Month January 2008

Facebook and Zuckerberg

A-list tech blogger Robert Scoble asked Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, why the lousy PR and lack of response when problems happened, something which has severely impacted Facebook. The answer was quite unexpected. I asked him why he doesn’t like going…

Socialism and Stalin

Squirrel Communism looks at the horrors of Stalinism and the sometimes tendency of the socialist left to say this occurred outside of or was a perversion of the revolution. If we are to deal with this problem and eventually overcome…

Focus the Nation. Global warming national teach-in

 On January 31st , thousands of students on every campus, millions of students nationwide, participate in workshops and panels, brainstorming global warming solutions. Over 1600 institutions have signed up for Focus the Nation, and they’ve gotten endorsements from Obama and…

How subprime mortgage fraud worked

With a focus on Cleveland, where that city is suing 21 large banks and financial institutions for dumping subprime mortgages on the market they knew could never be repaid. Key quote from the mayor of Clevland. “To me, this is…