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July 17, 2008

Sudan Divestment: Screening Tool for Genocide-Free Stocks Deputs

Aggregated from: AfricanLoft » USA

Foliofn Investments, an American firm has just introduced the first-ever screening tool to let investors build portfolios free of companies that support and profit from the genocide in Sudan. Foliofn Investments launched in May of this year help customers automatically screen out companies on the G...

I Am So Green

Aggregated from: A Political Glimpse from Ireland

Well I am not really, the one thing I really dislike about Ireland is that I have to pay for plastic bags every time I go to the grocery store. I remember the good old days of PriceChopper where not a penny in my pocket went to pay to carry my own groceries out of the store. That being said I have c...

July 11, 2008

The Technocratic Age

Aggregated from: A Political Glimpse from Ireland

Bill Gates has been credited with saying the following: Never before in history has innovation offered promise of so much to so many in so short a time. That statement coincides with my beliefs when it comes to technology, I believe it can provide the solution to many of mankind’s problems if ...

June 25, 2008

If Venezuela could vote…

What if Venezuela could vote in the U.S. elections? Link TV's Dear American Voter series allows citizens of other countries to share their opinions on the upcoming elections. Francisco Toro of Caracas Chronicles does just that, giving viewers a sense of how the U.S. elections could affect Venezuela.

June 14, 2008

The Obama Money Trail

Aggregated from: A Political Glimpse from Ireland

As promised, I have taken a screenshot of Senator Obama’s finances through opensecrets.org to contrast his top contributors with those of Senator McCain. Let me make the disclaimer that I will look at this in a positive context so feel free to disagree with me at any point. Senator Obama has r...

June 13, 2008

Japan: The problems facing Japan's IT industry

Aggregated from: Global Voices Online » U.S.A.

An entry [ja] by blogger gothedistance translating and introducing passages of the New York Times article High-Tech Japanese, Running Out of Engineers climbed the rankings a few weeks ago to become a popular article [ja] at Hatena bookmarks, Japan's most popular social bookmarking service. The a...

February 20, 2008

Poland: U.S. Satellite Fears

Aggregated from: Global Voices Online » U.S.A.

A discussion of whether or not Poland is “in danger from exploding US spy satellite” - over at the beatroot. time savedwww.globalvoicesonline.org...

February 6, 2008

John McCain on UFOs

Aggregated from: EXOpolitics Denmark

Super Tuesday showed that John McCain is likely to become the Republican Party's presidential candidate. Will journalists continue to ask him questions about UFOs as he gets closer to the White House? McCain once mentioned that he was interested in UFOs. He made this statement when he was confronted...