When we shop at Wal-Mart or any other mass discount retailer in pursuit of low prices we are paying below the true cost of the item. The difference in cost is passed on to a worker who is in many … Continue reading
30 Dec 2010
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Monthly Archives: December 2010
23 Dec 2010
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Dan Choi gets his ring back
As I mentioned earlier, after Dan Choi gave his West Point ring to Senator Harry Reid at this past summer’s Netroots Nation on the condition that he would return it once Don’t Ask Don’t Tell was repealed. Well Senator Reid … Continue reading
22 Dec 2010
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Big Day: President signs Don’t Ask Don’t Tell repeal
20 Dec 2010
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Al Franken: The Most Important Free Speech Issue of Our Time
I applaud Senator Franken for his leadership on the critical issue of net neutrality. This issue is not getting the visibility it deserves, considering what is at stake. This Tuesday is an important day in the fight to save the … Continue reading
18 Dec 2010
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Anachronism
18 Dec 2010
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Don’t Ask Don’t Tell is dead
It’s the end of an era. The Senate voted 65-31 to end Don’t Ask Don’t Tell. Take that Old Man McCain. Despite the great disappointment of DREAM’s failure, today is a great day for patriotic gays and lesbians serving in … Continue reading
13 Dec 2010
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Chinese archaeologists unearth 2,400-year-old ‘soup’
BBC Reports that Chinese archaeologists discovered what appears to be a 2,400-year-old pot of soup… The liquid and bones were in a sealed bronze cooking vessel dug up near the ancient capital of Xian – home to the country’s famed … Continue reading
12 Dec 2010
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Irreducible complexity cut down to size
11 Dec 2010
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Ancient Greek computer rebuilt using Legos
Lost to history until 1901 when it was pulled from a shipwreck, it took scientists until 2006 to discover the purpose of the Antikythera mechanism, a machine dating from between 100-150 BCE. This incredible example of ancient engineering know-how predicted … Continue reading
8 Dec 2010
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John Lennon’s last interview to be released by Rolling Stone 30 years after his death
John Lennon’s last interview is to be released by Rolling Stone 30 years after his death. via New York Daily News… Thirty years after the death of John Lennon, Rolling Stone magazine is set to release the artist’s final print … Continue reading
