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  1. AliEnvy

    2012: any third party contenders?

    It's interesting that the people getting behind Ron Paul are the young'uns. YouTube - 1/6 Ron Paul 20/20 Banned ABC News Interview YouTube - 2/6 Ron Paul 20/20 Banned ABC News Interview YouTube - 3/6 Ron Paul 20/20 Banned ABC News Interview YouTube - 4/6 Ron Paul 20/20 Banned ABC News Interview...
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    Domestic digital spying

    Speaking of internet privacy, is reading your spouse's email a crime? Man charged with felony for reading wife's e-mail - Weird News - Canoe.ca A man from Rochester Hills, Mich., could face up to five years behind bars for reading his wife's e-mails. Oakland County prosecutors have charged...
  3. AliEnvy

    Don't be that Guy

    Booze-fuelled sex assaults targeted - Canada - Canoe.ca
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    MDG Reboot

    M.D.G.’s for Beginners ... and Finishers By BONO Published: September 18, 2010 http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/19/opinion/19bono.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1 I’ve noticed that New Yorkers, and I sometimes try to pass for one these days, tend to greet the word “summit” with an irritated roll of the...
  5. AliEnvy

    Chernobyl 2.0?

    :| http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/11/world/europe/11russia.html?_r=2&hp There hasn't been much coverage of the fires, but apparently most of Russia is burning.
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    Rogue JetBlue attendant: Hero or villain?

    Either way, talk show and reality show producers are probably tripping over each other in a stampede to capitalize on this guy's 15 minutes. JetBlue flight attendant Steven Slater goes berserk at Kennedy Airport, activates inflatable chute aboard flight at gate and flees - NYPOST.com...
  7. AliEnvy

    The cathedral and the brothel

    NYC and San Francisco are two of my favourite cities. Primarily the article demonstrates why NYC will never be a tech haven but loved the comparison of underlying cultural factors that point to entrepreneurship (builders) vs establishment (hustlers). New York will always be a tech backwater...
  8. AliEnvy

    Billionaires pay it forward

    :heart: 40 billionaires pledge to donate half their wealth - TODAYshow.com
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    Sunday Dispatch.478

    You can choose a ready guide in some celestial voice. If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice. You can choose from phantom fears and kindness that can kill; I will choose a path that's clear I will choose freewill. ~ The Yoda of Drums
  10. AliEnvy

    The high-heel index

    On the Heels of a Recession For the slideshow: On the Heels of a Recession - Slide Show - NYTimes.com
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    The Density of Smart People

    No wonder we're Little San Francisco. :sexywink:
  12. AliEnvy

    Bride of Frankenstein

    I'm surprised this Thursday news from the man who mapped the human genome hasn't made it in here yet. Here is one of many reactions. Vatican calls synthetic cell creation 'interesting' - CNN.com Rome, Italy (CNN) -- The Vatican had praise Saturday for this week's announcement that scientists...
  13. AliEnvy

    Cougars vs sugar daddies

    Cougars vs. sugar daddies: Dating website accuses Google of sexism | Posted | National Post By Kenyon Wallace May 13, 2010 The founder of a Toronto-based dating website for older women looking for younger men is accusing Google of sexism for labeling Internet ads for “cougar” dating sites...
  14. AliEnvy

    Inside the dangerously empty lives of teenage girls

    Spotted this magazine cover in the supermarket yesterday so found the article online. Do you think it's exaggerated or a fair portrayal? Inside the dangerously empty lives of teenage girls - Books, The Interview - Macleans.ca A few points struck me as expressing the performance aspect of...
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    Editor in Chief

    CANOE -- JAM! Music: Bono, Geldof to guest edit Globe TORONTO — Extra, Extra! — Bono and Bob Geldof are set to guest-edit the Globe and Mail. The rock stars/activists will assist with the May 10th :bonodrum:edition of the newspaper. A special section will be devoted to “Emerging Africa,” a...
  16. AliEnvy

    Malaysian taxi drivers have a better standard of living than YOU?

    The Spirit Level: Why Greater Equality Makes Societies Stronger Bill Moyers Journal . Transcripts | PBS It's worth reading that whole transcript. It's not new information per se, but a compelling, evidence-based presentation of what all of us articulate in very different ways. An a-ha for...
  17. AliEnvy

    There Are No Artists on the Assembly Line

    From a (non-U2) book I'm currently reading: What do you think?
  18. AliEnvy

    Basically, It's Over

    Charles Munger is Berkshire Hathaway's vice chairman - Warren Buffet's business partner. A parable about how one nation came to financial ruin. - By Charles Munger - Slate Magazine Basically, It's Over: A parable about how one nation came to financial ruin. By Charles MungerUpdated Sunday...
  19. AliEnvy

    Simultaneous solipsism

    The Rag and Bone Shop of the Self: Social Media and Networked Subjectivity ? Generation Bubble
  20. AliEnvy

    Sexist or celebratory?

  21. AliEnvy

    How to split up the US

    Some of the doom and gloomers have empire US breaking up into regions - but how many would there be and what would they look like? Very cool Facebook map in this link that has some expected and surprising connections among regions. PeteSearch: How to split up the US Stayathomia Dixie Greater...
  22. AliEnvy

    Reverse-generativity and the generational divide

    An interesting NY Times op-ed that cuts across a few currrent thread topics from an entirely different perspecive. Reinforces that demographics explains two thirds of everything. Op-Ed Columnist - The Geezers’ Crusade - NYTimes.com Governmant spending :ohmy: Happiness, priorities and gender...
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    Survival of the Kindest

    Social scientists build case for 'survival of the kindest' ScienceDaily (Dec. 9, 2009) — Researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, are challenging long-held beliefs that human beings are wired to be selfish. In a wide range of studies, social scientists are amassing a growing body...
  24. AliEnvy

    Christian-libertarian-capitalist-environmentalist-lunatic farmer

    I saw Food, Inc. on DVD last weekend - this guy was the highlight of the film. What is a 'Moral' Way to Raise Food? - ABC News Meet the best, loudest (and only) Christian-libertarian-capitalist-environmentalist-lunatic farmer on the face of planet Earth. Joel Salatin, self-professed owner of...
  25. AliEnvy

    Believers have better sex

    Ok so that's not what this article is about but it IS in there. :sexywink: Rather, what I found interesting was the AWARE study that will attempt to prove the separation of consciousness from the physical brain. D'Souza's New Book Promises Proof of the Afterlife | Newsweek Books | Newsweek.com
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