Tag Archives: USA

2009 Aug 28 Friday

U.S. National Debt Clock

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If the gigantic numbers on this website weren’t so abstract they’d be terrifying… U.S. National Debt Clock : Real Time

by Dr. Agonize @ 2:24 pm

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2009 Jul 16 Thursday

We Choose the Moon: Earth Orbit Begins

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This website is truly interesting…far more so than the recent movie about our huge grey satellite. It’s a recreation of the Apollo 11 mission to the Moon with audio, video, photos, and data from the real event… We Choose the Moon: Earth Orbit Begins

by Dr. Agonize @ 10:46 am

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2009 Jul 01 Wednesday

“The New Americans” on PBS July 5th!!!

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If you like documentaries you don’t want to miss this amazing story. Several filmmakers (including the good people at Kartemquin Films) spent 4 years following families before and after they became American immigrants. The re-broadcast starts on July 5th. Check the schedule at ITVS’ Global Voices website. Starting in five nations, covering four years, with [...]

by Dr. Agonize @ 11:22 am

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2009 Mar 16 Monday

5 Things You Didn’t Know: The Great Depression (via AskMen.com)

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3 – The U.S. presidency became a legislative power Another thing you didn’t know about the Great Depression was how it changed the presidency. The U.S. Constitution established three branches of the federal government: the Executive (the president), the Legislative (congress) and the Judiciary (federal courts). Nowhere in the presidential job description does it expressly [...]

by Jeff @ 8:47 pm

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2009 Mar 15 Sunday

A.I.G. Planning Huge Bonuses After $170 Billion Bailout (via NYTimes.com)

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Word of the bonuses last week stirred such deep consternation inside the Obama administration that Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner told the firm they were unacceptable and demanded they be renegotiated, a senior administration official said. But the bonuses will go forward because lawyers said the firm was contractually obligated to pay them. A.I.G. Planning [...]

by Jeff @ 11:51 am

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2009 Feb 13 Friday

secret history of the credit card: interviews: elizabeth warren (via frontline, PBS)

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…bankruptcy is about financial death and financial rebirth. Bankruptcy is the great American story rewritten. We’re a nation of debtors. Why do you think people left Europe to come to the United States? They left because they were in debt… frontline: secret history of the credit card: interviews: elizabeth warren | PBS

by Jeff @ 12:57 am

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2009 Jan 24 Saturday

Obama Sides With Bush in Spy Case (via Threat Level from Wired.com)

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The Obama administration fell in line with the Bush administration Thursday when it urged a federal judge to set aside a ruling in a closely watched spy case weighing whether a U.S. president may bypass Congress and establish a program of eavesdropping on Americans without warrants. Obama Sides With Bush in Spy Case

by Jeff @ 5:01 pm

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2009 Jan 24 Saturday

Miracle in Moab: The stunning rescue of Danelle Ballengee (via SummitDaily.com)

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Found this story via a photo on flickr…it’s amazing (and well-written)! Initially, Taz leads them away from the trailhead, back toward town. Weird, the rescuers think. But they follow. And Taz sees them. Shortly thereafter he turns around, “like once he knew he had attracted enough attention, it was time to go back into the [...]

by Jeff @ 2:10 pm

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2009 Jan 21 Wednesday

Judge OKs 1st suspension in Gitmo cases (via Yahoo! News)

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The first step towards closing Gitmo has been taken. I will try to chronicle the important events that define Obama’s presidency here. The motions, filed just hours after Obama’s inauguration, will be heard in the cases of five men charged in the Sept. 11 attacks and of Canadian Omar Khadr, who is accused of killing [...]

by Jeff @ 9:50 am

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2009 Jan 09 Friday

Rocket-Proof Obamamobile (via Gizmodo)

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It can withstand rocket impacts and it’s perfectly sealed against biochemical attacks. Cars: Inside the Rocket-Proof Obamamobile

by Jeff @ 1:05 pm

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