War on an abstract noun Open Thread.

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Submitted by mmghosh on Sat, 05/18/2013 - 9:22am

From comments in Greenwald in the Guardian (the blogroll on the right needs updating of this link)

 

Tesla: How to Make Conservative Investors Lose Their Shirts

Submitted by M Aurelius on Thu, 05/16/2013 - 10:41pm

These past few weeks I've been quietly watching Tesla stock go up, and up.

 

And up.

 

And in good measure thanks to conservative investors; the kind who watch Fox News, pay attention to Sarah Palin, or believe Mitt Romney, or David Stockman for that matter, or Jim Cramer.

 

Nuclear Wessels Open Thread

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Submitted by brutusettu on Mon, 05/13/2013 - 7:30am

The Nimitz’s entry into South Korean waters was a subject of brief controversy last week when South Korea media reported that U.S. and South Korean military officials feared a leak after the website of the North’s official news agency mentioned the ship’s arrival before it was announced or reported by the military or any other media outlets.

Dennis "Do me a solid" Rodman Open Thread

Submitted by catchy on Tue, 05/07/2013 - 10:13pm

I would love to see the look on some career diplomats' faces if Dennis Rodman's foray into international diplomacy ends up working.

 

Rodman to North Korea: 'Do me a solid' and release American prisoner

Louder Than Words Open Thread

Submitted by Model 62 on Thu, 05/02/2013 - 5:05pm

That's the title of a book about recent developments in neuroscience and language that was discussed on NPR this morning.

 

Energy and other stuff

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Submitted by Bird Dog on Wed, 05/01/2013 - 2:49pm

Energy

We not only have the potential to be energy independent for electrical power, same goes for battery power.

Unbelievable Open Thread.

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Submitted by mmghosh on Thu, 04/25/2013 - 9:17pm

Yes, unbelievable.  We have come to expect laissez-faire in extremis.  From the comments.

I do agree with you that it is beyond the capacity of a nascent democratic nation to be able to have sufficient state controls and tools to police and implement the necessary regulation to ensure workers are treated ethically.

Some get it.

The Latest and Greatest Open Thread

Submitted by catchy on Fri, 04/19/2013 - 3:53pm

I've created a space for new comments.

Transforming society Open Thread.

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Submitted by mmghosh on Thu, 04/11/2013 - 9:39pm

The Guardian's coverage of Mrs Thatcher's assessments must be one of the sharpest of recent times.  As I mentioned in one of the threads here, I lived in Britain in the last few years of Mrs T's prime ministership, and even those days seem light years away - how much more those remembering the 60s and 70s.

George W Bush's Easter Weekend Opening at Gagosian Gallery Open Thread

Submitted by Model 62 on Mon, 04/01/2013 - 9:19am

You've read that former US President George W Bush has been painting dogs (and himself) "with a vengeance."

 

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