bloggeranon ([info]bloggeranon) wrote,
@ 2007-09-18 22:13:00
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Current mood:awake

Why I read NYTimes
mkrishna80 asked me the other day. I should thank emeritusl for introducing me to it.

The primary reason is it gives me something to do in between builds :) but then again I get to see articles like this:

1) After seeing Sicko, I pretend to be interested in stuff like health care. It helps to carry off images of maturity in old people discussions.."Should I move to SF to get free health care or wait for Hillary Clinton to get elected and NOT do her health care fiasco again?"

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/14/us/14health.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/18/us/politics/18clinton.html?ref=us

Of course I don't care. My company pays for my health care but then I should still be considering my new found layers of flab.

2) Remember Ayn Rand, anyone?
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/15/business/15atlas.html?em&ex=1190260800&en=a452c5a143f0a472&ei=5087%0A

3) The follow-up for 2): Some "intellectual disgust" descriptions on http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/18/science/18mora.html?ref=science

The article itself drags in the middle though there's some interesting stuff towards the end.

4) Will I get better rates when I refinance for my auto-loan?
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/18/business/18cnd-fed.html?ref=business




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(Anonymous)
2007-09-20 06:05 am UTC (link)
One of the most influential business books ever written
Jeeeezus.

-z

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[info]bloggeranon
2007-09-20 07:20 am UTC (link)
People often mistake "The capitalist regime" for "The capitalist enterprise".

That's why I feel everyone must read: http://apps.facebook.com/ireadit/view/bookDetail.php?isbn=0060838655&prod=BOK-14376484-1&title=A+People%27s+History+of+the+United+States+1492+-+Present&src=myreads&refuid=530149542

For people who are not in facebook: http://www.amazon.com/Peoples-History-United-States-1492-Present/dp/0060528370

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[info]bloggeranon
2007-09-20 09:19 am UTC (link)
This book has suddenly moved historians in my awe-pecking-order a couple of places.

Read http://www.granta.com/extracts/1640

Ramachandra Guha is the next one to read, for sure.

There's an awesome extract from "African Genesis" but too lazy to condense..later.

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