February 2012
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“Mi è capitato di passare per L’Aquila che è rimasta in condizioni pietose a...”
– Margherita Hack (via dottorpeace) Stato vs. Individuo. A L’Aquila si ottiene il logico risultato quando a vincere è il primo.
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And Now… Obama Campaign Launches ‘Truth Teams’ →
Dall’età del livellamento, dall’età della solitudine, dall’età del Grande Fratello, dall’età del bispensiero… tanti saluti!
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Oil Won't Stop Until The Economy Breaks
As gold strengthens on the back of the extreme experimentation of the world’s (now-sheep-like) central bankers’ easing and printing protocols, it does no real harm to the world, but as John Burbank (of Passport Capital) notes, the painful unintended consequence of all this liquidity is energy costs skyrocketing - and it won’t stop until the economy breaks. The negative feedback...
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Esperta di Finanze →
«L’On. Dott. Domenico Scilipoti (MRN) è lieto di invitare la S.V. al convegno “LE ORIGINI DEL SIGNORAGGIO BANCARIO” che si terrà lunedì 27 febbraio p.v. alle ore 14.30, presso la sala della Mercede – via della Mercede 55 – Roma. Interverrà nel pomeriggio la dott.ssa Sara Tommasi, esperta di finanza». É uno scherzo???
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Monti ultimo: non compra Bot e Btp →
Ma mi raccomando, fiducia nell’Italia!
Feb 23rd
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Il paradiso dei banchieri.
Costretti a restituire parte dei loro stipendi con retroattività dal novembre 2011. Costretti a salvare le banche europee fallite in un piano camuffato da salvataggio nazionale:  The Eurogroup also welcomes Greece’s intention to put in place a mechanism that allows better tracing and monitoring of the official borrowing and internally-generated funds destined to service Greece’s...
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Low-wage Facebook contractor leaks secret... →
The document reveals exactly what Facebook’s censorship brigade looks for on the social network, which boasts over 850 million users spanning the globe.
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“The notion that every need creates a “right” has acquired a quasi-religious...”
– page 246 of Richard Pipes’s 1999 book Property and Freedom
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Taccuino di Gubi: Quella donna in coma per quattro... →
cgubi: Tu che hai votato a destra da sempre, hai fatto professione di fede nel libero mercato, hai applaudito a tutte le privatizzazioni comprese quelle della scuola e della sanita’, hai assistito senza fiatare ai tagli della spesa pubblica e del welfare in nome della “stabilita’ economica” e ora stai… Fatti curare, possibilmente da un privato. Coglione.
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Al via il maxi concorso del Comune: 300mila... →
Un paese di rampanti imprenditori. Siete ridicoli.
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23 Amazing Single Page Web Sites →
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Electric Cars Could Cause Worse Pollution Than... →
The study in specific looked at the emission of particulate matter, as opposed to the usual comparisons of greenhouse gases. What they found is that per person per mile, electric cars are worse than gasoline ones, but it’s not immediately obvious because the pollution is happening at power plants instead of out of a tailpipe. Because so much of China’s power comes from fossil fuels — primarily...
Feb 20th
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“There is a wide difference between constitutional and effectual liberty.”
–  page 114 of Arthur Herman’s 2001 book How the Scots Invented the Modern World:
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“20 anni di mani pulite. All’epoca la spesa pubblica era di 150 miliardi di...”
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“People respond to incentives. Think of the incentives facing the recipients of...”
– page 38 of William Easterly’s outstanding 2001 book The Elusive Quest for Growth
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