On the Phenomenon of Bullshit Jobs - STRIKE!
A world without teachers or dock-workers would soon be in trouble, and even one without science fiction writers or ska musicians would clearly be a lesser place. So what are these new jobs, precisely? A recent report comparing employment in the US between 1910 and 2000 gives us a clear picture (and I note, one pretty much exactly echoed in the UK)
For Romney, the exchange was a rare unscripted and impassioned moment that his advisers said helped him demonstrate to voters that he has the stomach to fight. He stood in a short-sleeved shirt and casual pants, his left leg propped on a bale of hay, and delivered a stump speech that was more fiery than typical
He has a story to tell, passion for his people and his family, a large family that his mother is raising, and he has no vehicle to tell his story other than Facebook. I moved from hand writing letters to my congressman on stationary with my embossed initials at the top and mailing it to them by snail mail for eight cents to emailing those letters decades later
Naomi Klein: How science is telling us all to revolt
The godfather of modern climate science, James Hansen, is a formidable activist, having been arrested some half-dozen times for resisting mountain-top removal coal mining and tar sands pipelines (he even left his job at Nasa this year in part to have more time for campaigning). Which is fine, except that we happen to have an economic system that fetishises GDP growth above all else, regardless of the human or ecological consequences, and in which the neoliberal political class has utterly abdicated its responsibility to manage anything (since the market is the invisible genius to which everything must be entrusted)
Increased freedom to create means increased freedom to create throwaway material, as well as freedom to indulge in the experimentation that eventually makes the good new stuff possible. As Gutenberg's press spread through Europe, the Bible was translated into local languages, enabling direct encounters with the text; this was accompanied by a flood of contemporary literature, most of it mediocre
Schools require either a PBE or an up-to-date shot record for school attendance, and sometimes parents submit them if they simply aren't able to get the shots done on time. And that does not mean they should scour some Internet boards, confront their pediatricians, and demand fewer vaccinations for their children, as some Hollywood parents in Los Angeles have apparently been doing
But middle-class students have to rack up huge debts to attend college, especially if they want a post-graduate degree, which many desirable jobs now require. Improving early child care in the poorest American neighbourhoods yields returns of ten to one or more; few other government investments pay off so handsomely
Now see if there is a 99 cent store in a bad neighborhood, and the price for something is below the price of where I live , am I going to buy it where I live or buy it in that area ? Say 100 vs. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: Email (required) (Address never made public) Name (required) Website You are commenting using your WordPress.com account
While Democrats support a great deal of government action on both issues, Republicans see addressing poverty and addressing inequality as two different things. Three-quarters of Democrats favor raising taxes on the wealthy and corporations to expand programs for the poor as the better approach to lessen poverty
http://www.amazon.com/How-Get-Rich-Greatest-Entrepreneurs/dp/1591842719He doesn't tell you how to get rich-- it's more about how hard it is to get rich, that a lot of luck is involved, and you better be prepared to work your ass... Starting as a college dropout with no family money, he created a publishing empire, founded Maxim magazine, made himself one of the richest people in the UK, and had a blast in the process
This page shows the names and, where possible, faces of those killed since January 1 2015, as well as other details about the manner of their deaths and the status of any investigations into the incidents. We have gathered information from official databases and crowdsourced counts to create a full and detailed view of killings by law enforcement agents in the US
Does America Still Believe in Racial Integration? - The Atlantic
The same bank issued just one prime loan to African American borrowers in Beaumont in 2012, while all lenders in the city issued 8.2 percent of their loans to African American borrowers. In addition Reyna said that new restaurants and businesses are opening in the North End, though all I could find was a new Dollar General and a few fast food restaurants
All I am saying is that in my little lifetime of real experiences, I have, and my family have experienced a lot more black on white discrimination and violence. The fear that blacks were thinking too highly of themselves and threatening white business ownership was what caused them to burn it down on June 21st, 1921
Why Do Many Reasonable People Doubt Science? - National Geographic Magazine
The (boring) truth is that it usually advances incrementally, through the steady accretion of data and insights gathered by many people over many years. We went around killing each other to get on a throne, praying to a rain god, and for better and much worse, doing things pretty much as our ancestors did
Although Manion cherishes the landscape of manicured lawns and burbling fountains that has long defined the Ranch, she thinks the drought requires a new way of life that emphasizes water conservation. On Friday, the state said it would impose sharp cutbacks on senior water rights dating back to the Gold Rush for the first time in four decades, a move that primarily hits farmers
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