December 2010
14 posts
tumblrbot asked: WHAT IS YOUR EARLIEST HUMAN MEMORY?
The United States spends $100 billion yearly on NATO.
Barney Frank:...
– Huffington Post, 12/27/10
… probably fewer than 1 percent of Americans joined the Civil Rights Movement in the 1950s and 60s. Nevertheless, it was enough to get schools desegregated and the Voting Rights Act passed.
—from Climate Chronicle
California Water Wars →
We’re watching Chinatown. I’m trying to figure out how much of the water access plotline is fiction and how much is history.
Anyway, instead of praising Scrooge for his principled stand against the welfare...
– http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/24/opinion/24krugman.html?_r=1