A never-before-seen behind the scenes look at how the State of the Union is written
Just how rich is Mitt Romney? Add up the wealth of the last eight presidents, from Richard Nixon to Barack Obama. Then double that number. Now you're in Romney territory.
Divide this number by 50 and you have the amount of money we make on the blog. Give or take a few million.
KAL’s cartoon: this week, reflections
We live in strange, strange times right now. Remind yourself of this 50 years from now when you’re tucking your grandkids into the SleepBot5000.
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Three cheers for Pelosi.
Mike Tyson as Herman Cain in his campaign promises video.
Perfect.
We have nothing to add. Nothing.
Dear Funny or Die: Please make a series of these videos.
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Wake Up Call of the Day: According to Starbucks’ sustainability director Jim Hanna, the coffeehouse chain may soon be unable to sell its principal product due to the detrimental impact of climate change on coffee bean production.
“What we are really seeing as a company as we look 10, 20, 30 years down the road – if conditions continue as they are – is a potentially significant risk to our supply chain, which is the Arabica coffee bean,” Hanna told the Guardian in a phone interview.
Hanna is set to speak before members of Congress today on the issue of climate change and how it’s real and how someone should do something about it before we run out of coffee and chocolate and a whole bunch of other foodstuffs “many people can’t live without.”
Starbucks has already put Plan B in motion, announcing yesterday it plans to enter the juice-bar market — news that freaked out Jamba Juice stockholders, causing the price of JMBA to drop 3.5%.
Today’s congressional event is sponsored by the Union of Concerned Scientists, which recently reported that coffee brands have increased the cost of grinds by as much as 25% over the last year.
“The dwindling supply of coffee is but one example of the many impacts to come due to climate change,” the nonprofit writes, ” and should be a wake-up call for us all.”
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Wake Up Call of the Day: According to Starbucks’ sustainability director Jim Hanna, the coffeehouse chain may soon be unable to sell its principal product due to the detrimental impact of climate change on coffee bean production.
“What we are really seeing as a company as we look 10, 20, 30 years down the road – if conditions continue as they are – is a potentially significant risk to our supply chain, which is the Arabica coffee bean,” Hanna told the Guardian in a phone interview.
Hanna is set to speak before members of Congress today on the issue of climate change and how it’s real and how someone should do something about it before we run out of coffee and chocolate and a whole bunch of other foodstuffs “many people can’t live without.”
Starbucks has already put Plan B in motion, announcing yesterday it plans to enter the juice-bar market — news that freaked out Jamba Juice stockholders, causing the price of JMBA to drop 3.5%.
Today’s congressional event is sponsored by the Union of Concerned Scientists, which recently reported that coffee brands have increased the cost of grinds by as much as 25% over the last year.
“The dwindling supply of coffee is but one example of the many impacts to come due to climate change,” the nonprofit writes, ” and should be a wake-up call for us all.”
Hype 2.0
Moram samo ukratko o dešavanjima na severu Afrike u proteklih nekoliko meseci.
Ne mogu, a da ne primetim da su se ljudi na zapadu žešće naložili na sve te silne ustanke, pobune, svrgavanja diktatorskih režima, which is all dandy and shit, ali dajem ruku da 99,9% te javnosti uopšte ne zna ko su ti ljudi koji svrgavaju te diktatorske režime. Oni znaju da su ovi trenutni loši i očigledno da svako ko pokušava da ih skloni sa vlasti je good guy, mislim tako su ih učili u holivudskim filmovima.
Glavni problem je što mediji konstantno izveštavaju kakav je bio taj diktatorski režim i strahote koje je sve sprovodio, a nijednog trenutka se fokus ne daje na to ko su u stvari protivnici tog režima i za šta se oni zalažu. Važno je samo da postoji bad guy, a ko će ga zameniti to je totalno irelevantno u ovom trenutku. To bi sve bilo kul da u jednom trenutku današnji loši momci nisu počeli kao žestoko odobravani likovi od političara sa zapada i tamošnjih medija.
Poenta priče je, don’t believe the hype ili u ovom slučaju hype 2.0
Use your own head and judgement from time to time, results may surprise you.
Debt increase by presidents: Reagan 186%, Bush 54% Clinton 41% Bush II 72% Obama 23%. Source CBO
obožavam američku politiku i izveštavanje njenih medija o istoj, a onda neko kroz 5 brojki pokaže realno stanje stvari
As Salon’s Glenn Greenwald points out, could you imagine any US politician saying that, ever?
Fascinating thing to say — for any leader.
Explainers Come in All Sizes
Greek Financial Crisis in digestible cartoon format with a H/T to Washington Post Innovations and JKK in NYC.
Hunch is back with more data on Conservatives vs. Liberals, this time looking at food choices
Ovo je fenomenalno za pregledati. Ovako predstavljenu statistiku čovek mora da voli. Postao sam infographic kurva.