Tag: usa
Electronic Frontier Foundation – EFF Wins New Legal Protections for Video Artists, Cell Phone Jailbreakers, and Unlockers
New exceptions to the DMCA, the most important of these has to be the ability to break DVD encryption for fair use.
Paul Krugman Blog – Lost Decade, Here We Come
Paul Krugman on why you do not cut government spending in a weak economy.
The El Paso Miracle – Reason Magazine
Large immigrant populations is a decent predictor for how safe a city is.
Down The Memory Hole – Paul Krugman Blog
Taxes versus living standard for Americans.
Greater Transparency Around Government Requests – Official Google Blog
Google now allows you to see how interested your country is in finding out or removing items from Google.
Cutting the Deficit – Mother Jones
Add up everything that even a quarter of the population is willing to cut and you wind up with under 5% of the federal budget.
Going, Going, Gone – SeedMagazine.com
Helium is quickly being depleted from the US.
How Washington Abetted the Bank Job – NYTimes.com
A New York Times op-ed on how regulators actually passed regulation on the failed derivatives that told banks they could manage it themselves and look how well that turned out.
Memo to Bart Stupak: Listen to the Sisters – Huffington Post
Diana Bass calls out Rep. Stupak in a highly amusing manner.