Every few days Drudge has been running a collection of squibs like this:
The monetary damages are incredible versus the payoff the looters are getting.
So as well as looting at the top, we have it at the bottom now too.
Daily Archives: July 20, 2011
Brother, Can You Spare A Future?
A Rhode Island City Turns to Pensioners to Avoid Bankruptcy
The city’s 141 retired firefighters and police officers were asked at a meeting Tuesday night to voluntarily give up as much as half of their pensions. It’s called the “big ask,” and with the library and community center already shut down, the city is running out of options to fix its dire financial prospects.
Boldfaced emphasis added by me.
Filed under Collapse, Pottersville
Spotify Is Eating My Life
Spotify is exactly what Napster should have been allowed to legally evolve into.
I’ve listened to more and different music in the past five days than I have in the past five years.
Being able to connect with other people and playlists (as Napster allowed people to connect with other people’s hard drives) has allowed me to zip through over 600 tracks just yesterday to discover new music.
Filed under Music
If You Missed The J.K. Rowling TV Movie
Yeah, you better bookmark that to see it there.
Because there are no copies floating around the Net that I can find.
Hey! For Research Purposes Only.
If you want spoilers:
Magic Beyond Words: The J.K. Rowling Story
Magic Beyond Words: The J.K. Rowling Story Review
Yeah, yeah, “cheesy” isn’t going to stop me from seeing it.
This Is What Twitter Does Not Want To Happen, Part Seven
New Twitter Has Become Browser Poison is, at the time of this post, the most-read post at this blog.
A search term that led to this blog today:
“new twitter” firefox cpu 100% 2011
Yep. Twitter is browser poison again:
Filed under Socialtech
