Politics

5 ideas and a few links

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Let’s start with a great speech by Dan Pink about what motivates us: — Then let’s move over to a discussion on Unconditional Basic Income (UBI) and “Communist” Alaska. — And finally, the article in Rolling Stone that started this whole discussion. I gotta hand it to Jesse Myerson, he seems to have made plenty … Read more

Legal Weed

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So today, for the second time, I became legal. Here is the process I went through to get my medical marijuana ‘license’. The first thing I needed to do was find a place to get an evaluation. I searched around for a bit and saw prices for examinations all the way up to $150! I … Read more

Another Ahmed Maher Sighting

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When Egypt’s April 6 Youth Movement was struggling to recover from a failed effort in 2005, its leaders tossed around “crazy ideas” about bringing down the government, said Ahmed Maher, a leading strategist. They stumbled on Mr. Sharp while examining the Serbian movement Otpor, which he had influenced.

The New Ché?

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Watch this. If he is not killed, you will be reading a lot about Ahmed Maher in the coming years. He is exactly what the Bolsheviks and Marx talked about. He may well be the Ché of our times. Asharq Al-Awsat talks Egypt’s April 6 Youth Movement founder Ahmed Maher

Nobody Knows Me At All – The Weepies

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[display_podcast] I went to see Race To Nowhere last night and this song by The Weepies opened and closed it. While I liked the song, I’m not sure how I feel about the movie. It will be compared to Waiting For Superman for obvious reasons. As the folks I saw it with pointed out, one … Read more