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1. Bruce Sterling: State of the World, 2009
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Futurist and sf author Bruce Sterling’s annual State of the World discussions of The Well are always worth reading. This year he dialogues with Jon Lebkowsky, however others can join in. An excerpt. Cellphone banking is happening now among Third Worlders who never saw a bank in their lives
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public date: Sat, 03 Jan 2009 18:03:32 +0000
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2. Barack O Blend coffee
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Kona Joe of Hawaii presents Barak O Blend coffee, a blend of Hawaiian, Kenyan, and Indonesian coffee. “Sip the story of our 44th president. Hawaii, Kenya, and Indonesia. The coffee of change”
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public date: Sat, 03 Jan 2009 13:45:16 +0000
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3. Madoff was just the start
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SEC pursuing another $1 billion Ponzi scheme Um, since the SEC totally missed Madoff, even though they had been specifically warned about him, that they’ve just found another Ponzi scheme would seem to indicate that many more such schemes are out there too. Somehow, they do not inspire confid
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public date: Sat, 03 Jan 2009 05:27:54 +0000
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4. Factsheet about Israel?s war on Gaza
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Adam Sheets at Creative-i has a comprehensive history of the events leading up to the current hostilities between Hamas and Israel. While sympathetic to Palestinians, the report is unbiased and culled mainly from news reports. The precipitating event this time was the usual cat-and-mouse provocation
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public date: Sat, 03 Jan 2009 00:15:51 +0000
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5. Alleged humans arrested in vicious lesbian gang rape
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If guilty, they could get triple-digit-year sentences because it will probably be prosecuted as a hate crime too. It happened last month in Richmond, CA, part of the SF Bay area. Public outrage helped police make the arrests.
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public date: Fri, 02 Jan 2009 22:43:12 +0000
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6. RNC protest activist explains why he became FBI informant
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Brandon Darby, who helped organize the RNC protests, details in an open letter why he became an FBI informant. He says it wasn’t for money or to avoid prosecution but because he discovered that a few fellow activists were planning to make bombs. The majority of the activists who went to St. P
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public date: Fri, 02 Jan 2009 20:45:35 +0000
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7. Scotland to award $15 million as ocean energy prize
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The Saltire Prize of £10 million will go to the company with the best plan for tidal or wave energy in the waters of Scotland, which is already a leader in such energy. The Scottish government said the potential wave and tidal capacity in its waters is estimated at 21.5 GW, with studies showing tha
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public date: Fri, 02 Jan 2009 17:45:11 +0000
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8. Tracking Madoff and Dreier
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Tech blogger Robert Scoble has a great post about using FriendFeed to track news and searches. You can track blogs, ego searches, events, Twitter tags, news about your company, product or blog, or most anything really. It does this by aggregating info of your choice into what they call rooms. So, I
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public date: Fri, 02 Jan 2009 13:26:13 +0000
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9. Queen converting her Bentleys to biofuel
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Bentley plans a new line of biofuel-powered cars, and the Queen of England’s Bentleys are being converted. The Royal Family is highly supportive of such green measures, which certainly helps set a precedent.
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public date: Fri, 02 Jan 2009 07:08:51 +0000
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10. Hero of the Day. Utah student stops BLM land auction
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A Univ. of Utah student has deliberately sabotaged federal Bureau of Land Management oil and gas lease sales for land near national parks by winning bids for land he has no intention of paying for. Tim DeChristopher, 27, faces possible federal charges after winning bids totaling about $1.8 million
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public date: Fri, 02 Jan 2009 03:30:33 +0000
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