After a three-week hiatus, I’m back with a bushel of news and ranting. Buckle up for a dose of truth with a side order of awesome.
DS #76: How Much to Use the Sun?
Top 3 Links of the Week
- ChevronToxico
- Malala Yousafzai shot for being an outspoken female in Pakistan
- Tavis Smiley interviews former FDIC chair Sheila Blair
Current Events
- Chevron fails to squelch $19 billion Ecuadorian verdict
- Deadly Spain earthquake triggered by groundwater removal
- Democracy Now: Proposition 37 in California
- Cardboard bicycle could change the world
Economics
- Former investment banker and lobbyist Jeff Connaughton: “Mr. Vice President, please don’t say all Americans play by the same set of rules. They don’t.”
- ExxonMobil vs. Dodd-Frank
- BusinessWeek: Why women earn less than men a year out of college
- Naked Capitalism: Wal-Mart admits that protests and strikes increase wages
Education
Killer Robots, Etc
- Declassified Air Force plans for a flying saucer
- Spanish woman claims to own the sun
- Reddit: Today you, tomorrow me
Hip-Hop
Bambu w/ Rocky Rivera
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