Paul Krugman: Here comes the sun

PAUL KRUGMAN | New York Times
6 Nov 2011

For decades the story of technology has been dominated, in the popular mind and to a large extent in reality, by computing and the things you can do with it. Moore’s Law — in which the price of computing power falls roughly 50 percent every 18 months — has powered an ever-expanding range of applications, from faxes to Facebook.

Our mastery of the material world, on the other hand, has advanced much more slowly. The sources of energy, the way we move stuff around, are much the same as they were a generation ago.

But that may be about to change. We are, or at least we should be, on the cusp of an energy transformation, driven by the rapidly falling cost of solar power. That’s right, solar power.

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Walter Cronkite On Fox News: Beyond Conservative

NewsCorpse 18 July 2009 | There are really very few times when the phrase “the end of an era” is actually true. But in the case of Walter Cronkite, it could not be more appropriate. He presided over so many of the most significant events of the latter half of the twentieth century that it almost seems as if he were a part of them.

Cronkite represented a generation of television journalism that can never be repeated. The concentration of media to only three networks elevated their impact and influence. So when a dignified and experienced reporter rose to the position of anchor at CBS, it was just matter of time before his calm and confident delivery inspired a measure of respect that has never been matched. And if ever there were a time to heed his words, it is now:

Cronkite: It was quite clear when they founded the Fox network that they intended to be a conservative organization. Beyond conservative, a far right-wing organization.



It must have been comments like those above that led to Bill O’Reilly dismissing Cronkite as a leftist a couple of years ago:

“Just look at what Walter Cronkite and Bill Moyers have done since they left CBS News; both men allied themselves with the far-left and are proud of it.”

But that’s nothing compared to what the Fox Nation community is saying about Cronkite today:

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Media reacts to Conan's same-sex wedding news

FDR: "I welcome their hatred."

American Apparently: "The American people" is a meaningless phrase | The Daily Show

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5 May 2010 | "The American people" is a meaningless phrase that should be struck from public utterance along with, "Nobody doesn't like Sara Lee."

Sean Hannity Calls #OWS Protesters Un-American, Two Marines Set Him Straight

Matt Taibbi's take on Rick Perry's struggling campaign | Countdown with Keith Olbermann

Democracy Now host Amy Goodman and Truthdig blogger Chris Hedges on the Occupy Wall Street movement

Rick Perry ready to bail on stupid debates

Occupy Wall Street: Naomi Wolf calls attention to the disturbing involvement of Homeland Security in her arrest

21 Oct 2011 | Naomi Wolf, political activist and author of “Give Me Liberty,” calls attention to the enormous power that the federal government can wield to prevent constitutionally guaranteed rights. “History shows they start with the Other and it gets closer and closer and closer and someday they come for you.”

OWS: Will Bunch on Occupy Chicago arrests | Countdown

24 Oct 2011 | Keith and Will Bunch, senior writer for the Philadelphia Daily, discuss the 130 arrests during Occupy Chicago this past Sunday and that police officers seem to be unaware that their arrests and aggressive law enforcement amplify the movement: “The police have become kind of a stand-in for the 1 percent and the elites they seem to be protecting.”

Bill Press on the 'Super Congress'

Big banks complaining they are being unfairly targeted | Countdown | 19 Oct 2011

Which bank is worst for America?

Sarah Jaffe and Joshua Holland
19 Oct 2011 | alternet.com 
 
The economic crash led to the loss of 9 million jobs and the biggest drop in American home-ownership since the Great Depression. Long-term unemployment, poverty and hunger have increased dramatically. People are angry. The Occupy Wall Street movement, a stand against Wall Street's greed, excess and criminality, has captured the imagination and participation of millions across the nation and the globe.

The giant mortgage bubble and the irresponsible and corrupt practices that caused the catastrophic economic crash didn't emerge out of thin air. They were a consequence of decades of pay-to-play politics rife with conflicts of interest; a political system awash in cash and legal pay-offs, designed to undermine the checks and balances that could have prevented the meltdown.

Many of these checks and balances were implemented during the Great Depression. How they were eroded and eventually abandoned is the story of a small group of banks, financial companies and elites involved in major conflicts of interest, revolving-door politics and backroom deal-making -- all to protect the interests of the global elite at the expense of the American public.

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Markos Moulitsas on Roger Ailes’ attempt at rebranding Fox

26 Sept 2011 | Keith and Daily Kos founder and publisher Markos Moulitsas discuss the improbable claim by Fox executives and Roger Ailes that Fox News is actually moving closer to the middle of the ideological spectrum. Moulitsas also calls out Howard Kurtz for enabling Fox.

AzR - Thank You, Steve (Tribute to Steve Jobs made entirely of Mac sounds)

"Every instrument, including drums, has been sampled from a Mac product, tuned by ear, and replayed in the context of the song."

Reagan asks crowd whether millionaires should be paying more or less in taxes than a bus driver

In a June 6, 1985 speech at Northside High School in Atlanta, Georgia, then President Ronald Reagan explained that tax loopholes allowing a millionaire to pay lower taxes than a bus driver were “crazy,” because they allowed the “truly wealthy to avoid paying their fair share.”

Robin Hood Tax on bank transactions could raise hundreds of billions for public services and to tackle poverty and climate change

Adbusters, which initiated the original call to Occupy Street, is now calling for global marches on October 29 in favor of a 1 percent 'Robin Hood tax' on all financial transactions and currency trades. If you are unfamiliar with the Robin Hood tax, this film with Bill Nighy from RobinHoodTax.org explains...

1979 Wall Street Occupation

Marine Corps veteran Sgt. Shamar Thomas on Occupy Times Square, veterans’ rights