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ClubOrlov: Social Collapse Best Practices
more cheery stuff from Dmitry Orlov, this time in much greater depth than the "Collapse Gap" slides
orlov  collapse  usa  russia  economy  recession  food  history  politics  survival  crisis  long-now 
february 2009 by jmason
Closing the 'Collapse Gap': the USSR was better prepared for collapse than the US
I came across this a while back and have been looking for it again for a while. Good document on what happened in the former USSR after its society collapsed -- pretty funny too. A bit heavy-handed in its criticism of the US though (via Bruce Sterling)
politics  history  usa  government  society  russia  ussr  economy  collapse  sustainability  orlov  futurism  america  world 
january 2009 by jmason
The Septic's Companion
'A mercifully brief guide to British culture and slang', aimed primarily at the USAnian. Now with book, just in time for xmas!
usa  uk  europe  culture  slang  language  books 
november 2008 by jmason
Obama promises new era of scientific innovation
seriously: yay ;)
science  funding  obama  us-politics  tech  green  usa  newscientist 
november 2008 by jmason
A state-by-state guide to election night
even by midnight GMT, we should have some interesting results
election  us-politics  voting  realtime  drama  polling  states  usa  tv 
november 2008 by jmason
new US Visa Waiver Program authorization site
from Jan 2009, visitors from many countries including Ireland need to register at https://esta.cbp.dhs.gov before travelling to the US
waiver  us  visa  travel  usa  via:simonw 
october 2008 by jmason
America's war on tourists
66% of tourists fear they'll be detained by DHS officials for a minor blunder -- *66 per cent*!! incredible, although given how many horror stories I've heard, I guess this is not surprising
dhs  security-theatre  security  air-travel  travel  us-politics  us-visit  tourism  usa 
may 2007 by jmason
How American are Startups? (plasticbag.org)
great thread of comments sparked off by Paul Graham's rather ill-informed presentation at XTech2006. Cory's comment is spot-on, on both sides
startups  ireland  usa  high-tech  silicon-valley  business  work  eu  uk 
may 2006 by jmason
CPNI call records
US phone companies routinely sell your phone CPNI records (details of what numbers you called or received calls from) to other companies, including Northwest and IBM. I had no idea!
privacy  epic  chris-hoofnagle  cpni  telephones  data-retention  usa  phone-privacy 
february 2006 by jmason
ICANNWatch | Obscenity on the Internet
'Only in the USA can we somehow get away with publicly exploiting fears of censorship by China -- most of whose citizens can't read English -- to defend our monopoly on ICANN and then, at the first real test, use that power to censor the global domain nam
icann  xxx  dot-xxx  domains  usa  us-politics 
august 2005 by jmason
Click opera - Dionysus, meet Jesus!
a great essay from Momus about Virgin Atlantic ("a flying Butlin's holiday camp"), the US' siege mentality, and the Hummer
witty  essays  momus  hummer  culture  virgin-atlantic  usa  nyc  new-york 
june 2005 by jmason
whitehouse.gov: Press Briefing by Scott McClellan 2005-06-16
'Q Is there any idea how long a last throe lasts for?' ... 'MR. McCLELLAN: Go ahead, Steve.'
funny  politics  usa  iraq  white-house 
june 2005 by jmason
Justice Department asking US ISPs to implement Data Retention
What's the bets that if the data retention proposal passes in the EU, the DOJ will suggest that they need to 'harmonize international law' here too?
data-retention  cybersecurity  usa  big-brother 
june 2005 by jmason
The New York Times > Washington > Image > An Editor in the White House
Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt, White House style -- rewriting scientific fact to fit politics
scummy  fud  science  climate-change  usa  politics 
june 2005 by jmason
Guardian | French fries protester regrets war jibe
"freedom fries" congressman recants. but they're *still* called that in the House of Rep's cafeterias
freedom-fries  iraq  france  usa  politics 
may 2005 by jmason
The Seattle Times: Nation & World: U.S. eliminates annual terrorism report
Nothing to see here -- move along
terrorism  security  usa  politics 
april 2005 by jmason
"Output per Hour Levels in the OECD Countries Relative to the United States", Centre for the Study ofLiving Standards, International Productivity Monitor, No. 9 (Fall 2004) [PDF]
The next time somebody erroneously claims that US productivity-per-hour is higher than France's, this is the source to debunk 'em with
europe  usa  productivity  bookmarks  reference  pdf 
february 2005 by jmason
BostonHerald.com - Business: Economic `Armageddon' predicted
Morgan Stanley's chief economist predicts massive US crash. yikes
economy  morgan-stanley  usa 
november 2004 by jmason
Economist.com: A productivity primer
The Economist suggests that France has the US beaten, using a more accurate measure of productivity
economics  economy  france  productivity  usa  working 
november 2004 by jmason

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