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By Shoq, on March 11th, 2010
Rob Johnson, from Roosevelt Institute, says the 300 TRILLION dollar derivatives bomb hasn't even begun to detonate yet. Few people have this much knowledge of this complex and dangerous issue as Johnson. He was working for George Soros before the meltdown, and claims they all saw it coming and steered clear of them. True or not, he has the knowledge of how it all works, and his tale is harrowing.
See the VIDEO, and read the general article about the overall context. Then pick up your phone and call Senator Dodd and tell that retiring corporatist to JUST FIX THIS!
Finance Superstars Talk About the Massive Fraud in Our Economic System | Economy | AlterNet
Rob Johnson of the Roosevelt Institute was the last speaker and talked about the final arbitrage, which is "too big to fail." It is the arbitrage of the republic by looters who have created a system so rife with fraud that it brought down the American economy, throwing millions out of work, paying the very perpetrators trillions of dollars and counting. These very same people bought and sold our elected officials so often in the past several decades, that today DC might very well be deemed the one functional market. You actually get what you pay for. (Alternet)
Click along the progress slider to get to where his segment starts. That's roughly 1:51:30
By Shoq, on March 11th, 2010
I make enough of them myself, and get asked often, so I figured it was time to post some of my reference materials for basic English usage, organized by the most common types of mistakes. I have hundreds, and will cull through them and update this frequently. This is merely a start. If you have great tutorials or guides, please post as a comment.
Apostrophes
Capitalization After A Colon?
Commas — Before Quotation Marks
Hyphens
I vs Me
Between you and me, this is one of the biggest of the errors seen on the web after "looser" used for "loser." (See Looser)
Looser vs Loser
- Looser means something that is not firmly held or fixed in place.
- Loser is what you appear to be when keep confusing Looser and Loser and calling it a typo when anyone points it out.
Your vs You're
General Usage Guides & Tutorials
Related Guides and Tutorials
Argument
Web & Document Design and Typography
Plagiarism and Ethics
- Plagiarism (WIkipedia) – "Plagiarism is not only the mere copying of text, but also the presentation of another's ideas as one's own, regardless of the specific words or constructs used to express that idea. In contrast, many so-called plagiarism detection services can only detect blatant word-for-word copies of text."
- Avoiding Plagiarism (Tutorial)
Vocabulary
Dictionaries
- Google Dictionary — Finally—and years late—a dictionary that pulls multiple meanings from multiple sources without the annoying ads or interface drama of other meta search engines. Be sure to get the plug-ins for your browsers. I have one for my Ubuntu linux desktop. I can double click any word, in any application or tool, and then click one desktop button to launch a browser with the Google Dic. results. A fantastic resource that should have been possible in the 1980s. We had the technology.
By Shoq, on March 10th, 2010
By Shoq, on March 10th, 2010
U.S. Chamber Builds Political Operations
Thinkprogress.org writes:
The LA Times reports today on the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s growing “large-scale grass-roots political operation” that is being “funded by record-setting amounts of money raised from corporations and wealthy
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By Shoq, on March 9th, 2010
Driven to desperation by the actions of the vicious terrorist Markos Moulitsas, often likened to the infamous death panel inventor, Carlos the Jackal, agent Jack Bauer rigs up an explosive "Uber Rendition Vest (URV)," as ordered by his CTU Commander, Liz Cheney.
Immediately after photo was taken, Bauer triggers the URV,
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By Shoq, on March 8th, 2010
New America Foundation's Barry Lynn (author of Cornered), has a very important article in Washington Monthly called:
"Who Broke American Jobs."
In my view, all of our problems, from campaign financing, to media consolidation, to the government dysfunctionalism and hyper partisanship that is breaking down anything that ever made American a worthwhile
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By Shoq, on March 6th, 2010
Please do sign-up for this…
So you get all the hilarity of their planning missives, as Michael P. Leahy lures all the suckers into one big marketing tent for his goofy Saul Alinsky books with their make-believe history.
Oh, and it may also help screw up AFP/David Koch's bus-buying and booking plans for the big
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By Shoq, on March 6th, 2010
Who Says: Narrative Authority In a Fragmented World
Jay Rosen tweeted this seminal post by Megan Garber, articulating what the web and digital media are doing to authority memes and journalism's role in this bizarre new world.
Since the need to manage the tangled and competing taxonomic hierarchies of such a Narrative Big Brother has been
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By Shoq, on March 4th, 2010
Sunlight Foundation comes through again with another great data exhibit. This time one that demonstrates just how much, how often, and how intensely the Republican party will lie about anything to control the narratives, no matter how evident and easily discoverable are the facts.
Look at all the red bars (#GOP) moving past 50 votes
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By Shoq, on March 3rd, 2010
NOI's Joel Silberman explains that the media doesn't really want you very well informed.
You need to watch this twice.
You need to watch this twice.
Related
Be sure you see these pages. I have a LOT of material on these subjects, much of which you may not see too well organized elsewhere.
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