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9/11 Intel Failure?

Third Party Watchblog bq. At best, I can only conclude that our government was a mess regarding national security. And like any large beauracracy that changes leaders every 4 to 8 years, our government’s ability to plan long term, implement and fulfill long term projects, and remain consistently focused on priorities such that national security ...

100k Income in a 800k House

the family economy | Metafilter references an article in the Washington Monthly discussing whether or not we’re in a housing bubble right now. bq. Truth is, in most of the country there’s no housing bubble. Perhaps the crucial ratio from which economists determine whether housing markets are out of whack is the ratio of home ...

India Beginning to Outsource

Will India price itself out of offshore market? | CNET News.com – Tata Consultancy Services, one of India’s four largest exporters of software, has begun to offshore its staff, the American Electronics Association says in a new report. By 2005, TCS plans to have 3,000 software engineers in China, or 15 percent of their global ...

Atheist Sues Over Pledge

Atheist Presents Case for Taking God From Pledge – Dr. Newdow replied: “That is a view that you may choose to take and the majority of Americans may choose to take. But it’s not the view I take, and when I see the flag and I think of pledging allegiance, it’s like I’m getting slapped ...

Fraunhaufer Proposes DRM

Wired News: Pay Once, Share Often With LWDRM – LWDRM gives consumers more freedom. Like any other digital-rights system, it starts with a payment that gives consumers the right to use the song or video clip on their PC. But with LWDRM, from that point on consumers decide what may be done with it. They ...