December 2010
29 posts
“I am learning all the time. The tombstone will be my diploma.”
“The greatest tragedy is to have the experience and miss the meaning.”
Rachel Maddow Interviews David Bahati, Author Of...
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Tanlines - O Seizing the Day O I’ve decided...
Addendum to "Americans are Horribly Misinformed"...
HOORAY Tumblr is back!
Here are the actual results for the “American Public Opinion on Foreign Aid” questionnaire: http://www.worldpublicopinion.org/pipa/pdf/nov10/ForeignAid_Nov10_quaire.pdf
Re: Americans Are Horribly Misinformed About How... →
I’m not sure how it is misinformation, I don’t think the point of the article was to assert that Americans don’t spend as much as other countries on foreign aid or to downplay the large amounts that we do spend.
We spend twice as much as any other country (in absolute terms) on foreign aid and our giving does makes up large percentage of worldwide foreign aid.
We spend far...
The Salaries of Charity CEOs
I was getting irritated by all of the cartoon pictures on facebook (that are supposedly preventing child abuse) and decided to look up a decent charity that actually does something against child abuse on www.charitynavigator.org.
Then I got distracted (and shocked) by how much the CEOs of well-known charities make. A lot of the highest paid are CEOs of museums, symphony orchestras and research...
Americans Are Horribly Misinformed About How Much...
I thought this was old news but I keep seeing it everywhere.
http://www.good.is/post/americans-are-horribly-misinformed-about-how-much-we-spend-on-foreign-aid/
Fix the American Budget - Interactive Feature!
“Today, you’re in charge of the nation’s finances. Some of your options have more short-term savings and some have more long-term savings. When you have closed the budget gaps for both 2015 and 2030, you are done. “
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2010/11/13/weekinreview/deficits-graphic.html
Grammy Nominees for Album of the Year
“The Suburbs,” Arcade Fire “Recovery,” Eminem “Need You Now,” Lady Antebellum “The Fame Monster,” Lady Gaga “Teenage Dream,” Katy Perry
Seriously?
Tehran On 'Smog Holiday' As Dirty Air Keeps Hold
In Tehran’s northern suburbs, 24-year-old Sepehr Shaygan is nursing a stubborn headache he blames on the smog. His mother puts on a surgical mask to do the shopping for a barbecue on the roof.
The family then peered out into a soup of yellow haze instead of the vista of cityscape and distant mountains when the weather is clear.
“Unbreathable” is how Shaygan described the...
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