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POPSBiomimicry - "Innovation Inspired By Nature" Another oldie but goody unearthed during my review, clipped in May 2008. The value of knowledge does not decrease with time because we keep forgetting more than we know. It is becoming ever more pertinent, too, so perhaps its value increases with time -- like wine.
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POPSDo dolphins deserve protection as ‘people’? Not sure why a lot more scientific research needs to be done.I thought science was not supposed to have the answers to moral questions. I remember Born Free (even if it was faked, we kids didn't know it). There has already been a fair amount of work done on this issue under the headings of Wild Law and Earth Jurisprudence.
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POPSConcern as China clamps down on rare earth exports The thing about this prediction is that it is a certainty, and only a couple of years away. The only alternative to renewables is to use much less energy. Lack of competition from renwables will accelerate the increase in the price of oil and coal.
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POPSDemise of news barons is just a Marxist fantasy One of the problems with professional journalism these days is that it operates using attacks based on assumed personal motivation (ad hominem argument or name calling), rather than on the basis of open facts. The fact that a professor of journalism should argue in this way augers poorly for the future of the 'profession'. For one who started life as an old fashioned newspaperman without the benefit of schools of journalism, I can only say that the quality of journalism has fallen since it achieved the status of a profession, rather than as a craft learned on the job. We learned values, too, not just a list of 'ethics'. Citizen journalists are doing just that, learning on the job. More power to them, (and less to Murdoch 'professionals').
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POPSSmartbook debut threatens netbook rise Am I alone in thinking that being always connected to an electronic world, squeezes out all chance of connecting with the real world round about. Perhaps, that's the point?
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POPSTwitter Advertising with Tweetmeme A retweet is evidently worth more than a tweet because it implies a recommendation. The problem with monetising tweets and retweets is the massive potential for abuse on such an open market. (Think of buying rings in auctions on a massive scale.) IMHO, there is no way of avoiding this problem in an open market. I wonder whether there is such a thing as intelligent regulation?
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POPSBumps In The Road? I am somehow imagining a road-sign posted by an artificial G-spot clinic: "Beware of Over-Sensitive Zone" :lol:
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POPSWhere The Preaching Goes Too Far There is no war on evangelical Christians here and they are not being thrown to the lions. As this article states, they are childishly chafing against societal shifts. They don't want to see civil rights for us all because they believe God discriminates and it's their view of religion/politics or the highway. They will always find "token" gays to mimic their views because those poor souls think loving their oppressors will win them approval. But spreading these views to parts of the world with less freedom is downright dangerous and unconscionable.
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POPSThe Globlization Of Gay Bashing "This destitute nation is the kind of place that you may have seen in late night infomercials where flies buzz around the lips of starving children. Yet, the good citizens of Burundi have time to chant and hold signs demanding the imprisonment of homosexuals. n Nigeria, lawmakers are debating a bill that would imprison gay people who live together and jail anyone who doesn’t rat out the gay couples. What we are seeing in front of our eyes is the globalization of gay bashing. The United States has exported marketing techniques and church structures to culturally homophobic countries. The sexual minorities caught in these nations do not have the same freedoms that we enjoy in the west, so they can’t fight back. They are essentially voiceless and fearful – allowing insidious myths and stereotypes to go unchallenged. With gay people effectively demonized and hatred promoted by civic and religious leaders, hysteria on gay issues ensues. "
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POPSThe degrading effects of terrorism fears Demands that genuinely inept government officials be held accountable are necessary and wise, but demands that political leaders ensure that we can live in womb-like Absolute Safety are delusional and destructive. Yet this is what the citizenry screams out every time something threatening happens: please, take more of our privacy away; monitor more of our communications; ban more of us from flying; engage in rituals to create the illusion of Strength; imprison more people without charges; take more and more control and power so you can Keep Us Safe.
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POPSMaking A Comeback Now if we could only get the richest man in America to realize the importance of producing our own goods. So I salute you Mr. Buffet for at least recognizing the importance of rail and how it could jump start our economy. Now--have the guts to give your rail workers that would earn your profits a fair share of that profit--and invest back in quality American goods that don't exploit the poor by paying some of your profits back to the workers with a fair wage, and create some American jobs :) Then--you can prove to me that the rich want what is really best for our economy.
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POPSHow I make a difference. If you're looking for a career that is incredibly rewarding and satisfying, why not train as an intervenor? The best job in the world! http://clipmarks.com/clipmark/546339DE-5ACA-462D-9D79-78F2C21D65B0/
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POPSAmericans Buying Less Quite frankly, why does it surprise everyone that this pyramid scheme finally fell? People simply did not have the money to buy all these goods and the banks gave credit to those who were not credit worthy. When people maxed out on their personal credit cards, banks gave easy lines of home equity loans. It had to all fall because people didn't have the money to buy these goods and now they have to live within their means. It's a good lesson for consumers--sadly one that is probably cyclic in nature.
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POPSLiving On Nothing But Food Stamps "The main cash welfare program, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, has scarcely expanded during the recession; the rolls are still down about 75 percent from their 1990s peak. A different program, unemployment insurance, has rapidly grown, but still omits nearly half the unemployed. Food stamps, easier to get, have become the safety net of last resort."
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