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Monthly Archives: February 2011
Contra Carney
Well, the Wall Street Journal is publishing fawning, sickly articles about how right The Washington Examiner‘s Tim Carney is, so The Busy Signal might as well take an abbreviated stab at making the opposite case. First, I ought to mention that … Continue reading
Posted in Labor
Tagged Chris Hayes, crony-ism, Labor, Milton Friedman, populism, Scott Walker, The Wall Street Journal, Wisconsin
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Four FAILs and a FTW: The Stumbling Old Guard
Welcome to the second edition of Four Fails & a For The Win, four mistakes in (or related to) the tech sector, and one great item—or in this edition, an amazing moment—that’s actually good for the tech ecosystem. As I … Continue reading
Posted in Art & Culture, Technology
Tagged aj daulerio, andrea kremer, bill simmons, cd, daulerio, deadspin, hbo, hodgy beats, itunes store, james blake, late night with jimmy fallon, lcd soundsystem, leitch, news corp, odd future, OFWGKTA, real sports, Rupert Murdoch, stubhub, The Daily, ticketmaster, tyler the creator, will leitch
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The Abortion Series: GA Rep. Bobby Franklin Wants to Ban Abortion, Investigate Miscarriages
That’s right ladies. Georgia State Representative Bobby Franklin (R) is sponsoring House Bill 1 (H.B. 1) which would criminalize abortion as murder–no exceptions for rape or incest–and would require “suspicious” miscarriages to be investigated to ensure that any “spontaneous fetal … Continue reading
Posted in American Politics, Feminism
Tagged Abortion, Elastic Clause, Georgia, H.B. 1, Rep. Bobby Franklin, Reproductive Rights, Roe v. Wade, us constitution
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“Run, comrade, the old world is behind you!” 1968, 2011 and Revolutionary Solidarity
“Everywhere I hear the sound of marching, charging feet, boy Cause summer’s here and the time is right for fighting in the street, boy” —The Rolling Stones, Street Fighting Man I have before me the wooden poster my parents gave … Continue reading
The Importance of Darwinism: An Open Letter to Glenn Beck
Dear Mr. Beck, As you might not have known, this past weekend was the two hundred and second anniversary of the birth of Charles Darwin, the scientific revolutionary who provided the world with the theory of evolution by natural selection … Continue reading
Posted in Art & Culture, Race, Science
Tagged adolf hitler, charles darwin, darwin day, darwinian evolution, eugenics, evolution, father of modern day racism, genetic inheritance, Glenn Beck, gregor mendel, half monkey half person, human genome, natural selection, on the origin of species, racism, Richard Dawkins, the ancestor's tale, the descent of man, the greatest show on earth, the human genome project
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Thorium Nuclear: The Race We Started and Are Now Losing
While China’s GDP is still only roughly one third of the US’, China is gaining fast, with Deutsche Bank predicting that it will surpass the US by the early 2020s. So, if China were to embark on a research and … Continue reading
Posted in American Politics, Science, Technology, The Economy
Tagged Climate Change, environment, Green Movement, science
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In Your Eyes
What makes a male love interest? What are the rules? Just what is it, exactly, that makes one actor more bankable to a female audience than another? I’m talking about the rainmakers: the Richard Geres, Robert Pattinsons, John Corbetts, Matthew … Continue reading
Posted in Art & Culture
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