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Everyone is free to think what they want.

The privatization of the Bolivian water supply was the most poignant moment for me.

I Appreciate it.

“The Quartz renderer and the PDF interpreter that Apple ships with Mac OS X are built with Apple code, with no external licenses, by Apple employees. Adobe just publishes a specification for how it’s supposed to function. This gives Apple considerably more flexibility with regard to what Quartz and the PDF interpreter can be used for.”

http://www.prepressure.com/pdf/basics/osx_quartz

Here is a link seemingly debunking that guise of an academic study: http://www.openleft.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=10644 Fair warning it might cause cognitive dissonance.

I just tried embedding a marquee inside of a marquee and it surprisingly worked.

I also thought it was odd in the source of both pages is a commented out link that solicited donations.

I like your other points though.

http://www.wsws.org/articles/2010/jan2010/suic-j06.shtml

What I took from the article was that while the stimulus/recovery act was largely sold, and perceived rightfully or wrongfully, as a jobs bill, that likely won't be its legacy.

I think it is intellectually dishonest to compare the economy of Greece to that of the United States. In fact the article states that the stimulus funds aren't being directed like earmarks past, but acting in the same vein as venture capitalists. In the United States 80% of new jobs are created by way of small businesses. Yet that says nothing about how new industries are born (e.g. the DARPA funding that spawned the current internet economy).

We can't support a consumerist economy when the top 1%, who don't reinvest their money necessarily, earn 23% of the wealth.

Who is taking money away from those trying to earn it? Sounded to me when Reich suggested free public education and eliminating federal payroll taxes on the first $20,000 earned, is not punishing earners.

Wages have flatlined over the past 30 years, partially because the higher cost of benefits has absorbed what would have been a pay raise.

I'm glad whenever someone, whether they are government workers or union workers (or both), can secure a living wage. It's a victory for the entire middle class.

I hate bankers - they only cause trouble.

e.g. financial catastrophe, global depression"

As someone who liked computers but didn't start programming until later, I would argue if you started hacking at age 8 you are just a geek (me too), nothing more, nothing less.

Since when has Apple outsourced R&D of anything recently? Pretty sure the iPad A4 chip is not a repackaged Intel chip. The research and design that went into the unibody macbook pros doesn't seem like they are raising the white flag just yet either.