Where in the World are the Jobs? New Economic Rule: Job Growth not Necessary in new Economy. The Second Derivative Gives Way. - http://www.zerohedge.com/article...
(PhysOrg.com) -- When business leaders leave organizations following poor decisions, constituents often find comfort in replacing them with insiders — others familiar with the problem and original choices.
- Jill
Parts of it I find moving, but yeah, the cult-of-personality stuff, that is unnerving. Why do we need a cult of personality? Why can't we pledge to serve "our country and all of mankind" instead of "Barack Obama and all of mankind"?
- Jill
Or maybe during bubbles, people are working too hard, and spending too hard, and feeling dissatisfied and disconnected. Maybe bubbles are bad for people and tend to make them depressed.
- Jill
"...Bill Woodcock, a research director of the Packet Clearing House, a nonprofit technical organization that tracks Internet traffic, said Thursday’s attack was an extension of the conflict between Russia and Georgia. "
- Jill
I'm sharing this not because I agree with it, but because it wouldn't have occurred to me that anyone would feel this way. It's a strongly felt point of view I would not have imagined.
- Jill
I wouldn't go so far as to call her a name, but this looks to me like another piece of evidence that she doesn't understand the constitution -- or legal language in general -- at all. That's not good for a potential future president of the U.S.
- Jill
"For the first time, political scientists show that people who are physiologically highly responsive to threat are likely to advocate policies that protect against threats to the social unit: favoring defense spending, capital punishment, patriotism and the Iraq War. In contrast, people who are less startled by sudden noises and threatening visual images are more likely to support foreign aid, liberal immigration policies, pacifism and gun control."
- Jill
I will take the latter any day of the week!
- Samuel Buick