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Progressive Taxation Makes Us Happier
Turns out taxing the rich to help make a better society is not only a good thing, but it makes us happier.
29Dec2011 | nemski | 1 comment | Continued
Breaking News – Kim Jong Il is Dead
The NYT is reporting that North Korean State television has reported that Kim Il Jong has died. More details as they become available.
18Dec2011 | MJ | 8 comments | Continued
Why Anonymous Blogging is Sometimes Essential
“This happened to me for not understanding that I shouldn’t report on the social networks,” advised a note left before dawn with the man’s body at a key intersection in the city’s wealthier neighborhood.
12Nov2011 | liberalgeek | 10 comments | Continued
Israel Leads – Who Will Follow?
On October 30th, the Israeli cabinet voted to shift the tax burden from the poor and middle class to the wealthy.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s cabinet approved the taxation portion of the Trajtenberg report on Sunday, levying heavier taxes on both corporations and the extremely wealthy.
Earlier this month, the cabinet approved in principle the report by [...]
Debunking Sunday Part I: Climate Change
So Republicans have been paying people to “cloud” the issue of Climate Change for decades now. University of California-Berkeley physicist is one of those people. But when he actually tried to disprove climate change, the results he reached were not to the liking of his benefactors.
23Oct2011 | Delaware Dem | 3 comments | Continued
Friday Open Thread [10.21.11]
Coons seeks to ban bath salts. Hillary has a laugh with Karzai about the hillarity that is Herman Cain. Uncanny similarities between 2012 and 2004. Obama on Mt. Rushmore? He would be there already if he were a Republican.
21Oct2011 | Delaware Dem | 4 comments | Continued
Science is Cool or Remember When the US Did Cool Stuff?
This video was pointed out to me by @thinkgeek on Twitter.
I can’t help thinking a few things… Why is it that this was developed in Israel and not the US? Is research like this even possible without government help? Can I have one? How quickly would Bobby Jindal refuse funding for a train based on [...]
The Crock That Is Homeopathy
Making water from water and stealing money from suckers.
2Sep2011 | nemski | 6 comments | Continued
Case Closed
Maybe one day, it won’t be a “crime” to understand that humankind has caused global warming.
2Sep2011 | nemski | 2 comments | Continued
BREAKING: Alaska Quake, Tsunami Warning
7.1 quake strikes near Alaska
2Sep2011 | nemski | Comments Off | Continued
WikiLeaks Busts a Water Main
What happens WikiLeaks springs a leak? Do they call in Joe the Plumber?
30Aug2011 | nemski | Comments Off | Continued
The Possibilities of Waves
We’ve looked to the skies and now we are looking to the sea. As one entrepreneur says, ” “Wave energy has been talked about for hundreds of years. Now it’s actually starting to happen.”
29Aug2011 | nemski | 2 comments | Continued
Huge Explosion In Oslo, Norway
Reports are coming that there was a huge explosion in a government building in Oslo. It is a building used by the Prime Minister but he is o.k.
Update: It was the PM’s residence. Eight people are reported injured. The PM was slightly injured.
A Peak Inside Hell
Former employees from The News of the World discuss the atmosphere at the paper under Brooks and why their denials don’t ring true.
18Jul2011 | Unstable Isotope | Comments Off | Continued
Rebekah Brooks Arrested
This seems like a pretty big deal given her prestigious position and close ties to Rupert Murdoch.
Updated at 9:17 a.m.: Rebekah Brooks has been arrested by police investigating allegations of phone hacking by the News of the World and allegations that police officers were bribed to leak sensitive information, The Guardian reports.
The Metropolitan police said [...]
Karzai’s Brother Assassinated In His Own Home
President Karzai’s brother Ahmed Walid Karzai was assassinated last night in his own home by one of his security guards.
12Jul2011 | Unstable Isotope | 5 comments | Continued
News Of The World Hacked Phones Of 9/11 Victims
The News of the World phone hacking scandal just got bigger with reports that NOTW hired a NY investigator to hack into the phones of 9/11 victims.
11Jul2011 | Unstable Isotope | 21 comments | Continued
UK Tabloid Deleted Voicemail From Missing Girl
A Murdoch-owned tabloid, News of the World, hacked the phone of a missing girl and deleted messages.
5Jul2011 | Unstable Isotope | 1 comment | Continued
Time to End the Wars
The US Conference of Mayors did something on Monday that they haven’t done in over 40 years. They passed a resolution calling for an
accelerated end to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
What is important to me at least is that the last time the Conference acted on this subject, we were mired in [...]
Germany And Switzerland to Shut Down Their Nuclear Power Plants
Some months ago, German Chancellor Angela Merkel announced a decision to try to extend the working life of Germany’s oldest nuclear power plants. Yesterday, Chancellor Merkel flip-flopped on that unpopular decision and — announced that Germany’s ruling coalition has decided to shut down its nuclear power plants by 2022
30May2011 | cassandra_m | 1 comment | Continued
Priorities
Sorry I haven’t been around, but priorities people. It looks like you’ve had real fun while I’m on vacation so I doubt you’ve even noticed my absence.
Now it’s time to go chillax and enjoy the view.
So, what is the Rapture anyway?
It is not the end of the world. It is more like an prologue to a book about the end of the world, and it is a long big ass book. And the whole story makes God and Jesus look like incompetent Dr. Evils.
20May2011 | Delaware Dem | 10 comments | Continued
Osama’s Porn Stash
The government revealed today that a “fairly extensive” collection of pornography was found in Osama Bin Laden’s compound.
13May2011 | Unstable Isotope | 17 comments | Continued
Dithering
Bin Laden may have lived in his Pakistan mansion for 6 years.
3May2011 | Unstable Isotope | 122 comments | ContinuedSocial Media
