Sunday, November 30, 2008

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Gay Marriage Watch: November 23rd-29th (Gayapolis)

Sun, 30 Nov 2008 12:23:47 -0800
Here's the latest news on gay marriage from around the world. The big news, from Edge Boston : "Australia's gay and lesbian families have won de facto legitimacy thanks to changes in the law that now includes same-sex couples under the same legal provisions as unmarried heterosexual couples."

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The Tories made them do it

Sun, 30 Nov 2008 14:45:33 -0800
Well that didn’t take long. Barely three days after the Finance minister rose to deliver his annual fall update, it is all in the dumpster: the fiscal plan, the curbs to subsidies to political parties, the suspension of public employees’ right to strike, maybe even the government itself. And the settled wisdom of every single pundit ...]

Saturday, November 29, 2008

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Stuck Behind the Taj Mahal Hotel in Mumbai

Sat, 29 Nov 2008 15:30:43 -0800
A traveler's terrifying and surreal account of being holed up in a hotel right behind the Taj Mahal Hotel in Mumbai - updated regularly.

The Awful Price of Journalistic Truth-Telling About Iraq

Sat, 29 Nov 2008 11:35:24 -0800
Jon Alpert traveled to Iraq in 1991 to document the war. Hours before his footage was to air on NBC, the network canceled its broadcast and fired him. In this Link TV interview, Robert Scheer discusses the firing and we air the controversial film.

Contract Work Can Lead to Investment Banking Jobs

Fri, 28 Nov 2008 20:50:00 -0800
Professionals with experience in financial restructuring, auditing and risk analysis could find this bear market a good time to be self-employed, says David King, an executive vice-president at Robert Half Management Resources. His firm specializes in placing contract people in finance and accounting.

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Revolutionary Road (2008) -vs- American Beauty (1999)

Sat, 29 Nov 2008 14:51:23 -0800
Lives of Not-So-Quiet Desperation The Smackdown. The hype around "Revolutionary Road," of course, will center around the fact that it re-unites Jack (Leonardo DiCaprio) and Rose (Kate Winslet) for the first time since the mega-super blockbuster "Titanic." But smacking "Revolutionary Road" against "Titanic" would be like comparing apples and sailboats. The real competition is between the family dysfunction of the 1999 Oscar winning "American Beauty" and the latest "Revolutionary Road" port

Thursday, November 27, 2008

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Mao's China vs Chinese revolution: history, finance, politics, globalization, wealth (cmi valparaíso)

Wed, 26 Nov 2008 19:25:43 -0800
is global financial cisis changing global politics and business map? Is Chinese century arriving sooner? What is really behind all the changes inside Chinese and Indian politics, business, finance and society?

The Seduction of Municipal Derivatives: JUST DON'T DO IT

Thu, 27 Nov 2008 07:03:56 -0800
Bloomberg just ran a story on municipalities entering into derivatives contracts to help finance budget deficits. I've seen this movie before about 15 years ago, and I can tell you how it ends: in tears.

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Ill turn to Web in hope of cure

Thu, 27 Nov 2008 16:32:52 -0800
Ill turn to Web in hope of cure CLAREMONT, Calif. | Until last year, Alan Felzer was an energetic engineering professor who took the stairs to his classes two steps at a time. Now the 64-year-old grandfather sits strapped to a wheelchair, able to move little but his left hand, his voice a near-whisper.

Wednesday, November 26, 2008

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Real Life Machines Named After Mortal Kombat Fatalities

Tue, 25 Nov 2008 12:29:34 -0800
Happy Birthday Survival Research Laboratories! The SRL team are much worshipped celebs on the machine scene, operating as a collective of "creative technicians" who get together with their tech pets to perform amazing feats which sound an awful lot like Mortal Kombat fatalities (Flame Tornado? Hand O God? The Mumbly Peg Stabber ???).

Tuesday, November 25, 2008

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TRAVEL TO LIBYA~!@#$%^&*()_+|`-=\{}:”?];’,./

Tue, 25 Nov 2008 16:59:55 -0800
-Borders Tunisia (Ras Adjir) and Egypt (Amsaad) open; Algeria, Chad, Sudan and (usually) Niger closed to non-Libyans VisaArranged as part of organised tour; can be picked up on arrival TimeGMT/UTC +1 TelephoneCountry code 218; international access code 00 MoneyLibyan dinar (LD); US$1 = 1.3LD SeasonsHot (June to August), wet (March and October), dry (rest of the year) Area1.8 million sq km Population5.5 million ATMsOne, but likely to be more soon CapitalTripoli BudgetUS$50 to US$100 per day L