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The Tech Bubble Just Popped

I hate saying, “I told you so,” but … http://gawker.com/5862363/the-tech-bubble-just-popped

Hey everybody! There’s still some Kool-Aid in the punch bowl! I mean, they’re backed by Goldman Sachs. What could go wrong? It’s not like they’ve ever deceived their own clients. Oh, wait. I remember when Groupon was getting ready to get bough by Google. But, their finance guy blabbed about it and Google pulledContinue reading ““To Serve Man””

Musical Comedy

I remember where I was when I first heard Greece was in deep doo doo (at a depth not seen since The Treaty of Versailles). It was a Sunday. I was at the original DuPar’s at Third and Fairfax. I’d brought my NY Times. The front page said it all: Greece was behind withContinue reading “Musical Comedy”

People Are Burning Alive on the Streets of Athens

In 2008, a teenager was killed by Greek police and it lead to a riot that lasted longer than a week. Today, a middle-aged man died. Anarchist rumor has it that the trade unionist, Dimitris Kotsaridis, fell from the glass awnings over Syntagma Square and had a heart attack. The word inside the square wasContinue reading “People Are Burning Alive on the Streets of Athens”

Everybody Wants to Rule the World

Revealed – the capitalist network that runs the world – physics-math – 19 October 2011 – New Scientist