September 6, 2010 archive
Sep 06 2010
Docudharma Times Monday September 6
Sep 06 2010
Strike Anywhere Matches
Did you know the UN 1331 classifies them as a “dangerous” substance?
http://www.google.com/#hl=en&s…
But not depleted uranium,cluster bombs, land mines, cruise missles or falling spy satellites.
Sep 06 2010
Muse in the Morning
 Muse in the Morning |
An Opened Mind XVIII
| Presumption must be quenched even more than a fire.
– Heraclitus |
 Garnet with Inlay
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Sep 06 2010
Happy Labor Day
It may not be the real Worker’s Day, but it’s what we’ve got, and we just need to learn to make the most of the things we have if we’re ever going to change things for real, change things for ourselves.
Happy Labor Day!
Sep 06 2010
Pique the Geek 20100905: Star Trek Gadgets
Most of you who read my posts know that I am a big fan of the Gene Roddenberry Star Trek universe of science fiction. Those of you who do not read my posts as often also know that I am a dedicated fan of Doctor Who.
What you might not know is that both of those TeeVee Series have contributed more that you might not have thought towards our technology as it stands at present. Well, we do not have a TARDIS just yet, but we have many of the things that Star Trek pioneered. Tonight we will study just a few of them that are common.
Please stay with us on this trek. By the way, the term “Star Trek” was NEVER used in the original series, but finally was uttered in the very last installment of Star Trek, The Next Generation, by “Q”.
Sep 06 2010
Sunday Train: Sustaining Our Suburbs
Burning the Midnight Oil for Living Energy Independence
As Dean Baker reported on the (bookmark worthy) Real World Economics Review Blog, new home sales figures for July are out, and they are exactly as would have been expected when the Mortgage Brokers Association reported a slump in mortgage applications in May.
The stronger figures earlier in this year, in other words, included more than a normal rebound from a recession:
People who might have bought in the second half of 2010 or even 2011 instead bought their home before the tax credit expired. Now that the credit has expired, there is less demand than ever, leaving the market open for another plunge in prices. The support the tax credit gave to the housing market was only temporary
This does not mean that all policy response is futile: what it does mean is that the policy response must address the problem we are experiencing, not the problem we wish we were experiencing.
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