UC Berkeley on 11/9
UC Davis on 11/19
If there’s on thing that OWS is doing effectively, they’re highlighting the problem with the over-militarization of police.
Rick Perry and HPV vaccine-maker have deep financial ties - The Washington Post
Always, always follow the money.
(Source: 12onpaul)
America is a scooter-bound glutton who, when its continuously increasing mass finally overwhelms the doughtiest scooter’s capacities, shakes its fat fists like a mad baby and demands deliverance from the laws of physics.
http://www.economist.com/blogs/democracyinamerica/2011/08/fiscal-reform (posted by wilkes)
(Source: rickbradley)
The U.S. Constitution mentions three federal crimes by citizens: treason, piracy and counterfeiting. By the turn of the 20th century, the number of criminal statutes numbered in the dozens. Today, there are an estimated 4,500 crimes in federal statutes, according to a 2008 study by retired Louisiana State University law professor John Baker.
The Billion Prices Project
The Billion Prices Project is an academic initiative that uses prices collected from hundreds of online retailers around the world on a daily basis to conduct economic research.
A project like this has the potential to provide high-frequency (daily?) inflation data as well as price transparency that formerly may have relied on nationally available information.
