In reverse order of importance:
Justin Bieber’s monkey got confiscated by customs in Germany. Or something like that.
Obama appointed the first woman to head the Secret Service. I wonder if she’s as cool as Tasha Yar.
Italian archaeologists unearthed Pluto’s Gate, the alleged portal to the underworld, in Turkey.
North Korea declared war against the South Korea and the US or something. I’m still believing Little Kim isn’t stupid enough to actually start any fights.
For the first time scientists have printed human embryonic stem cells using a 3D printer.
A new kind of bird flu has killed two in China. Maybe by next week we’ll know where this H7N9 strain falls on the should-i-freakout-about-this-and-how-much scale (right now the needle has moved from 0 to 0.001).
Obama signed the “Monsanto Protection Act” which lets Monsanto keep using seeds that have health risks, orsomething complicated like that.
The Supreme Court heard arguments about gay marriage. People changed their profile pictures to help.
The Supreme Court also ruled limits on the use of drug-sniffing dogs without warrants. Based on my understanding of the unreliability of drug-sniffing dogs and stories of power abuse, this is a win for civil liberties.
However, in other privacy/freedom news, “U.S. plans to let spy agencies scour Americans’ finances,” and “FBI wants real-time Gmail spying powers.” Hey, man, whatever keeps us safe.
North Dakota one-upped Arkansas’s new 12-week abortion limit as the governor signed a bill limiting abortions after a heartbeat is detected, which is around six weeks. We’re going to have some interesting rides through the courts the next couple of years.
Cyprus continued to work on their complicated bailout. It sounds like depositors under the insured limit will now not lose any money, while depositors above may lose a whole lot. They also implemented really strict “capital controls” to try to prevent a bank run when the banks re-opened. Not really sure how that’s all going to pan out, but the rest of the global economy doesn’t seem too concerned at this point, at least for now.
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Blessings,
Joe
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Hi Joshua,
You have some great thoughts on your site here. I can’t find the “contact” option anywhere, so figured I’d try to contact you this way.
I’m looking for a web developer to work with me on a very ambitious project. It’s not for everyone, but I’d certainly like to find the right guy.
Christian, libertarian (Austrian economics) and good at web development is what I need. I have a mock site, business outline, operational outline and other material I can share. Tuesday I’ll be applying to Start Up Chile for funding. It would require me to head down to Chile for 7 months. If someone’s a team member, they could go down for some, or all, of it as well. I know it’s short notice, but it is what it is. I don’t need a commitment in this regard though, just sharing what’s going on.
Well, if this is something you think you might be interested in, check out Market Watch’s web site. Imagine that with robust chat services and forums, and ask yourself if you could build it. If you can, then maybe we should talk.
Blessings,
Joe
Hi Joe, thanks for commenting. (If the widgets are working properly, a contact email should be in the right hand column down there.) I might fit your developer profile except it would involve hundreds of hours of development that I do not have time for at my current place in life.