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Reading The Economist about the middle class it has risen fast in recent years over the world and they think the economy downturn will hurt this and with it the values to better the world.
''A reversal of middle-class fortunes could have serious effects. As this report has argued, the new middle class contribute a lot to a country's growth, effeciency and equity-as consumers, as investors in ''human capital'' and because they engage in a wider range of economic activities than the rich and are more likely to create jobs than the poor. They also tend to promote liberalisation and, indirectly, democracy by moving moving their countries away from the politics of patronage. All of these things would be at risk if they would be hurt by recession.''
Digital images shot from a camera attached to a weather balloon from 0 to 117,597 ft and back down again.
a silver lining to australian bush fires? cutest koala pics ever.
erin
Swarthy arab terrorist found with dirty bomb material in the US.
Oh, no, wait, make that white neo-nazi pissed off that Obama was elected found slain with dirty bomb parts in his Maine house.
Let's invade Iran!
CNBC "interview" with Nouriel Roubini and Nassim Taleb. Interesting because I think these two have correctly understood the financial situation and are able to articulate the solution. And the CNBC people demonstrate the sort of mentality that runs through at least some of the financial sector (and most of the major media) that has created all these problems. It's just amazing how dumb the hosts are (and yet, perversely, so arrogant at the same time!)
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Jim 110 by Friday......
classic shorts
how bout getting into dorothy parkers shorts?
Where was the NYC smells like maple syrup thread? In any case: mystery solved.
The editor of The New York Times has hinted that the newspaper might charge again for access to some of its online offerings, less than two years after abandoning fees to boost advertising revenue.
Executive Editor Bill Keller gave no specifics or timetable, and company officials characterized the internal discussions as general and ongoing.
In an online question-and-answer exchange with readers this week, Keller said that although advertising generates the bulk of online revenue, "a lively, deadly serious discussion continues within The Times about ways to get consumers to pay for what we make."
Possibility include charging for full-access subscriptions, developing a micro-payment model in which readers pay a few pennies each time they click on a page and selling news to be distributed on reading devices, as the Times already does with Amazon.com Inc.'s Kindle.
history of the internet (matt mullican much?)
big shot
Apple thriving on 25th anniversary of the Mac
By Aidan Malley
Published: 02:25 PM EST
Born at a time when people assumed desktop computers were all about text, the primarily visual Macintosh is marking its 25th anniversary on a mostly high note with some of its best-ever sales and influence beyond just desktop computers.
The design was originally envisioned in the late 1970s by early Apple employee Jef Raskin as a truly accessible computer that didn't require the at times arcane text commands of most computers.
(skinny, with you for 7 of those 25)
sad world
Pakistan's dancing girls flee Taliban
Dean Nelson, Mingora, Pakistan
January 13, 2009
PAKISTAN'S celebrated dancing girls are fleeing in fear of their lives as Taliban militants increase their strength in the North-West Frontier Province.
The bullet-riddled body dumped in the centre of Mingora's Green Square sent two clear messages to people in the Swat Valley's largest town: "un-Islamic vices" will no longer be tolerated, and the Taliban are effectively in control.
The woman, known only as Shabana, was found slumped on the ground, strewn with banknotes, CDs of her dance performances and photographs.
Local Taliban commander Maulana Shah Dauran broadcast a warning on one of the group's radio stations: his men had killed her and if any other girls were found performing in the city's Banr Bazaar they would be killed "one by one".
The last of the bazaar's dancing girls, many of whom had trained under Shabana's wing and lived in her house, were seen loading their belongings on to trucks and fleeing to the relative safety of Karachi and Lahore at the weekend.
The banishment marks a key turning point in the battle for the Swat Valley between Taliban militants and Pakistan's army. It followed recent orders to close girls' schools, shut shops selling music and films and stop barbers shaving beards.
The dancing girls' performances had been one of the city's last "vices".
More than 1000 girls have fled, though some who remained said Shabana had paid the price for defying the Taliban's mullahs and that she had ignored warnings to stop the performances and the training of young dancers.
I saw MB and Jim on TV!
20' bush shoe throw
the inauguration opening celebration is being broadcasted on HBO (HD) for free for non-subscribers.heres the schedule. im hoping jamie fox comes out in his Wanda character.
i guess i was distracted by the plane in the hudson miracle and missed that patrick mcgoohan died. secret agent and the prisoner. master of cold war era tv (sur)realism.
i highly recomand the nick cave show!!
http://www.jackshainman.com/dynamic/artist.asp?ArtistID=23