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Thursday, June 8, 2006

Jake Shimabukuro

by Frank Paynter on June 8, 2006

“While my guitar gently weeps…”

Amazing.  Thanks to Mark Woods for the link (via Craig, via Andrea).

How long has it been since I visited Craig’s Book Notes, one of the longest running blogs in outer space?  Too long.

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40 Monologues

by Frank Paynter on June 8, 2006

Yesterday: #2,093,390 in Books

There’s an awful symmetry to that number.

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Amanda Congdon interviews George Soros

June 8, 2006

I think this is important.  I’ll be interested to see what the Happy Tutor has to say about it.
One of Soros’ most interesting points in the top level presentation relates to markets.  “You can’t leave everything to markets,” he says.  Markets are very good at allocating resources among competing private needs, but they do not [...]

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Save the Internet… Action Item – Call Today!

June 8, 2006

Yesterday, according to sources at savetheinternet.com, the House Rules Committee voted to allow two attempts to add meaningful Network Neutrality rules the Barton-Rush COPE Act. One proposed amendment, by Representatives Markey, Boucher, Eschoo and Inslee, is, apparently, sufficiently strong. Another, by Lamar Smith, is much weaker.
Text of the two amendments — Markey, Smith.
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