Hi all I'm a UK Brand Consultant (sorry)and I'm doing a project about the intersection of: - personal technology [mobiles/cells, RFID tagging), - what I call...
... or consultancy? What is "value?" It reminds me of a comment out of an old spy novel, where the Soviet spy says to the American, "You people go for the...
I like your figures here John. ... This is where we are/are headed. Meanwhile ... the shell/shell interests are still playing the momentum game to get the last...
Mason, It was supposed to be 40 acres and a mule for the wealth producing slaves after the civil war. I figure the vast majority in this country, (not to...
I will be ok. We can live off the land if it comes to that and if it doesn't i'm fairly certain i won't let the market bite me in the behind. Everyone is...
You're doing better then me. Half the tomatos fall and rot before I get around to picking them and that case of canning jars my girlfriend had me buy are still...
Hi Govt. of Maharashtra has floated CIDCO (City Industrial Development Corporation) A State Govt. undertaking which is the most Corrupt undertaking of the ...
I was a little amused by this piece. CurrentTV is relaunching their website to make it more in line with YouTube's style. Not much commentary is needed. I...
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Oct 17, 2007 2:53 am
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NOTEBOOK Specific Suggestion: General Strike By Garret Keizer Awake and sing, ye that dwell in dust. —Isaiah 26:19 1. Of all the various depredations of the...
I think it is long since time folks squatting in the dust actually perform something. Good folks here and in other venues do heaps of citizenship off and...
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It's not to late to strike! DISASTER CAPITALISM The new economy of catastrophe By Naomi Klein Only a crisis--actual or perceived-produces real change. When...
Garret Keizer, freelance writer and contributing editor of Harper's Magazine, discusses his call for an Election Day "general strike" against the Bush...
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Nov 2, 2007 8:37 pm
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It does feel a bit more probable, now - but I don't know if there's enough publicity time to make something like this work. Maybe if Tom Friedman, Oprah...
Hi Douglas, My impression, lately, is that people who have actually read the proposal are incredibly moved. http://www.harpers.org/archive/2007/10/0081720 ...
I think the idea is noble and I am glad that a dialogue about a general strike is at least partially re-entering the public lexicon, but look, i think we...
Legba Carrefour
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Nov 3, 2007 6:20 pm
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I figure this would be a good time to repost this. When the dollar bubble does finally pop, I'll rewrite it. The further the pendulum gets pushed in one...
Hello Legba, I had similar misgivings about the election year factor. Namely, the whole left and center imagines the country can just sit back and let the...
I take issue with your 'house of cards is crumbling' heading. It reads as a pejorative commentary on the the current economy. The narrative of dismay and...
I'm interested in both IMF and World Bank - most importantly, the difference in the roles that the two play. I just met a guy last night who worked many years...
I can give a more intelligent response when I'm not hung over but I do have to say that I find it incredibly annoying when I hear things like "you can't ...
Legba Carrefour
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Nov 4, 2007 9:39 pm
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Then what is the IMF? Where are these defined properly? Wikipedia? ... Then what is the IMF? Where are these defined properly? Wikipedia? On Nov 4, 2007, at...