Monday 31 March 2014

Yellowstone National Park hit by 4.8-magnitude earthquake after California is shaken by major tremor | Mail Online

And, they want to do fracking for gas?????

California

Krugman: Skills Gap Argument Isn't True

Paul Krugman: Teddy Roosevelt saw the risks of inherited wealth - Local Opinion - PostBulletin.com

Cat (Russia) and Mouse (Ukraine) meet Dog (Europe)

Wonders of Space in Photos: Mars Sand Dunes, Galaxies Colliding, Stars Exploding: photo 1

So wondrous! 

Russia Cannot really afford a long term confrontation with the West. Economics is against a military solution...

A Natural Gas Future?

The Man Bidding to Buy the Biggest U.S. Gun Maker Doesn't Own One - Businessweek

Carney’s FSB Races Toward Weekend Blueprint for Stricken Banks - Businessweek

Are they Richard III's remains? To ask the question is to miss the point | David Shariatmadari | Comment is free | The Guardian

Yes?

Somersaults on top of Kiev's Moscow suspension bridge – video | Sport | EpicTV

Deaf 40-year-old woman hears sound for first time - video | World news | theguardian.com

North and South Korea exchange fire after military drill – video | World news | theguardian.com

North Korea advises foreign embassies to evacuate staff - video | World news | theguardian.com

Mafia State - Luke Harding - Guardian Bookshop

How Vladimir Putin became evil?

We are warned about such men...

Because Russia cries out and exports failure to its neighbours, it does not mean that the Ukraine could not be self-sustaining

Why is Russia becoming a drag?

Black death was not spread by rat fleas, say researchers | Science | The Observer

Might even lead to forecasting the past? 

Beacons And iBeacons Create A New Market - Business Insider

Putin is such a very bad economist. Even Marx would have rolled over in his grave.

What Putin achieved in negative terms in less than a month took pain and hard work for Russians to build in a decade. Crazy economics makes no strategic sense whatsoever? Wasted economic multiplier effect from the Olympic investments ... And add the wasted spending on military equipment servicing and personnel. Not good economics by anyone's standards. 

Toilet tech fair takes on global sanitation woes - CSMonitor.com

How Dropbox Knows When You’re Sharing Copyrighted Stuff (Without Actually Looking At Your Stuff) | TechCrunch

GCHQ and NSA Targeted Private German Companies - SPIEGEL ONLINE

Standard Digital News - Think green to meet our energy needs

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