July 2010
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“Saving millions of jobs and the American auto industry at an ultimately very...”
– Ezra Klein, “Can Obama make success popular?”
Jul 31st
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Real America: Your Civil Rights Sausage Is Made in... →
More on Tom Emmer and Target. See the middle bit, about the “pro-business” dodge.
Jul 30th
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John Smith, “The Girl Chewing Gum” (via Twin City Sidewalks)
Jul 30th
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A mile marker for the African American cycling... →
“Cyclists from across the country were in St. Paul this weekend [July 17] for what’s believed to be the first event of its kind: an African American-focused bike festival.”
Jul 30th
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Wrapped Watertower, Mendota Heights video by David Steinlicht (via Urban Sketchers Twin Cities)
Jul 29th
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Update on the Oil Spills—All of Them →
Of course, this isn’t all of them. It’s just the ones that are directly affecting the USA right now.
Jul 29th
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Jul 29th
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Jul 27th
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Lake Superior, a Huge Natural Climate Change... →
Jul 27th
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Jul 27th
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CBO: Public option could save $68 billion by 2020 →
“Stark wants to add a public option to the exchanges that would start by paying doctors the rates Medicare pays plus 5 percent, and then grow with the cost of physicians’ services. According to the CBO, this plan’s premiums ‘would be 5 percent to 7 percent lower, on average, than the premiums of private plans offered in the exchanges… [and] would reduce federal budget...
Jul 23rd
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The nature of authority →
Jul 23rd
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Top Secret America | washingtonpost.com →
Jul 20th
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Jul 19th
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“Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I’m not sure...”
– Albert Einstein? Probably not.
Jul 19th
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Jul 17th
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Jul 17th
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Jul 15th
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Jul 13th
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Making Little Plans: City Hall Coasts on Bike... →
Interesting overview of “stagnant” bike support in Chicago.
Jul 13th
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“One day, a killer whale in Puget Sound started pushing a dead salmon around in...”
– Natalie Angier, “Save a Whale, Save a Soul, Goes the Cry”
Jul 13th
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Jul 12th
Jul 12th
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“I think it’s important to let people know that climate scientists aren’t all...”
– Gavin A. Schmidt, quoted in the New York Times: “The Future Scientist as Young Idealist”
Jul 12th
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“These public cameras – the embodiment of the Orwellian “telescreen” – have...”
– Yoani Sánchez (aka Generation Y) on Cuba’s surveillance cameras, “Fish Eyes” (via Global Voices Online)
Jul 6th
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Jul 5th
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Jul 3rd