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- Mitt Romney’s taxes — [LINKS]
- A critique of Apple’s multimedia iBooks. — [LINK]
- Does Apple lack “generosity”? — [LINKS]
- Apple Education Push — [LINKS]
- Water Crystals — [DOCUMENT]
- Apple’s e-book software will allow publishers to make textbooks more interactive. — [LINKS + VIDEO]
- Alain Soral is France’s most dangerous intellectual… (dangerous for the French plutocrats, that is). — [VIDEO]
- Computers thru time — [CHART]
- NASA has finally understood the theorical basis of LENR (low-energy nuclear reactions). — [VIDEO]
- Why Samsung is no Apple — [VIDEO]
- Mitt Romney @ Bain Capital — [VIDEO]
- Central banks should set up prediction markets. — [LINK]
- Max Keiser on NADEX — [VIDEO]
- New Hampshire prediction markets screwed up political forecasting in 2008. Will they be right this time? — [CHARTS]
- The real reasons why prediction markets are accurate. — [LINK]
- Much better than a bike… and more affordable than a SegWay… –> The Me-Mover — [VIDEO]
- InTrade is not predictive, says notable financial journalist. — [SCREENSHOT]
- Drudge links directly to InTrade prediction markets, bypassing journalos. — [SCREENSHOT]
- BetFair’s glitch ruins a set of £23m prediction markets. — [LINKS]
Monthly Archives: March 2011
The United States of America is broke. – [VIDEO]
Posted in Finance, Politics, The Global Economy
Tagged America, debt, deficits, Finance, public debt, United States Of America, US economy, US government, USA
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Islam threatens free speech in Europe. — [VIDEO]
Islam et menaces sur la liberté d'expressionenvoyé par enquete-debat. – L'actualité du moment en vidéo. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_of_speech
Posted in Politics
Tagged America, Europe, free speech, Freedom, freedom of expression, freedom of press, freedom of speech, Islam, liberty, Politics, United States Of America
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Nassim Taleb on deficits – [VIDEO]
http://www.charlierose.com/view/content/11516
Posted in Finance, The Global Economy
Tagged debt, deficits, economy, Nassim N. Taleb, Nassim Nicholas Taleb, Nassim Taleb, US economy, US public debt
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Galloping North-American Buffalo – [IMAGES]
A bison hunt depicted by George Catlin: A pile of bison skulls in the 1870s:
Posted in Art, History
Tagged America, American bison, American buffalo, animals, bison, bisons, buffalo, buffaloes, Norty America
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Don’t buy the Motorola Xoom: It is clunky. – [REVIEW]
“Don’t buy the Xoom unless you really, really don’t like Apple products.” More here.
Getting rid of inequality = Getting rid of risks and startups – [VIDEO]
Paul Graham (Y Combinator): Previous attempts to hack the connection between wealth and power have aimed mainly at eliminating economic inequality. They’ve all ended in disaster, because economic inequality is closely related to risk: you can’t eliminate inequality without eliminating … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Economics, Entrepreneurship, The Global Economy
Tagged Economics, economy, entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, growth, inequality, Paul Graham, risks, startups, US economy, Y Combinator
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Why the New Jersey governor vetoed the Internet gambling bill – [REPORT]
“New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie vetoed a bill that would have made his state the first in the U.S. to re-introduce online gambling. But he also suggested the state Legislature could revive the effort by asking voters to approve the … Continue reading
Posted in Betting, Gambling, Politics, Regulations
Tagged Betting, Chris Christie, Gambling, Internet betting, Internet gambling, laws, New Jersey, Regulations
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