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Cartoon Climate Change coming to AAAS in Feb 2015! : Stand-Up Economist
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What is (and isn't) funny about economics. Cartoon Climate Change coming to AAAS in Feb 2015! July 21, 2014. I’ll be part of a session at the 2015 AAAS. American Association for the Advancement of Science) conference in San Jose from Feb 12-16 2015! Details below, more info TBD on the exact date and time of our session. Session title: Using Cartoons to Convey Science. Moderator: Yoram Bauman, stand-up economist. Yoram is the co-author (with Grady Klein) of three cartoon books. Speaker #1: Larry Gonick.
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good explanations | Explainist
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Category Archives: good explanations. September 21, 2011. Cash in a spare minute (or minute-and-a-half) for some good learnin’. Minute Physics. Is a growing YouTube channel of speedy marker doodle explanations:. I like the nice, simple style, an unembellished cousin to previously-discussed RSA Animate. Who seemed to be over on BuzzFeed. Strategist. Content Strategist. March 9, 2011. My job title these days is content strategist. Excerpted from the new book The Elements of Content Strategy. The Royal Soci...
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samples connection: September 2013
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Saturday, September 7, 2013. Naked tax protest in front of German Chancellors office. We never quite thought we'd see this. From Spiegel Online. A naked tax protest by Attac-Germany, with calls for unitary taxation and country by country reporting. Read more about unitary tax here. And about country by country reporting here. Hat tip: Markus Henn. Friday, September 6, 2013. The G20 leaders statement, in relevant part. For those who haven't yet read the G20 leaders' statement. With tax annex here. Initiat...
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Musings on wildland fire, politics, religion and comics. Tuesday, February 24, 2004. I'm a Unifier, Not a.Wait, I'm a Uniter, Not a Divisor.Ah Hell, I'm a Divider! Global warming, terrorist groups, dependance upon foreign oil, unemployment.hmmm.which of those problems can I work on, which of those impacts Americans the most.I know! Posted by Fire Ant : 7:44 PM. Saturday, February 21, 2004. Where Can I Find "His and His" Matching Towels? Bob Harris, guest-blogging over at This Modern World. I am watching ...
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Musings on wildland fire, politics, religion and comics. Friday, April 30, 2004. Many bloggers are commenting on the recent news of torture and rape by U.S. mercenaries in the Abu Ghraib prison in Baghdad. Check out Kevin Drum's. Post, which shows the newly released picture of a U.S. woman giving the "thumbs-up" sign for the camera, as she stands in front of naked prisoners. Where is this picture published? Why, in the Al Jazeera paper and website! Sums up why this is very, very bad:. In his mind, he set...
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Musings on wildland fire, politics, religion and comics. Tuesday, November 30, 2004. We all know that Dubya likes to simplify complex issues so that the public doesn't have to think too much. On many levels, that is both condescending and dangerous to the true power of the people. One such issue is the good vs. evil mantra of "they hate our freedom" you always hear when we ask "why do they hate us? Of course, that isn't the case, or else Costa Rica would be getting attacked as well! The study does not co...
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Musings on wildland fire, politics, religion and comics. Friday, August 29, 2003. So, a war based on hand-picked intelligence based on.false tips? Before the war, there were a lot of people questioning not only the accuracy of the WMD information, but the sources of this information. Could insiders lie about the quantity and location ofWMD for their own benefit. For their own place in the new regime? From the LA Times:. The far-reaching review was started after a political firestorm erupted this summer o...
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Musings on wildland fire, politics, religion and comics. Tuesday, October 28, 2003. Mike Davis, who writes about the inevitable conflicts between ecosystems and urbanization, has a few good thoughts. Regarding the latest Santa Ana firestorm on the West Coast:. Just before Halloween, the pressure differential between the Colorado Plateau and Southern California begins to generate the infamous Santa Ana winds. A spark in their path becomes a blowtorch. Now the San Bernardinos are an inferno, along with ten...
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Musings on wildland fire, politics, religion and comics. Tuesday, March 30, 2004. Just what did Dr. Rice know and when did she know it? Now that she will go public before the 9/11 Commission, we might be lucky enough to get some insight into this faith-based administration. Until then, look over these bits o' tid, courtesy of Eschaton. The first quote is from Dr. Rice:. The millionaire terrorist, Osama bin Laden, has been linked to an alleged plot to assassinate the US president, George Bush.". Friday, M...
