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Monthly Archives: December 2009
Court Bans Sale of Microsoft Word
A federal appeals court has ordered Microsoft to stop selling Word. In addition, Microsoft is to pay the Canadian company i4i Inc. $290 million for patent infringement. Michel Vulpe i4i said it is “an important step in protecting the property rights of small inventors.”
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged infringement, intellectual property rights, Microsoft, patents, Word Leave a comment
Largest Environmental Bankruptcy in U.S. History
WASHINGTON—As a result of the largest environmental bankruptcy in U.S. history, $1.79 billion has been paid to fund environmental cleanup and restoration under a bankruptcy reorganization of American Smelting and Refining Company LLC (ASARCO), the Justice Department, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Department of the Interior and Department of Agriculture announced today. ASARCO is a leading [...]
Time to Eat the Dog: The Real Guide to Sustainable Living
A new book entitled “Time to Eat the Dog: The Real Guide to Sustainable Living” by Robert and Brenda Vale makes the case that the carbon footprint of a medium sized dog is twice as much as a sports utility vehicle. The land required to generate food for a “medium” sized dog is about 2.07 [...]
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged carbon footprint, climate change, dogs, environment, pets, sustainable living Leave a comment
All Your Crops Belong to Us
Monsanto strikes again. And again. And again. From the article: “the corn flakes you had for breakfast, soda you drank at lunch and beef stew you ate for dinner likely were produced from crops grown with Monsanto’s patented genes.” But that’s not all. The piece continues: “one contract provision bans independent companies from breeding plants [...]
Stuff Kids With Junk
Great. Encourage kids to eat junk food, make ‘em obese as early as possible, predisposed to heard disease and adult onset diabetes and … Agribusiness don’t care. What have kids done for them lately ? Dear God, have they no shame ? (Never mind, that was a rhetorical question) “advertising of low-nutrient high-density foods continues [...]
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Monica Lewinsky: Clinton Lied Under Oath
In a new book due out Friday, “The Death of American Virtue,” author Ken Gormley reveals insights into the Clinton presidency. He writes Clinton had another extramarital affair, with Susan McDougal of Whitewater fame. Also, Monica Lewinsky believes the president lied under oath when describing their encounters.
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The Long Goodbye
Will China decouple their currency peg? And stop buying Treasuries? Just as soon as they see that the US consumer is completely tapped out. For now, they use their dollars to acquire natural resources. to fill their own malls for their own people. “inevitable that the dollar would continue to fall in value because Washington [...]
Putting the ‘Hell’ in Health Care
Wonder why there’s no public option anymore ? Wonder why everybody is going to rake it in, except patients ? Actually, we ought to expect this because the politicians are in bed with the care providers. More, in too many cases, they are one and the same. Spend a few million to make a few [...]
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