Notes from the Surf
Pie Chart
http://www.austinthirdgen.org/upload/piechart.jpg
These statistics don't lie.
Sixth book of the Hitchhiker's Guide trilogy to be written
http://news.bbc.co.uk/today/hi/today/newsid_7619000/7619708.stm
Sad to say And Another Thing... is not pieced together from drafts found in the desk of Douglas Adams. Nothing's right, I'm torn.
Man Tells Fax Spammers To Go Fax Themselves... And They Comply
http://consumerist.com/5050925/man-tells-fax-spammers-to-go-fax-themselves-and-they-comply
Ah, vengeance can be so sweet, even if it makes you feel all dirty inside.
Brazil and Argentina no longer have to rely on US dollar to trade with each other
http://www.inteldaily.com/?c=145&a=8171
It was kind of silly for them to have to resort to using it anyway.
The Complete (Though Ever-Changing) Elite Consensus Over the Financial Collapse
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2008/09/21
A few days ago elite opinion seemed to be cheering Paulson's "no bailout" line, and now they're cheering a trillion bucks thrown down the crapper.
The Proposed $700 Billion Bailout of Wall Street, the Largest Government Bailout of Private Industry in US History
http://www.democracynow.org/2008/9/22/sen_bernie_sanders_robert_scheer_and
"For years now, they’ve told us that we can’t afford—that the government providing healthcare to all people is just unimaginable; it can’t be done. We don’t have the money to rebuild our infrastructure. We don’t have the money to wipe out poverty. We can’t do it. But all of a sudden, yeah, we do have $700 billion for a bailout of Wall Street."
Which one is the elitist again?
http://s367.photobucket.com/albums/oo113/amk123amk/?action=view¤t=elitist2.gif
...actually, I highly doubt many politicians (and many voters) really know the depths of the country they've helped create, but anyway...
35 Years After Original 9/11: New Transcripts of Kissinger's Role in Chilean Coup
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2008/09/11-3
Kissinger: The only question is how one defines 'backfire.'
Rogers: Getting caught doing something. After all we've said about elections, if the first time a Communist wins the U.S. tries to prevent the constitutional process from coming into play we will look very bad.
Mall of America Video of the Privatized World
http://ainfos.ca/ainfos10561.html
You are free to shop, but if you're just here to celebrate the reinstatement of a union employee, it wouldn't be much of a police state if we let you, would it?
Free to be exploited, but not free to join a union
http://www.nupge.ca/news_2008/n19se08a.htm
"People live in fear out there that their employer will find out that they are going to stand up for their rights."