links for 2007-08-08
- “Gregory Clark, an economic historian…believes that the Industrial Revolution…occurred because of a change in the nature of the human population…The middle-class values of nonviolence, literacy, long working hours and a willingness to save”
- “My priority as a U.S. senator is dealing with poverty and educational opportunity and adequate health care. If I’m ignoring those issues and spending all my time worrying about rap lyrics, then I’m wasting my time.”
- “It is the pink armband of shame for wayward police officers, as cute as can be with a Hello Kitty face and a pair of linked hearts…if he parks in the wrong place, or shows up late for work…he can be ordered to wear the insignia.”
- “A 19-year-old handyman at a bakery has confessed to murdering a well-known newspaper editor in downtown Oakland last week, the police said Monday. The man, Devaughndre Broussard, was arrested Friday in a raid of the Your Black Muslim Bakery”
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