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Role of Opaque Gun Sales in Mexico
The problem: Federal authorities say more than 60,000 U.S. guns of all types have been recovered in Mexico in the past four years, helping fuel the violence that has contributed to 30,000 deaths. Corruption: As an unprecedented number of American … Continue reading
Review: Metropia and Code 46
Metropia. ‘Slow’ does not begin to describe the stupid snail’s pace that this flick struggles to keep up with. Really cool visuals, and a skin deep dystopian world, but… seriously, this was like watching oil form from dinosaur bones over the … Continue reading
“The Great College Scam”
Here it is: approximately 60 percent of the increase in the number of college graduates from 1992 to 2008 worked in jobs that the BLS considers relatively low skilled—occupations where many participants have only high school diplomas and often even less. … Continue reading
Review: Super Sad True Love Story
This is a pretty entertaining read about falling in love while the world goes mad and consequently falls down around you. In that sense, it’s a novel of a generation, one that will speak to many. Some interesting ideas re: what … Continue reading
Review: Collapse
The content in this documentary is old hat (peak oil, financial fraud, etc), as is the remedy (holons, DIY, gardening etc), and it’s very much over the top at times (the intro references to the intelligence community are irritating). I … Continue reading