to cooperatives, Hill delivers an insightful presentation of co-determination, which I must admit, though it is found in wikipedia, I have never heard of. The article...
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Wind farms

May 1, 2010
Wind farms

This is a video we found that offers a view of wind farms not readily seen. And even though it is not a personal account, and it does come from a company, we think it is commercial free enough and interesting enough to be here.
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