July 2008
13 posts
“It was the highest quarterly profit ever for any American company, as Exxon made...”
– Rising Oil Prices Swell Profits at Exxon and Shell - NYTimes.com
“So let’s take all that signage and ship it off to Alaska, where “Ted...”
– Daily Kos: State of the Nation
“There is no reciprocity. Men love women, women love children, children love...”
– Alice Thomas Ellis (via travors)
“It was 104 in Austin, today. It’s been at or near 100 since I got here....”
– Rich Potts - Degree River
“By the reckoning of Economy.com, enough houses are on the market to satisfy...”
– Uncomfortable Answers to Economic Questions - NYTimes.com
“The world’s 225 richest people now have a combined wealth of $1 trillion....”
– Global Rich List
“The conflict here will not be won with bombs but with books. … The thirst...”
– Op-Ed Columnist - Nicholas D. Kristof - Building Schools in Afghanistan - Op-Ed - NYTimes.com
Big Contrarian → Debris. →
riotrepublic:
What’s the difference between a million, a billion, a trillion? A million seconds is 13 days. A billion seconds is 31 years. A trillion seconds is 31,688 years. A million minutes ago was - 1 year, 329 days, 10 hours and 40 minutes ago. A billion minutes ago was just after the time of Christ. A million hours ago was in 1885. A billion hours ago man had not yet walked on...
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“It is difficult to track figures for civilian deaths in Iraq and Afghanistan,...”
– Military Death Toll Rises in Afghanistan - NYTimes.com 