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Political action is well-known to attract young, good-looking women…but so is almost everything. The “We Are the 99%” protests address issues that concern young people with liberal tendencies. So, why is Hot Chicks of Occupy Wall Street so controversial??? The site is not nearly as exploitative as the title suggests, so enjoy it guilt free!
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Co-founder of Apple, Steve Jobs, has died. In 1996, it was on the brink of irrelevance, but Jobs retook the reigns as CEO and turned Apple into a multi-disciplinary powerhouse of a company, even (briefly) to the level of most highly valued company on Earth. I’ve been an Apple customer and advocate from the age [...]
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I frequently read confident statements like, “when a bag of chips is cheaper than a head of broccoli …” or “it’s more affordable to feed a family of four at McDonald’s than to cook a healthy meal for them at home.” This is just plain wrong. Read more: Is Junk Food Really Cheaper? – NYTimes.com [...]
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The New York Times has a kick ass group of info graphics to help you visualize the BP oil spill… Map and Estimates of the Oil Spill in the Gulf of Mexico – Interactive Map – NYTimes.com.
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In Photos: Two months later, the oil still flows – Yahoo! News.
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BP Oil Spill: Daily Dead Wildlife Tally – Boing Boing
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I’m going to defer to Boing Boing for oil spill coverage today. Here’s a good hook: • Rolling Stone: "The spill, the scandal and the president: The inside story of how Obama failed to crack down on the corruption of the Bush years – and let the world's most dangerous oil company get away with [...]
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Hey there, Americans! I'm sure, by now, many of you have had some time to reflect on the massive, unfolding Deepwater Horizon oil disaster and thought to yourselves, "My, that really is a terrible, apocalyptic cock-up!" But have you gone so far as to think to yourself, "My, that really is a terrible, apocalyptic cock-up, [...]
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The rig workers have filed a negligence suit against BP, Transocean, oil field services contractor Halliburton and other companies involved with the deepwater rig. "I've seen gross negligence, and this conduct is criminal," said Steve Gordon, the lawyer representing the men. "There's a crime scene sitting 5,000 feet below the water." Rig survivors: BP ordered [...]
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"Hell," says PJ Hahn, the man at the very tip of the sharp end of America’s oil spill disaster, "we’re under siege here. If somebody was breaking into your house, would you get on the phone to friends and neighbours to discuss it? You’d shoot the sonofabitch. It’s that simple." PJ Hahn: ‘BP has lied [...]
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