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I then log onto the internet which was developed by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Administration and post here on AWE, in freerepublic.com and of course the Fox News forums about how socialized health care is bad because the government can’t do anything right.
NPR: Why We Don't Know Nothing About Nationalization
So, rumors of nationalization will encourage people who own bank stocks to sell in a wild rush. Even though those banks stock prices are low, they're not zero. Not yet.
Even worse, any bank needs to borrow money constantly in order to survive. That's their business model: they borrow money and then lend the money out. If they can't borrow money, they are out of business. Would you lend money to a bank that you heard might be taken over by the government? Probably not.
McClatchy Washington Bureau | 10/12/2008 | Private sector loans, not Fannie or Freddie, triggered crisis
Only one of the top 25 subprime lenders in 2006 was directly subject to the housing law that's being lambasted by conservative critics.
The "turmoil in financial markets clearly was triggered by a dramatic weakening of underwriting standards for U.S. sub
cityofsound: A simulated Baltimore
Early in the conception of the drama, Ed Burns and I—as well as the late Bob Colesberry, a consummate filmmaker who served as the directorial producer and created the visual template for The Wire—conceived of a show that would, with each season, slice off
How Iceland Went From Blood Feuds to Geothermal - Freakonomics - Opinion - New York Times Blog
The medieval world was cruel and violent, yet even so, the Vikings had a reputation as the worst of the lot. Yet today the former Viking countries — Norway, Sweden, Denmark, and Iceland are arguably the nicest and most civilized people on earth. How did t
In God's name - National - smh.com.au
Church and state need to get out of each other's pockets, and give secularism a fair go, argues Keith Austin.
Big Surprise: Highways Don't Pay For Themselves : TreeHugger
a new Texas study looked at the cost of building and maintaining roads, and determined that for roads without tolls, the gas tax would have to be $ 2.22 per gallon, almost ten times what it is now in the States.
Jefferson Bible reveals Founding Father's view of God, faith - Los Angeles Times
He compiled the four Gospels into one text without miracles, ending with Jesus' burial rather than the resurrection.
In God's name - National - smh.com.au
Church and state need to get out of each other's pockets, and give secularism a fair go, argues Keith Austin.
Genocide in Rwanda (thing)@Everything2.com
The biggest critic of the French plan was the USA, due to the costs and risks involved in intervening in Rwanda (France retaliated by opposing the American plan to invade Haiti later that same year).
The Sydney Morning Herald: national, world, business, entertainment, sport and technology news from Australia's leading newspaper.
An International Energy Agency report has predicted that a commercial clean coal plant is unlikely to be operating before 2020.
Just days earlier California was rolling out the largest commercial solar power project in the world, which will serve 162,000
WorldChanging: A New Chance to Fix GDP
A National Academy of Sciences panel, for example, has laid out an exhaustive, sober, and detailed plan for issuing regular reports on several “satellite accounts” in tandem with the monetary tally of GDP.
Sydney promised $12.5b metro rail line - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
New South Wales Premier Morris Iemma has announced a $12.5 billion Government-funded metro rail line for growth areas in north-west Sydney.
CIA - The World Factbook -- Rank Order - Current account balance
163 United States $ -747,100,000,000 2007 est.
Robert Naiman: If Americans Knew What We Did to Iran, Would We Still Talk About Using Force? - Politics on The Huffington Post
Hands on buzzers, for 500 points: this democratic leader was overthrown in 1953 by a US-organized coup in retaliation for nationalizing oil resources previously controlled by the British.
The state holds the key to driving up electric car use | Environment | The Guardian
So why are electric cars not taking the market by storm? Two obvious reasons are cost and a lack of government support, and - more insidiously - there has been resistance by the oil industry.
AlterNet: Corporate Accountability and WorkPlace: The Fraud of Bushenomics: They’re Looting the Country
Money has no mind of its own. It has to be directed toward areas that will generate and support business and good jobs at good wages. As it happens, our economic goals are on the same road as the social good.
Dropping Out of Electoral College -- In These Times
Maryland is the first state to pass the National Popular Vote (NPV) into law, and several others are right behind
Reason Magazine - Predictions for 2008
As the end of the year approaches, it's time for another column of government overreach predictions for the New Year. What outrageous, beyond-parody grabs at power and erosions of civil liberties will transpire in 2008? My predictions:
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