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http://science.slashdot.org/story/10/02/21/0620233/Atlas-Vs-Sonic-Boom-Made-Visible-By-Sundog Awesome video.  Rainbow waves in the sky. http://tech.slashdot.org/story/10/02/22/2038241/New-EnglishArabic-Translation-Site-Hopes-To-Promote-Citizen-Diplomacy

“I used to think it would take a global financial crisis to get both parties to the table, but we just had one,” said G. William Hoagland, who was a fiscal policy adviser to Senate Republican leaders and a witness to past bipartisan budget summits. “These days I wonder if this country is even governable.”

http://www.slate.com/id/2244198/pagenum/all/ Neat article looking at the “overwhelming” effect of media, across many years. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1592405525?ie=UTF8&tag=geekdad0320&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=1592405525 “Geek Dad” book.  Geeky projects and activities for dads and kids to share. http://www.measuringworth.com/uscompare/ Comparing the value of the US Dollar, 1774 to present. The nice part about being a pessimist is that you are constantly being either proven right or […]

“The greater part of progress is the desire to progress.” — Seneca

Turn On, Tune In, Veg Out – Neal Stephenson http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/dieselciviltrust/iODX/~3/AXoFJ17VS50/301805841 Maybe the US doesn’t have it right, but it looks like non-Nationalized healthcare works pretty well for Mexico.  Need to dig deeper into exactly what is included in all the costs, specifically infrastructure. NYSE:DDR Research http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/thesimpledollar/~3/c0QSI2RVLJ0/ “Little Book” reviews of Jason Zweig’s books. http://www.informationweek.com/blog/main/archives/2009/12/santa_claus_tec.html?cid=nl_IW_daily_2009-12-29_h Santa […]

Leviathan – Thomas Hobbes Found the audiobook at http://www.librivox.org http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dillon%27s_Rule#Dillon.27s_Rule http://itexpertvoice.com/home/windows-7-and-ipv6-useful-at-last/ http://itexpertvoice.com/ad/directaccess-and-the-vpn-dragon/ http://entertainment.slashdot.org/submission/1136438/Music-by-natural-selection http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/RayUr4OEOV0/Simulation-o f-Close-Asteroid-Fly-By

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/columnists/janetdaley/6845967/ There’ll -be-nowhere-to-run-from-the-new-world-government.html tl;dr. Read it later. BAMA.TO Not a URL, though it’s curious.