Plastic recycling is bullshit
U.S. plastic recycling rate drops to close to 5% in a report. Read on to see the details.
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America is the only rich country that has frequent mass shootings
So far this year, America averages one mass shooting per day (four or more people killed or injured).
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Quote from Business Adventures: Twelve Classic Tales from the World of Wall Street
In 1865 the progressive income tax was eliminated, on grounds that high- and low-income rates unfairly discriminated against wealth.
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Edward #Snowden Bust in Brooklyn Park (just for a few hours…)
Activists erected a Snowden-Memorial in a NYC park; police is furious and removed it quickly.
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Insane: mother jailed for letting 9-year old play alone
Debra Harrell was jailed for letting her nine-year-old play unsupervised, raising questions about how kids learn independence.
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Germans requesting asylum in USA for not being allowed to home-school in Germany
Lexington’s home-school conundrum is highlighted by The Economist, involving German Christians who claimed asylum.
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Senate Comittee Result of Goldman Sachs Inquiry
A scary report regarding Goldman Sachs’ actions during the financial bust; the inquiry gives hope that some people will go to jail.
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What is the opposite of competition?
EU debates split on solidarity versus competition, while Anglo-Saxon liberals frame monopoly as the answer to competition’s pain—read on.
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US-Border Authority turns conference speaker away
There is a scary blog entry and important information for anybody who is speaking at US conferences; read on.
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