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So now all of a sudden Ruth Madoff is saying how “devastated” she is by what Bernie did, now that he got 150 years. Neither of their apologies seemed even remotely sincere to me but precisely what sociopaths pretending to have compassion would say. The big unanswered question that remains is, where did all [...] Jon Buscall So Steve Rubel has dumped blogging for lifestreaming. Charles Arthur at The Guardian also notes that participation on Twitter and Facebook is replacing blogging. Whilst I’ve noticed some of my favourite bloggers aren’t posting as frequently as usual, my own take on this is simple: don’t abandon your blog – [...] From Hotel Law Blog The number of hotel defaults or foreclosures in California has jumped 125% in the last 60 days. California now has 31 hotels foreclosed on and 175 hotels in default. Approximately 2,500 California hotels were either financed or refinanced between 2005 and 2007. California hotel values today are estimated to be 50-80% [...] Sue just completed watching every South Park episode for all thirteen years online at SouthParkStudios (and the movie for $2.99 from Amazon) and now can be considered an authority on the subject. We both agree that Butters is our favorite character. However, I can’t get the lyrics to Kyle’s Mom out of my head [...] Matt Taibbi at Rolling Stone thinks so, saying Goldman helped create then profit from all the great bubbles. But Daniel Indiviglio at The Atlantic says otherwise. Goldman is a major player, but hardly the only one. But he then goes on to basically excuse them, because, y’know, they’re smarter than everyone else and also [...] This would appear to put a whole different light on the coup With an arrest warrant from the Honduran Supreme Court (hat tip NYkrinDC), the Honduran military today removed from office President Manuel Zelaya, a political protege of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, for proceeding with an illegal referendum designed to lay the groundwork for an [...] Night raids terrorize Iran residents “Witnesses are telling us that the Basijis are trashing entire streets and even neighborhoods as well as individual homes trying to stop the nightly rooftop protest chants,” Sarah Leah Whitson, Middle East director at Human Rights Watch, said. Mousavi’s web site closed; Manages message to Iranians abroad Basiji seizing hospitalized [...] Forget altruism. Misanthropy and egotism are the fuel of online social production. That’s the conclusion suggested by a new study of the character traits of the contributors to Wikipedia. A team of Israeli research psychologists gave personality tests to 69 Wikipedians and 70 non-Wikipedians. They discovered that, as New Scientist puts it, Wikipedians are [...] But the Spud Raincoat isn’t just biodegradable. It also contains a small clay ball that houses seeds for Mediterranean herbs, flowers, bushes and trees Just stick the biodegradable, compostable raincoat in the ground when you’re done with it, and life will sprout anew from it [...] L.A. Times goes five stories deep on MJ in every section: News, Calendar, Business. Was surprised the Home section didn’t feature Neverland and the Holmby Hills mansion. – Cary Baker on Facebook |  | ||||
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