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"The system we have now might work for the powerful and well-connected interests that have run Washington for far too long, but I don’t. I work for the American people." -- President Obama, in his weekly address today.

The Russian Bear Slashes a Social Network

Basically, SUP (the corporate overlords) just cut 20 of the 28 SF-based staff for LJ.

(via the Dreamwidth mailing list, linking to xb95's journal post)

Dear Apple and Google,

We know that you must be distraught at the passing of Proposition 8 in California, which you both publicly opposedWe will remind you, though, that here in Massachusetts we still respect the rights of same-sex couples to marry ( Read more... )

From the BBC, Expedition set for 'ghost peaks':

It is perhaps the last great Antarctic expedition - to find an explanation for why there is a great mountain range buried under the White Continent. The Gamburtsevs match the Alps in scale but no-one has ever seen them because they are covered by up to 4km of ice. Geologists struggle to understand ( Read more... )

Brad DeLong on Zombie Banks

And here is my worry about the current plan to buy preferred rather than common stock of the banks. Preferred stock runs a risk of creating zombies--if shareholders and executives conclude that the preferred has all the equity value if they continue business as usual, then they will not continue business as usual but ( Read more... )

I know that there are several people on my flist that have moved since the last national election, so.... Is everyone out there registered to vote at their current address?

Voter registration information (including dates and instructions by state) from
Rock the Vote
Declare Yourself

How to check your registration status
Voters UniteThe earliest ( Read more... )

So Feministing linked to a list at Cracked of "Hollywood's 5 Saddest Attempts at Feminism". And so I read the list, and it was pretty interesting. But as I got to the end of it, I started wondering how it was that the author of the list became such an expert on female characters who, while on the surface may appear to be strong, are actually ( Read more... )

So today the Democratic-controlled House decided that it is more important to protect AT&T and the Bush Administration than it is to uphold the Fourth Amendment of the Constitution, and passed the 'compromise' version of the FISA Amendment bill. This basically says that it is indeed illegal for the government to spy on American citizens without a ( Read more... )

Apropos of last night's dinner conversation with jadelennox, aatish2, and dreams_of_wings, regarding University finances and payscales for non-tenured faculty, I found this article which calls Harvard a Tax-Free Hedge Fund. It also inclues a link to Harvard's income statement.

(Via Jay Ackroyd posting at EschatonI certainly wouldn't say that I agree with all of this analysis, ( Read more... )