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mediadls
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Al Qaeda Finds Itself at a Crossroads - News Analysis
“Al Qaeda Finds Itself at a Crossroads - News Analysis - http://nyti.ms/hoByIF”We won't know until the constitutional debates
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brookestevens
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Empire at the End of Decadence
This is not a time to scrimp on nonsecurity discretionary spending. This is a time to embrace it.Yes. Only the federal government can spend. There is no problem with the debt yet.
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EDF_CA
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The Limits of Laws as a Conservation Tool
“The Limits of Laws as a Conservation Tool - http://nyti.ms/hBKsei #esa”"Surrender none."There will be new wet lands. Development will not tolerate flooding.The market is a slow and uncertain mechanism to depend upon for survival."The market can stay irrational longer than you can stay solvent"
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ccarfi
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Japan's Overblown Anxiety
“Interesting look from outside Japan > #Japan's Overblown Anxiety - http://nyti.ms/cUwamo”It may not be overblown. This man is a reactionary. He does not understand Keynesian economics. He may not know them. "Free" trade is not the way out for Japan. Low business taxes will not encourage new business formation and will not pay the debt.My prescription for what ails them is high tax rates on imported money. There is no lack of capital domesticly. High barriers for imported goods. Local manufacture employs people. High, steeply progressive, tax rates on personal income. Corporate income is a matter of choice. When benefits accrue to a person it is income.The object is to make high rents unattractive and to make manufacture a way to comfort but not to great wealth. The same incentives should apply to intellectual production. Perhaps a fiddle to allow income from intellectual works to be accounted as separate for tax purposes. I want to encourage productivity there so the income from each work is individually taxed allowing one author to have a high income by assembling multiple streams. I would allow the same for industry. One entrepreneur with multiple companies all paying at modest rates. Let us require that the enterprises be unrelated.I want a rich society, not necessarily a society of the rich.That goes for here also.
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Poll Shows Support for Embattled Public Sector Workers
A majority said they opposed efforts to weaken collective bargaining rights and were against cutting the pay or benefits of public employees to reduce state budget deficits.I am shocked, shocked! The Republican Party is selling snake oil. -
ReadingCountess
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The Twitter Train Has Left the Station
“The Twitter Train Has Left the Station - http://nyti.ms/cV27Wv #vanmeter”vThe author of this column shows a frightening inability to read and understand what he has written. Perhaps Twitter demanded his attention. George Packer objects to Twitter not because of its failure but because of its success.He is a socially aware writer who sees Twitter as filling all the time available, leaving no attention for the rest of his life. I think he is rationally cautious and probably wise to refuse to commit to an open ended social engagement.In order for him to have things to say he must study the news and the books he is considering. Constant interruption for attention to self and others will prevent that study. I applaud Mr. Packer for his commitment to his professional obligation. The only studio I know dominated by a shared mirror is a dance studio. There ones social appearance is the object.
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DavidHazeltine
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Showing Gay Teens a Happy Future
A new online video channel is reaching out to teenagers who are bullied at school for being gay. The message: life really does get better after high school.Soon, please.
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Natalie Portman, Oscar Winner, Was Also a Precocious Scientist
Natalie Portman is one of a handful of stars who have serious scientific credentials.
Something to say. It is a contrast to Charlie Sheen.
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Texas, Budget Cuts and Children
Guess who pays when states call for fiscal austerity.We already know. Soak the rich. -
nycpope
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Mubarak Refuses to Step Down
“Bad news: Mubarak Refuses to Step Down - http://nyti.ms/hqLQ2H”He is gone now. Get him a townhouse in Georgetown.
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Go Easy on Yourself, a New Wave of Research Urges
Until this great scientific breakthrough, wasn't someone with "self compassion" generally known as a "slob"?“Self-compassion is really conducive to motivation,” Dr. Neff said. “The reason you don’t let your children eat five big tubs of ice cream is because you care about them. With self-compassion, if you care about yourself, you do what’s healthy for you rather than what’s harmful to you.”This is probably a good idea as long as the behaviour changes.Sometimes there is more there than habit. Knowing what one is dealing with is the difference. -
danmorrisphoto
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At an Eerie Crossroads in Tripoli: Moises Saman In and Around the Libyan Capital
“At an Eerie Crossroads in Tripoli: Moises Saman In and Around the Libyan Capital - http://nyti.ms/fsoURL”The government in Libya has been at the Koolade.Civil war takes some time. I think there is not enough of the colonel to get a solid one going. We will learn what his cash reserves are.The picture feature is really resource hungry.
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melissacmorris
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Arts
The London Symphony Orchestra, with Valery Gergiev conducting, tackling Mahler's Third Symphony on Friday at Avery Fisher Hall.Nice picture.
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JoannaWeiss
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Far From a Lab? Turn a Cellphone Into a Microscope
“This is so freaking cool (from @NYTimes): Far From a Lab? Turn a Cellphone Into a Microscope - http://bit.ly/3cHIvr”Well worth the poking at links. Wow! I am a bit jealous.
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nolamaven
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The Elderly Indulge, Doctor’s Orders Aside
“The Elderly Indulge, Doctor’s Orders Aside - http://nyti.ms/fjUJvX”I cook, I watch the salt and the portion size. I do vegetables. I do them as well as I am allowed. It has been a long time since I made anyone sick.
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Peter_Engel
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Qaddafi’s Son Warns of Civil War as Libyan Protests Widen
“Qaddafi’s Son Warns of Civil War as Libyan Protests Widen - http://nyti.ms/guh8rK”They may try. I doubt there will be a lot of war.
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Jennifer Preston
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Libya Revolt Spreads as Qaddafi Tightens Grip in Capital
“Latest update from inside #Libya: Revolt Spreads as Qaddafi Tightens Grip in Capital - http://nyti.ms/dLK2Ec”
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Ruma Samdani
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U.S. and Allies Weigh a Libya No-Fly Zone
“U.S. and Allies Weigh a Libya No-Fly Zone - http://nyti.ms/gE5CvL”
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Qaddafi’s Army and Jets Strike at Rebels
Colonel Muammar el-Qaddafi’s attacks used fighter jets, special forces and regular army troops in an escalation that brought Libya closer to civil war.
Skirmishes only so far. There is no unified command on the popular side. There is no appetite for casualties on the old government side.
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