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Monthly Archives: February 2009
No science fiction or fantasy, please
As part of my ongoing quest to become an educated writer, I am looking at fine arts writing programs. One of the things I have noticed about all of these programs is that none of them want their participants to write science fiction or fantasy work. I find this idea strange given that one of the largest sections of any bookstore, perhaps dwarfed only by romance, is the science fiction and fantasy section. […] Continue reading
Worldview Web Roundup for 6 February 2009
Ancient southwestern pueblo dwellers drank Mayan chocolate (via Jungle Trader)– Mmm, chocolate. European cannibals (via Jungle Trader) –Brains! Braains! Braaaaaains! Hating on corn— What happens when the food we grow the most of we don’t actually eat, directly anyway? Narnia … Continue reading
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$3,106.67
I heard this morning that the Senate has the cost of the “stimulus” package up to $932 billion. That’s $68 billion short of borrowing a trillion dollars from the Chinese and the European Union and does not include the trillion dollars we already plan to borrow this year because our budget is a trillion dollars over revenue.
The stimulus plan represents $3,106.67 borrowed for every man, woman, and child living in the United States. That’s $7,456 dollars per household. Those amounts are just the principle owed, without any kind of interest applied. […] Continue reading
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Tagged Borrowing, Debt, Economy, stimulus
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