Furl http://www.furl.net/ http://backend.userland.com/rss http://www.furl.net/member/saschamaj.rss Furl archive. Wed, 03 Dec 2008 07:14:19 GMT http://www.furl.net/item/40401089/forward http://www.furl.net/item/40401089 Kudos to the American voters for a historic election, unfortunately they're getting the same old policies, and even the same old people in power. If you (still) believe that Obama will bring change, read this eye-opening article. You can also listen to an interview with the author on http://lawanddisorder.org/. It's sad, but this is the political reality in a 2-party system without real competition. Tue, 02 Dec 2008 06:07:12 GMT US Politics Obama Administration 4 http://www.furl.net/item/39928055/forward http://www.furl.net/item/39928055 PBS Frontline special 2-part series on how the Iraq war was fought in public and deep inside the government, with extensive interviews all viewable online. Wed, 19 Nov 2008 02:04:12 GMT Bush Administration 3 http://www.furl.net/item/39728356/forward http://www.furl.net/item/39728356 This is a phantastic little program that enables you to quickly listen to any Internet radio station in the world. It displays the artist and song title and you can record directly to your computer. The list of preset radio stations is huge and sorted by genre, region, language and regularly updated. It's not perfect yet, but the best little radio player ever! Fri, 14 Nov 2008 22:09:40 GMT Software 4 http://www.furl.net/item/39418643/forward http://www.furl.net/item/39418643 Proper stretching and warming up according to the latest research that shatters common wisdom of how to properly warm up. Includes exercises and a short video. Wed, 05 Nov 2008 23:01:43 GMT Self-Improvement Sports While static stretching is still almost universally practiced among amateur athletes — watch your child’s soccer team next weekend — it doesn’t improve the muscles’ ability to perform with more power, physiologists now agree. “You may feel as if you’re able to stretch farther after holding a stretch for 30 seconds,” McHugh says, “so you think you’ve increased that muscle’s readiness.” But typically you’ve increased only your mental tolerance for the discomfort of the stretch. The muscle is actually weaker. 4 http://www.furl.net/item/39223351/forward http://www.furl.net/item/39223351 Sat, 01 Nov 2008 04:57:53 GMT Election 2008 4 http://www.furl.net/item/39163912/forward http://www.furl.net/item/39163912 We might be in for a "surprise" on Tuesday (it shouldn't be a surprise anymore since it happened verifiably in 2000 and 2004 as well as 2006), nothing else but a landslide win by Obama might be able to prevent the rigged vote counting. "As Robert F Kennedy Jr, nephew of JFK, has exposed, the US is one of the few democracies that allow private, partisan companies to secretly count votes using their own proprietary software. Moreover, the vast majority of western democracies have independent Election Commissions to oversee voting methods and corroborate the results. The US does not. Most election ballots next week will be tallied or scanned by four private companies - Diebold, Election Systems & Software (ES&S), Sequoia Voting Systems and Hart InterCivic. According to Kennedy: Three of the four companies have close ties to the Republican Party. (...) Thu, 30 Oct 2008 12:34:53 GMT Election 2008 5 http://www.furl.net/item/39114944/forward http://www.furl.net/item/39114944 Has some great links for new ways of learning a language using social networking and podcasts. Wed, 29 Oct 2008 01:59:43 GMT Self-Improvement 3 http://www.furl.net/item/39029624/forward http://www.furl.net/item/39029624 Eine sehr gute Zusammenfassung von Dick Cheney's Treiben im Weissen Haus und sehr kritisch zudem. Ich erkenne die FAZ gar nicht mehr wieder, und das ist nicht der einzige Bush kritische Artikel den ich da kürzlich gelesen habe. Mon, 27 Oct 2008 11:32:13 GMT Bush Administration 3 http://www.furl.net/item/38958782/forward http://www.furl.net/item/38958782 New York city ranks 9th among 120 major cities as the most unequal city in terms of income distribution in the world. That means the inequality is on a level comparable with cities like Lagos. Now I know why I like living here so much ;-) Furthermore, according to this annual "State of the World's Cities" report from UN-Habitat, race is one of the most important factors determining levels of inequality in the US and Canada, with African-American men having the same life expectancy rate as people in China and India despite the US being a much richer country. For a longer article go to The Guardian: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/oct/23/population-egalitarian-cities-urban-growth Sat, 25 Oct 2008 22:32:12 GMT World Politics Society "It is clear that social tension comes from inequality. The trickle down theory [that wealth starts with the rich] has not delivered. Inequality is not good for anybody," said Anna Tibaijuka, head of UN-Habitat, in London yesterday. The report found that India was becoming more unequal as a direct result of economic liberalisation and globalisation, and that the most unequal cities were in South Africa and Namibia and Latin America. "The cumulative effect of unequal distribution [of wealth] has been a deep and lasting division between rich and poor. Trade liberalisation did not bring about the expected benefits." 4 http://www.furl.net/item/38860789/forward http://www.furl.net/item/38860789 An account by two British pilots who 30 years ago encountered a huge UFO and were ordered to shoot it down and remain silent about it. This story is straight from the recently opened governmental archives of UFO cases in the UK. Thu, 23 Oct 2008 07:48:45 GMT Science 4