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esommer.net : blog : archive : 2004 : 06
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 | Factoid 42: Spain's 160 golf courses require as much water as the city of Madrid, with 3 million inhabitants. |
| Doch. Dass Vodafone durch sehr kreative Buchführung und |
| kurzsichtigen Dilletantismus (nehmen wir mal wohlwollend an) |
| seitens einiger weniger Politiker nun die Möglichkeit sieht, |
| 25 Milliarden Euro Steuern "zu verrechnen" ist sicher nicht |
| im Sinne des Souveräns -- der bin schliesslich auch ich. |
| Im übrigen würde ich mich in den Schuhen von Herrn Rüttgers |
| ja in Grund und Boden schämen, wo doch die CDU massgeblich |
| an dem katastrophalen Zustand der Steuergesetzgebung |
| beteiligt ist. Aber desweschen ist er ja auch Politiker, |
| und ich nicht. |
| self-fulfilling prophecy |
| i just noticed it's becoming more and more common to think of the Iraq situation as something having to do with islamist terrorism, and Al-Qaida in particular. |
| But i remember how absolutely self-serving and contrived it seemed back when President Bush of The United States of America tried to make the connection between September 11 and his wish to invade Iraq. |
| How is it that now even critical and deeply-thinking people seem to take the connection for granted? |
| This is what happened: when Bush and his Halliburton gang proceeded to kill people in Iraq with, evidently, not the slightest idea of what should happen "after", a power vacuum formed. Now all sorts of evil crazed assholes are filling that vacuum with car bombs, and even thoughtul people begin to file these occurrences under the heading of "Islamist Terrorism" -- e presto there you have it: the shrub's pathetic dispicable attempt at restoring his daddy's honor, and earning some bucks for his buddies in the process, seems retroactively to be justified in precisely the terms we all knew were bullshit at the time. |
| there's a poll on talkenergy asking what you think "is the biggest hurdle for people adopting sustianable energy?" |
| Two examples illustrating why i'd say Public Policy right now: |
| 1. the german government of the past six years has a comparatively good track record in legislating policies that support renewable energy sources, notably guaranteeing high rates per KW of renewable enery fed into the grid, which has caused a huge surge in wind turbines being set up in recent years, because private investors can calculate exactly if, when and how an investment will return. |
| At the same time, however, billions of euros continue to flow into the subsidy of .. coal mining! |
| The EIR recommended phase-outs of Bank support for coal and oil, and a phase-in of renewables by increasing lending by 20% of the total energy lending portfolio each year. |
| Dave Winer quotes: Gizmodo: "There's an ethical dissonance between trying to support the artists you like and the industry you hate (and who hates you)." |
| How true! Listening to music i like -- legally, of course -- i often wish there were a one click method to show the artists some appreciation, and be sure it wasn't shared or completely gobbled up by some zaibatsu. Anyone who publishes music on the web for download should include a link to such a page in the ID3 or whatever headers of the file itself -- it's amazing how many don't use this this simple method to allow their listeners to link back to them. |
| Otoh, of course, there a lot of music businesses that provide valuable services, supporting artists before they become well known. Ach, life's so complicated. |
| ok, it's frivolous, but doesn't this just say it all? |
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