Economic (and financial crisis) links

Jan 05, 2009 18:36

Why the sex industry does well from Hollywood celebs (not worksafe due to sidebars).

How the Bolsheviks looted Russia’s treasures.

The Castro regime celebrates 50 years of economic failure: Cuba produced 7 million tons of sugar in 1952. This year, it's 1.5 million tons. This is the result of economic policy of collectivization, killing of ( Read more... )

credit crisis, economics, housing, links, policy

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korgmeister January 5 2009, 09:17:08 UTC
So gay and geek go together? That's like a double dose of awesome!

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Indeed erudito January 5 2009, 10:17:02 UTC
How not? :)

Read or heard a great story about Alabama trying to find out how to have its own Silicon Valley. When its investigating consultant realised what folk were trying to tell him, his response was you mean we would have to have those people there?

Alabama don't have no Silicon Valley.

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Re: Indeed korgmeister January 5 2009, 10:55:11 UTC
Oh fuck man that is just too damn hilarious!

OH GOD TECHNOLOGY IS POWERED BY GAY, GET IT AWAY FROM US!

Maybe that's what motivates the Amish. They want to be really, really sure there's no gay people around =P

(Now I have a strange yen to make one of those faux motivational posters with the slogan "Technology: Powered by Gay")

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Re: Indeed erudito January 6 2009, 23:45:06 UTC
It would be an internet winner ...

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