Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Treasury Won’t Sell Take a Loss on GM Shares
General Motors Co. executives want the Treasury Department to sell its almost 27 percent stake in the company because, they say, the feds are hurting their image and government pay restrictions are chasing away top talent. … Government officials weren’t interested in the deal.“At GM’s Friday share price of $24.14, the U.S. would lose about…
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Wealthy Donors Work to Improve Schools
The union and HuffPo object: Stand for Children is a non-profit education reform group advocating for the inclusion of standardized test scores in teacher evaluations, charter schools and decreased teacher union power. Over the past three years, the group’s political action committee has raised more than $4 million and doled out more than $1 million…
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Moneyball in Law Firms
Moneyball is moving onto another major-league diamond: Big Law, where law firm chiefs—under pressure from clients to cut costs—are re-engineering law firm management, much as the Oakland Athletics’ Billy Beane did for baseball. Exploding salaries, frequent roster changes and emphasis on short-term performance in a tight economy are just some of the sports-world realities confronting…
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Leno: Obama’s ‘Encouraging More Americans to Give Up Looking for Work’ to Bring Down Unemployment
Talking about how the unemployment rate only fell last month because of the number of people that dropped out of the labor force, Leno quipped that the President is “encouraging more Americans to give up looking for work so the numbers will come down a little bit” via NewsBusters.org. Ouch! Video at the link.
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Dark Energy Camera — Science Rocks!!
The highest-resolution camera ever built has begun its quest to pin down the mysterious stuff that makes up nearly three-quarters of our Universe. The Dark Energy Survey’s 570-million-pixel camera will scan some 300 million galaxies in the coming five years. via BBC News. Very v e r y cool.
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Biggest Celebrity Salary? Take a Wild Guess
You’ll never guess. Really. You won’t. Take a wild guess as to who it is. I’ll give you a hint… it’s a sign of our society going over the cliff. The answer is here: Biggest Celebrity TV Salaries – Business Insider.
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College Suspends Obama Pledge Professor
UPDATE: Last week we heard about the college prof. who made her students pledge to vote for Obama. A college professor has been placed on leave after she allegedly forced her class to sign a pledge to vote for President Obama in the upcoming elections. via Campus Reform. Justice? Probably.
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‘Warp drive’ May be Feasible
A warp drive to achieve faster-than-light travel — a concept popularized in television’s Star Trek — may not be as unrealistic as once thought, scientists say. … Now physicists say that adjustments can be made to the proposed warp drive that would enable it to run on significantly less energy, potentially bringing the idea back…
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Why It’s Impossible to Run a Business Without Breaking the Law
Shakedown in Chicago is commonplace. It’s not just at Pete’s. [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PMHxcfQfL_M]
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