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Herman Cain is a great man, but his GodFather pizzas do not taste good. — [QUALITY TEST]

Chris F. Masse — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 14:05:49 +0000

… “the panel unanimously voted Godfather’s Pizza the worst slice of the five.”

The Kauffman Foundation wants a Steve Jobs Memorial on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. — [LINK]

Chris F. Masse — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 19:43:26 +0000

Quite a rich idea, me thinks.

On a related note, here’s Eric Schmidt on Steve Jobs. [Download this post to watch the video, if your feed reader does not show it to you.]

Ex-HSX Max Keiser claims that InTrade’s Ron Paul prediction market is manipulated. — [VIDEO]

Chris F. Masse — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 16:36:48 +0000

The Belo Monte dam project in the Amazon rainforest has been OK’ed. — [VIDEO]

Chris F. Masse — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 09:11:07 +0000

NYT. BBC.

Wikipedia:

The Belo Monte Dam (formerly known as Kararaô) is a proposed hydroelectric dam complex on the Xingu River in the state of Pará, Brazil. The planned installed capacity of the dam complex would be 11,233 megawatts (MW), which would make it the second-largest hydroelectric dam complex in Brazil and the world’s third-largest in installed capacity, behind the Three Gorges Dam in China and the Brazilian-Paraguayan Itaipu Dam.

The opponents‘ thesis.

Six Italian seismologists and one government official will be tried for the manslaughter of those who died in an earthquake that struck the city of L’Aquila on 6 April 2009. — [NEWS]

Chris F. Masse — Thu, 26 May 2011 22:20:26 +0000

“Six Italian seismologists and one government official will be tried for the manslaughter of those who died in an earthquake that struck the city of L’Aquila on 6 April 2009.”

Grandson of famed economist Milton Friedman is sued for downloading porn over the Internet. — [LINK]

Chris F. Masse — Sat, 07 May 2011 08:20:13 +0000

Patri Friedman:

http://m.wired.com/threatlevel/2011/03/bittorrent/

Cryptome (a kind of WikiLeaks) publishes 10 photos of the destroyed Fukushima nuclear power plant. — [PHOTOS]

Chris F. Masse — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 16:07:43 +0000

Christchurch, New Zealand, as the 2011 quake hits — [INCREDIBLE PICTURE]

Chris F. Masse — Fri, 25 Mar 2011 08:56:01 +0000

Japanese nuclear disaster and Japanese press coverage — [TRUTH SOCIOLOGY]

Chris F. Masse — Thu, 17 Mar 2011 14:08:32 +0000

In response to Marginal Revolution. Here’s a French journalist covering the events in Japan. My translation.

I got rapidly aware that information is blocked. It is not possible to assist to press conferences or to get accredited. And our Japanese colleagues are not used to asking disturbing questions… –if ever they ask questions. It is not censorship, but it is a state of mind that is truly surprising for us… In Japan, there are plenty of non-written rules that everybody applies.

I understand that a Japanese journalist is supposed to present things a certain way. All is in the way of asking a question. If I ask to some Japanese folks whether they are afraid, they blush and answer “no”. Now, if I ask them whether they are worried, they answer “yes”. Generally speaking, their government don’t lie to them.

Consumers in the U.S. will soon be able to receive and send funds to any eligible Visa credit, debit or prepaid account, anywhere in the world. — [NEWS]

Chris F. Masse — Wed, 16 Mar 2011 14:57:15 +0000

“Bank customers of participating financial institutions will have the option to select a Visa account as the destination for funds when making a personal payment. By simply entering the recipient’s 16-digit Visa account, email address or mobile phone number, consumers can send funds directly from their bank account to a recipient’s Visa account. This makes sending money to a niece for her birthday or to a son in college simpler, faster, and more convenient than before.“