Today the Republican-dominated House voted to keep the government's hands off of the Internet or, at least, that is the story that is being widely promulgated. For example see here: House Republicans adamant that the government keep its hands off the Internet passed a bill Friday to repeal federal rules…
What is the sugar cube equivalent in some common foods and drinks? I'm assuming that this series of photos is accurate, and there were some surprises in there for me.
I'm in Boston, attending the 2011 National Conference for Media reform sponsored by Free Press. The events will occur at the Seaport World Trade Center. I hope to post at least several blog posts based on the conference events. At this point, I'll merely post an image of the conference banner:
How do you shit in out in the woods? You'd think there isn't much to know, but Kathleen Meyer has written a best-selling book on this topic, reviewed at Mother Jones.
This short video tells you about the Afghanistan war calculator, and then you go here to calculate the economic damage the longest war in American history is doing to you. I like the IOU offered by the site, along with the calculations. I wonder about the accuracy of these numbers because the United States is massively in debt--we are funding much of what we spend by borrowing. To the extent that we aren't actually paying for the war now, however, it makes matters much worse. It's such a strange thing for all of those "family values" politicians to be crushing the next couple of generations with debt.