Saturday, December 25, 2010

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Romanian Man Hurls Himself From Parliament Balcony in Protest of Austerity Measures

Posted: 25 Dec 2010 03:13 PM PST


He survived.

Picture embedded below.

Adrian Sobaru, an electrician at the national television station, gestured as he stood on the handrail of a balcony at Romania's Parliament

More than a dozen lawmakers watched his fall

Republican Redistricting Edge 196 to 49

Posted: 25 Dec 2010 01:11 PM PST


The Republican will be in control of redistricting 196 seats while the Democrats will only have control of 49. If you are wondering why the math does not seem to add up it is because the rest of the seats are done on bipartisan or neutral basis.

http://spectator.org/blog/2010/12/22/the-downside-of-redistricting

"the Census Bureau announced the new distribution of House seats reflecting population data from its 2010 survey. As a number of news outlets have noted, the reapportionment combined with Republican gains in state legislatures and governorships last month have given an edge to the GOP. In total, Republicans have control over the redistricting of 196 Congressional seats, compared to 49 for Democrats -- the rest will have to be done on a bipartisan basis."

China to Bail Out Europe?

Posted: 25 Dec 2010 11:08 AM PST


Europe continues stepping down while China and Asia step up. Having China invest in the West could prove beneficial in another way. Global stability would becoming increasingly important so they would see that investment pay off. That could mean serious pressure on 'trouble makers' like Iran and North Korea to start behaving.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1341110/Fresh-humiliation-euro-zone-China-says-bail-debt-ridden-nations.html

"China has said it is willing to bail out debt-ridden countries in the euro zone using its $2.7trillion overseas investment fund.

In a fresh humiliation for Europe, Foreign Ministry spokesman Jiang Yu said it was one of the most important areas for China's foreign exchange investments.

The country has already approached struggling European countries with financial aid, including offering to buy Greece's debt in October and promising to buy $4billion of Portuguese government debt.

Today Portugal had its credit rating downgraded by the Fitch Ratings agency amid mounting concerns over the country's ability to raise money in the markets to finance its hefty borrowings."

InvisibleNote.com

Posted: 25 Dec 2010 09:08 AM PST


InvisibleNote.com bills itself as a sort of 'email roulette'. You write a message to an '___@InvisibleNote.com' email address you come up with and see what happens. If someone else has already sent a note to the same address you will get their note and they will get yours. If you are the first, then your note will be stored until someone else uses it. At that point you will get their note and they will get yours. If you do not what to use your own email client you can go to InvisibleNote.com and fill our the form instead. Along with the note you will get their email address (as they yours) so you can write each other if either/both of you are so inclined.

I have left a note on the site. I am not going to say what email address I used, but it should not be to difficult for you to figure out if you are interested.

"Simply send an email to any_address_you_want@invisiblenote.com.

Then, the next time somebody sends an email to that same address, you get their
message (with email address) and they get yours!

It's a weird way to make random new friends!"

The Warrior Ethos of Steven Pressfield

Posted: 25 Dec 2010 07:11 AM PST


Video embedded below.

How Crowdsourcing Changed Disaster Relief

Posted: 25 Dec 2010 05:10 AM PST

NORADsanta.org (Track Santa)

Posted: 24 Dec 2010 05:14 PM PST


It is that time of year again; time to track Santa on his epic quest across the globe at NORADsanta.org.

http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2010/12/dashing-through-snow-with-norad-and.html (and)

"Every Christmas Eve, children all over the world ask themselves—and their parents—questions about Santa's magical journey. How does Santa visit so many children in one night? Will he eat the cookies I left out? How does he fit all those presents into his sleigh? These childhood mysteries are part of what makes the Santa tradition so special.

There's one timeless question that we're proud to say we can help answer: Where in the world is Santa at this very moment? Thanks in part to recent advances in warp-speed GPS technology and some very clever elves (elveneering?) NORAD Tracks Santa is once again prepped and ready to go.

Starting tomorrow, December 24 at 2:00 a.m. EST, visit www.noradsanta.org to follow Santa as he journeys around the world delivering presents to children in more than 200 countries and territories."
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