Steve Jobs Quote – Let’s Go Invent Tomorrow
“Let’s go invent tomorrow instead of worrying about what happened yesterday” – Steve Jobs
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Austria: Why nobody wants to settle here
For all its natural beauty, Austria is doing a rotten job of attracting immigrants, said Jakob Zirm. Among the 34 most developed countries, this one ranks dead last as a destination for job-seekers from developing countries. That’s a problem, since our low birth rate means that we will soon lack enough workers to pay our retirees’ pensions. Only “targeted immigration […]
Read moreCartoon – Wary Wedding
Why fewer women seek abortions
It’s “ a fascinating irony of the pro-life movement,” said David Frum. Abortion rates are plummeting in the U.S., largely because of prolifers’ efforts. But at the same time, out-of-wedlock births are soaring—and among the poor and the lower middle class, are actually becoming the norm. There were 730,000 abortions in 2011, according to the latest official tally—the smallest number […]
Read moreMarilyn Monroe Quote – Better Than Them
“When it comes down to it. I let them think what they want. if they care enough to bother with what I do, then I’m already better than them.” – Marilyn Monroe
Read moreCartoon – Your own personal Hell
Cartoon – Company Pension
Edward Tenner Quote – Going Very Wrong
“Sometimes things can go right only by first going very wrong.” – Edward Tenner
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Poem – Salvation Days (By R.T. Castleberry)
In the turn from wide to narrow streets seams in the street shudder my tires, loosed leaves flutter through the fog. Police on patrol secure the corner the five-columned church commands. Blocked by brush-wide blurs of contrails, the sun settles behind the storm. There’s a death in my house, a dearth of charity, a chastened child unwrapping his […]
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