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Tag Archives: Texas
Jean-Michel Jarre’s 1986 huge concert in Houston, Texas + Jean-Michel Jarre’s 1988 epic concert in London’s Docklands, U.K. + Jean-Michel Jarre’s 1981 historic concerts in China. — [VIDEO]
Don’t miss the laser harp: Click on ‘More’ for the rest of the post (plenty of rare Jarre concert videos).
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Texas Governor Rick Perry on how he fought to control government waste in the Lone Star State.
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Tagged public spending, Rick Perry, Texas, Texas Governor, Texas State, US politics
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A multi-million dollar Bugatti sports car driven into Texas’s saltwater marsh
Our Mike Giberson was not at the helm.
Don’t speak English. –> Get arrested… by the Dallas Police.
I am in favor of the English language being imposed on all Earth’s citizens. I am serious. CNN – Dallas Cop Gives Ticket To Women For Not Speaking English:
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Tagged Dallas, Dallas Police, English, English language, Texas, United States Of America, USA
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Earlier this year, a panel of right-wing “experts†produced a report urging the committee to remove biographies of George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, Stephen F. Austin, and César Chávez, and instead add history about the “motivational role the Bible and the Christian faith played in the settling of the original colonies.â€
Our good friend Mike Giberson has landed in a state governed by crazy lunatics.
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Tagged bigots, lunatics, Mike Giberson, Texas, United States Of America
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James Surowiecki was in Texas (Michael Giberson’s new land), yesterday, spinning educators (interested in technology) about prediction markets and collective intelligence.
National Educational Computing Conference (“the premier forum in which to learn, exchange, and survey the field of educational technology“) Classic stuff about the wisdom of crowds, but people enjoyed it. -
The best researchers on prediction markets
CFM: Scholars Check that CFM page for updates. And contact me so I can make additions to the list. (I’ll then re-publish that updated list on Midas Oracle.) – Michael Abramowicz – Michael B. Abramowicz – (Law School, George Washington … Continue reading
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Are prediction markets all hat and no cattle?
Asks Lucy Vega. How are you going to get figures, Lucy? Nigel, what the hell were you doing in Texas?? -