Politics Category
There Are More Slaves in the World Today Than Any Other Time in History
By: jason on: Dec 21,2008 In: Life, PoliticsJust picked this up from Foreign Policy. I’m floored by this. Most people imagine that slavery died in the 19th century. Since 1817, more than a dozen international conventions have been signed banning the slave trade. Yet, today there are more slaves than at any time in human history. And if you’re going to buy [...]
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- Tags: human rights, Politics, slavery, world
Obama is giving the science community something we’ve been desperately clawing at over the last eight years: an ear for the sciences. It will be amazing to see what the first pro-science administration can do in today’s ultra connected world. I mean come on, YouTube has been around, why has Bush done ANYTHING with it [...]
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It’s About Time: Lizard People and the FSM invade the MN recount
By: jason on: Dec 19,2008 In: Life, Politics, VideoWatch as grownups – and government officials – discuss lizard people and the FSM for 9 minutes. it’s a fine moment in American democracy. remember, there is a senate seat on the line. Back Story: apparently ‘Lizard People’ and ‘Fly Spaghetti Monster’ are the Chuck Norris equivalent in of ironic humor when it comes to [...]
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About me, Adam Hitchcock
This is my little corner of the Internet, welcome to it. It is my sounding horn for my views on democracy, the environment, security, computers, and code which is beautiful. I like to ask questions and study the wisdom of the crowd, the democratization of information, and why things are different this time around. I am a dog person, and I have been a Mac user since before it was cool.
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