Obama's closing statements

Pretty good, for an anti american

is technology changing us

Worth rebroadcasting this, just because you gotta love what Clay Shirky is on about. His new book is on its way to my house...

Waiting to exhale

All minds are on the stock market. We want it fixed, and it fixed only. It's almost always this way, and to our peril. It'll take a special government to respond.

The global economy is losing more money from the disappearance of forests than through the current banking crisis, according to an EU-commissioned study.

They put the annual cost of forest loss at between $2 trillion and $5 trillion.[BBC story...]

To be liberal always was cool, but now it's seen that way

To be liberal is cool again. Just in time for the election.
A little ad was made for my local liberal candidate. It's easy to do this kind of thing nowadays. Media in the hands of people. It's good for us.