June 2012
1 tag
1 tag
2 tags
The Euro is a Big Success - No Kidding →
Via Greg Palast in the Guardian:
Robert Mundell, evil genius of the euro
For the architect of the euro, taking macroeconomics away from elected politicians and forcing deregulation were part of the plan
Read Article
1 tag
1 tag
1 tag
1 tag
1 tag
1 tag
3 tags
1 tag
2 tags
1 tag
2 tags
1 tag
Senator Bernie Sanders Reports on Zero Interest... →
Via: Sanders.Senate.Gov
During the financial crisis, at least 18 former and current directors from Federal Reserve Banks worked in banks and corporations that collectively received over $4 trillion in low-interest loans from the Federal Reserve.
Thnx: theamericanbear
1 tag
Lady Blacktronika Live @ Tighten Up (May 18, 2012) →
Image opens music stream
Ms Lady Blacktronika
Sound Black Recordings / Sound Kemystry, Redding, United States
Northern Californian Deep House and Soul
2 tags
2 tags
Robert Reich: Why The Economy Can't Get Out of... →
robertreich:
Rarely in history has the cause of a major economic problem been so clear yet have so few been willing to see it.
The major reason this recovery has been so anemic is not Europe’s debt crisis. It’s not Japan’s tsumami. It’s not Wall Street’s continuing excesses. It’s not, as right-wing economists…
Read Entire Post
2 tags
1 tag
3 tags
1 tag
2 tags
2 tags
WatchEmpires a Film on Networks
2 tags
1 tag
1 tag
2 tags
3 tags
3 tags
Political Entropy
In 2001, American social scientist Carl Boggs used the term political entropy as a metaphor for, what he describes as, “the deep sense of political malaise that gripped American society in the 1990s—a malaise deeply rooted in historical processes that have given rise to unprecedented levels of popular distrust, hostility, and alienation toward the political system, politicians, and indeed...
2 tags
S = K Log W
Boltzmann’s entropy formula
The equation was originally formulated by Ludwig Boltzmann between 1872 to 1875, but later put into its current form by Max Planck in about 1900. To quote Planck, “the logarithmic connection between entropy and probability was first stated by L. Boltzmann in his kinetic theory of gases.”
1 tag
1 tag
2 tags
“A daydream … is just a means of eavesdropping on those novel thoughts generated...”
– In his new neuroscience blog for the New Yorker, the inimitable Jonah Lehrer reports on a new study exploring the virtues of daydreaming.
As any noteworthy scientist or creator can attest, discovery often happens in that intuitive space of unconscious association.
(via explore-blog)
2 tags
2 tags
3 tags
Obama Order Sped Up Wave of Cyberattacks Against...
The worlds is your oyster when use sharp cyber knives to pluck your pearls. Who’s the biggest bad ass on the cyber front?
Via NY Times:
by DAVID E. SANGER - June 1, 2012
WASHINGTON — From his first months in office, President Obama secretly ordered increasingly sophisticated attacks on the computer systems that run Iran’s main nuclear enrichment facilities, significantly expanding...
2 tags
