Displaying 211 To 240 Of 253 Comments Agreed, nuclear energy is insanity. The simple fact that they actually have teams of linguists trying to figure out how to make warning signs that will be understood 10,000 years from now proves that. » Posted By For America and Roosevelt On March 11, 2011 @ 8:23 am Somewhere between 2:00 and 2:30, it says this is the most powerful earthquake in this heavily populated an area ever. » Posted By For America and Roosevelt On March 11, 2011 @ 8:19 am This is terrifying – just look at the SUV being swept away – » Posted By For America and Roosevelt On March 11, 2011 @ 8:15 am Oh thank you, those are very *spontaneous*! » Posted By For America and Roosevelt On March 10, 2011 @ 6:34 pm haiku [ X III MMXI – 5 ] 1 VOORSCRIPT 2 arrested for farting upon the platform of the Perssonell of the Voorkommittee 3 report to Precinct – Hall » Posted By For America and Roosevelt On March 10, 2011 @ 6:32 pm BREAKING NEWS – Julie Taymor has quit “ Spider-Man ” – wow – this is a bigger directorial disaster than “ Heaven’s Gate ” – http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/10/theater/julie-taymor-spider-man.html?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=tha28 » Posted By For America and Roosevelt On March 10, 2011 @ 5:55 pm Another time, the comments for a story on the Rev. Sharpton, I think it was, or a piece by him, was like Aryan Nations rally. You really don’t know what’s going on in the nation unless you’ve seen that stuff. » Posted By For America and Roosevelt On March 10, 2011 @ 5:46 pm I know, I saw some *really* *freaky* comments on Yahoo after those two policemen were shot in the Midwest. Scary people. » Posted By For America and Roosevelt On March 10, 2011 @ 5:42 pm haiku [ X III MMXI – 1 ] 1 veni creator cunnilingus haiku [ X III MMXI – 2 ] 1 maybe I should find out if anyone has farted in my mail box haiku [ X III MMXI – 3 ] 1 the Danish Avant – Garde while dropping a shit nineteen fourtyfive to nineteen fourtyeight » Posted By For America and Roosevelt On March 10, 2011 @ 5:38 pm Sorry for the double post, but I’m just settling into actually watching this, and – – our President just has a habit of saying things, which are just . . . you know . . . like no other President has ever said. It really sets me back when I’m paying attention. from about 7:20 – We have to remember that our strength as a people runs deeper than our military might, it runs deeper than our GDP. It’s also about our values and our ideals that each generation is called to uphold, and that each artist helps us better understand – and it’s also about the capacity of the arts and the humanities to connect us to one another [ bear in mind he is still talking about “ our strength as a people ” – what President has ever said “ our strength as a people is about the capacity of the arts and the humanities to connect us to one another? ” ]. In a nation as big as ours, as diverse as ours, as full of debate and consternation as it sometimes is, what the people we honour here today remind us of, is the kernel that connects to everyone else, and allows us to get out of ourselves, to see through somebody else’s eyes, to step in their shoes. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4LmweQIdKYY Historical ranking? My vote is for no. 1. » Posted By For America and Roosevelt On March 9, 2011 @ 4:42 pm HA! ( The really loud, from-the-diaphragm-type “ HA! ” – definitely need an internet shorthand for that . . . ) » Posted By For America and Roosevelt On March 9, 2011 @ 3:57 pm Can’t help a chuckle at this – “ A pause while we wonder just what kind of person is so ambitious, so malevolent, so Machiavellian ends-justify-the-means type that they repeatedly campaign illegally in college. ” – see vol. 1 of Robert Caro’s LBJ biography ( my screenname comes from LBJ ). » Posted By For America and Roosevelt On March 9, 2011 @ 3:52 pm And it plays off the Juan Williams story, which was also about The Media, which played of the Shirley Sherrod story, which wound up being about The Media, and so on and so on . . . » Posted By For America and Roosevelt On March 9, 2011 @ 3:44 pm BREAKING NEWS – A suspect in the Spokane MLK bombing has been arrested. He is a member of the National Alliance ( William Pierce, The Turner Diaries, Oklahoma City ) and a former serviceman who was stationed at Fort Lewis, WA, reported by the SPLC to be a haven for right-wing extremism. » Posted By For America and Roosevelt On March 9, 2011 @ 3:38 pm Thanks – looks like someone fixed it for me too . . . » Posted By For America and Roosevelt On March 9, 2011 @ 12:51 pm Ooh, I missed this last week – “ One of the great joys of being President is getting a chance to pay tribute to the artists and authors, the poets and performers who have touched our hearts and opened our minds. ” The 2010 National Medal of Arts and National Humanities Medal Ceremony
» Posted By For America and Roosevelt On March 9, 2011 @ 9:20 am Naomi Klein on Rachel tonight – http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26315908/ns/msnbc_tv-rachel_maddow_show/#41979558 Four minutes in, but watch the intro too – while we’ve been distracted by the union fight, Repubs have been passing bills that local governments can be dismissed at will, town can be privatized, etc. . . . some of the most hair-raising stuff I’ve heard yet . . . » Posted By For America and Roosevelt On March 8, 2011 @ 9:47 pm Well, there’s always my home ( not at present, unfortunately ) . . . http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/4/48/Playa_luquillo.jpg http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/30/El_yunque_national_forest.jpg http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/94/FortElMorro_SanJuan_PuertoRico.jpg » Posted By For America and Roosevelt On March 8, 2011 @ 9:44 pm What’s with the “ or ”? And where’s the chicken fried steak? And the bacon? And the fried chicken? And the baked potatoes? And why are the portions so small? » Posted By For America and Roosevelt On March 8, 2011 @ 8:37 pm The Greatest Country on Earth Suppose someone were to describe to you a small country that provided free education through university for all of its citizens, transportation for school children, and free health care—including heart surgery—for all. You might suspect that such a country is either phenomenally rich or on the fast track to fiscal crisis. While American conservatives say that the government’s attempt to extend home ownership to 70 percent of the U.S. population was responsible for the financial meltdown, 87 percent of Mauritians own their own homes—without fueling a housing bubble. Now comes the painful number: Mauritius’s GDP has grown faster than 5 percent annually for almost 30 years. http://www.slate.com/id/2287534/ [ Hmm, I’ve heard of this Joseph Stiglitz fellow, I’ll have to look into him . . . ] » Posted By For America and Roosevelt On March 8, 2011 @ 7:16 pm From the tiny bit I know of Carter I regard him as one of the greatest visionaries to ever occupy the White House. The country really blew its chance. “ Ooh, he said “ malaise ”. ” » Posted By For America and Roosevelt On March 8, 2011 @ 7:12 pm I’m thinking, maybe a bunch of those fancy rich people’s pills we’ve never even heard of . . . » Posted By For America and Roosevelt On March 7, 2011 @ 3:53 pm Isn’t the problem that the Right won’t allow civilian trail / domestic imprisonment of the ones who should be tried / imprisoned? » Posted By For America and Roosevelt On March 7, 2011 @ 2:40 pm No, the Nation is historically quite liberal, maybe you’re thinking of, dunno, New Republic or something? » Posted By For America and Roosevelt On March 7, 2011 @ 2:37 pm As one of those who is adamant that our greatest terrorist threat is from the “ Christian ” Right, I find the whole projection-deflection-denial-etc. thing in this instance pretty outrageous. » Posted By For America and Roosevelt On March 7, 2011 @ 2:17 pm How did I do that? Weird . . . » Posted By For America and Roosevelt On March 7, 2011 @ 2:12 pm Coolest black hole novels – Gregory Benford’s Galactic Center series ( well, volumes 5 & 6, but well worth the read )– and the same author’s “ Eater ” – » Posted By For America and Roosevelt On March 7, 2011 @ 2:11 pm Whoops, I meant – http://www.youtube.com/show/cosmicjourneys?s=1 » Posted By For America and Roosevelt On March 7, 2011 @ 2:06 pm Ooh, cool stuff! Thank you! I found the full series listing – » Posted By For America and Roosevelt On March 7, 2011 @ 2:03 pm Not sure I follow . . . » Posted By For America and Roosevelt On March 7, 2011 @ 1:57 pmComments Posted By For America and Roosevelt
What the United States can learn from the tiny island nation of Mauritius.
By Joseph E. Stiglitz
Posted Monday, March 7, 2011, at 3:58 PM ET
http://www.worldswithoutend.com/searchwwe.asp?st=The+Galactic+Center+Series&t=1&at=All&gid=0&ys=0&ye=9999
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eater_(novel)
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