HEADLINE IN THE INDEPENDENT, LONDON “Britain becomes ‘never, never land’ as personal debt runs out of control” Britain’s “buy now, pay later” consumer culture has led to unprecedented levels of personal debt. A precarious situation – especially if house prices crash. Hamish McRae: Till debt us do part? Rate rises will test our ability to [...]
From PBS’s new media blog, MEDIASHIFT ” The Case for Citizen Ownership of the Los Angeles Times Host Mark Glaser makes the argument that the Los Angeles public could take charge of their greatest journalistic asset and make the business thrive in a new media world where readers are taking control in so many ways. [...]
DXM writes: ”As I have discussed with you, and periodically on The Geeze, I never trusted that Danny Pearl’s death was at the hands of the obvious bad guys, and have blamed it on the same crowd as who killed Pat Tillman, Margaret Hassan and Nick Berg. BOOK OF INTEREST: ?Big-Box Swindle illustrates how mega-retailers [...]
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