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Statistics: US Elections and IQs

By fpp ⋅ 2-October-2008 at 23:31 (UTC) ⋅ Post a comment

Just before tonight’s so-called Vice-Presidential candidates TV debate a chart we found a while ago that relates average IQs by U.S. states and their voting in the 2004 U.S. Presidential Elections.

Well you might say don’t trust statistics you haven’t faked yourself, but then go on and…

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USA: Let’s play Wall Street Bailout

By fpp ⋅ 1-October-2008 at 23:16 (UTC) ⋅ Post a comment

A very interesting speech by Rep. Marcy Kaptur (D-Ohio) during the congress debate on the so-called Bailout (transcript below)…

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Movies: Berlin Calling

By fpp ⋅ 1-October-2008 at 20:23 (UTC) ⋅ Post a comment

Hannes Stoehr’s latest movie “Berlin Calling” tells the story of electronic music composer Martin aka DJ Icarus, who tours the clubs together with his manager and girlfriend Mathilde. Just before the release of his biggest album, one of Martin’s gigs ends in a mental hospital, and from there on his whole life is upside-down.

Martin is played by famous German DJ Paul Kalkbrenner and Berlin’s techno-scene provides the set for the movie…

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USA: Bailout Driven by Fear Not Fact

By fpp ⋅ 30-September-2008 at 20:18 (UTC) ⋅ Post a comment

Ohio congressman Dennis Kucinich suggested the $700 billion bailout package was sending America towards ‘casino socialism, where the only real product is debt.

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Quote of the day: Different minds

By fpp ⋅ 22-September-2008 at 21:35 (UTC) ⋅ Post a comment

Great minds discuss ideas; Average minds discuss events; Small minds discuss people.

Anna Eleanor Roosevelt, 1884 - 1962, First Lady of the United States

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Quote of the day: Racketeering

By fpp ⋅ 20-September-2008 at 13:43 (UTC) ⋅ Post a comment

Due to recent events last week when the US government has put up all government property and the (work of the) next two generations of American citizens as collateral to bail out a few thousand “bad apples” within the financial world, we thought the quote from MajGen. Smedley Butler below might also be a good fit for that.

Those guys in the financial world who now try to make others believe that they did not know the dangers and that they did not know that they were trading worthless paper for money just like before the great depression, have always put their greed, their profiteering and racking in other peoples money above everything and anybody else.

We are not talking about the simple employees who are…

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