Seven Seconds
As regular visitors here can attest, I’ve been generally quiet over the past few months, and specifically quiet where the …
Recipe for Disaster
A lot of blame is being thrown around these days, and I’m surprised at how often the lowly consumer is …
Super database coming soon for British citizens?
It seems to be at only the contemplation stage, and evidently they won’t be recording what you’re saying, only who …
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Fed Refuses to Disclose Recipients of $2 Trillion in Lending
The Federal Reserve refused a request by Bloomberg News to disclose the recipients of more than $2 trillion of emergency …
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So it’s 7.5 trillion now. Do you feel bailed-out yet?
Just weeks after we were so concerned about 700 billion dollars in proposed bailouts, passed under threat of all kinds …
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The next book
It’s not quite finished yet on paper, but it’s all there in my head, so it shouldn’t be too much …
Mini nuclear plants to power 20,000 homes
From the Guardian Nuclear power plants smaller than a garden shed and able to power 20,000 homes will be on …
Has the surveillance society already arrived?
from the BBC The government gathers more data on us than anyone else and has big plans to collect even …
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Plan B: Flood Banks with Cash
Plan A, it seems to me, was to commandeer the lifeboats before yelling “Every man for himself.” Who knows? Maybe …
New surveillance program will turn military satellites on US
An appropriations bill signed by President Bush last week allows the controversial National Applications Office to begin operating a stringently …
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The Fork
There’s a common tactic in chess called a fork, in which a player forces his or her opponent into a …
House ignores Bush, rejects $700B bailout bill
The House on Monday defeated a $700 billion emergency rescue package, ignoring urgent pleas from President Bush and bipartisan congressional …
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