Author: mediahitman

Custom tailored search results based on the web pages you visit. Sound like SPYING to me. And no wonder you don’t see your friend Bob’s posts on Facebook anymore…apparently they decide for you what is relevant and what’s not. Clear cookies and cache frequently on all your personal computing devices if you value your privacy. Why make it easy for them? I came across this short TED Talk today just moments ago, although it being over a year old by now.  The premise is that Google and Facebook are now tailoring your internet experience by learning what you like and…

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By Jamie Doward Guardian UK A historic meeting of Latin America’s leaders, to be attended by Barack Obama, will hear serving heads of state admit that the war on drugs has been a failure and that alternatives to prohibition must now be found. The Summit of the Americas, to be held in Cartagena, Colombia is being seen by foreign policy experts as a watershed moment in the redrafting of global drugs policy in favour of a more nuanced and liberalised approach. Otto Pérez Molina, the president of Guatemala, who as former head of his country’s military intelligence service experienced the power of drug cartels at close hand,…

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“The Great Depression II: You Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet”  By James Quinn “Human history seems logical in afterthought but a mystery in forethought. Writers of history have a way of describing interwar societies as coursing from postwar to prewar as though people alive at the time knew when that transition occurred.” – Strauss & Howe, “The Fourth Turning”

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By Zen Gardner It struck me today how learning to handle these exciting new vibrations and cosmic changes is very much like learning to sail in uncharted waters. We really need to learn how to navigate these unknown waves and currents and be ready at the helm for the many fluctuations coming our way.

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By SUSAN DONALDSON JAMES Irene Vilar worries that her self-described “abortion addiction” will be misunderstood, twisted by the pro-life movement to deny women the right to choose. Her book, “Impossible Motherhood,” which will be released by Other Press on Oct. 6, chronicles her own dark choices: 15 abortions in 16 years, much of it as a married woman.

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