Bottom up book sales
Shloky notes that John Robb’s new book, Brave New War, has gotten just one major media review yet is #214 on Amazon best sellers now. Blog reviews, and there’s been many of them (including here), are what’s helping the book…
Politics in the Zeros
"A republic, if you can keep it." Vegas, taxes.
Politics in the Zeros
"A republic, if you can keep it." Vegas, taxes.
Month May 2007
The suits invade clean energy, this is a good thing
Bruce Sterling on the recent Austin TX Clean Energy Venture Summit in Viridian Notes #492. [It] was an intensely dull event. There was scarcely a “visionary” to be seen. On the contrary: suited, duely-diligent lawyers and bankers were throwing millions…
US trained military backs Fatah against Hamas
500 troops, trained with US money crossed the border from Egypt with permission from Israel, to fight with Fatah against Hamas. Ludicrously, the US and Israel “have been trying to avoid the perception of taking sides in a conflict that…
AirAmerica relaunches May21-22!
And appears to be turning into an appendage of the Democratic Party. Lots of Democratic politicians, maybe a token Ralph Nader-type or two. But no Chomsky or anything even slightly radical. Not a chance. Nothing to see over there on…
In case you think Bloomberg would make a swell president
The New York Times has the files of the NYPD surveillance of groups planning protests at the 2004 Republican convention. It appears they were “monitoring” virtually every group. WitnessVideo has a searchable version. The Bloomberg administration allowed this probably illegal…