Monthly Archives: December 2003

IN HOCKEY YOU DON’T ALWAYS GET WHAT YOU PAY FOR

Posted on December 14, 2003 by Dave Pollard

Last spring I presented a chart showing NHL performance versus salaries. As it turned out, New Jersey ($52M salary) eked out Anaheim ($39M) in the Stanley Cup final. This year’s projections (the 2004 Stanley Cup is still half a year … Continue reading →

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SCIENCE SHORTS

Posted on December 13, 2003 by Dave Pollard

Three really intriguing developments on the science front this week: Categorizing Species by DNA Some scientists are proposing to replace the unreliable process of distinguishing plant and animal species by physical attributes with a taxonomy based on DNA. One key … Continue reading →

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ONE BILLION AMERICANS?

Posted on December 12, 2003 by Dave Pollard

The Center for Immigration Studies, a “non-profit immigration think tank which seeks fewer immigrants but a warmer welcome for those admitted”, takes issue with the “forced optimism” of the Census Bureau’s latest projections of US population. They point out that … Continue reading →

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THURSDAY QUICKIES: GLOBAL WARMING, INNOVATION, OFFSHORING

Posted on December 11, 2003 by Dave Pollard

Fiddling While Earth Burns Bill McKibben, a science writer and long-time advocate of drastic action to curtail global warming and overpopulation, lays out in the latest edition of Granta the overwhelming evidence, unrefuted by a single credible scientific study, of … Continue reading →

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WHAT I’M DOING TO HELP ‘SAVE THE WORLD’

Posted on December 10, 2003 by Dave Pollard

Yesterday, I set out the How to Save the World  roadmap, describing how I think we can create a better world. Today I’m going to tell you what I’m doing to help. My personal efforts concentrate on eight of the … Continue reading →

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THE HOW TO SAVE THE WORLD ROADMAP

Posted on December 9, 2003 by Dave Pollard

As promised last week, this post draws together many of the ideas I’ve written about in these pages over the past year into a single ‘roadmap’ action plan for transforming the world from one of imminent ecological disaster, massive cruelty, … Continue reading →

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THE SALON BLOG COMMUNITY DIRECTORY

Posted on December 8, 2003 by Dave Pollard

I did the Salon Blog popularity calculations for the past month, but decided not to post them because they’re nearly identical to last month’s. In fact, there’s not a single new entrant in the top 50 list, and the gap … Continue reading →

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SALON BLOGS COMMUNITY DIRECTORY

Posted on December 8, 2003 by Dave Pollard

All known Salon Blogs with at least one post in the past 30 days (apologies if this chart looks cramped on small screens) – Downloadable Excel version Blog Name Blog #    URL Author Name Geographic Location Hits/ month (,000) … Continue reading →

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LISTENING ONLINE

Posted on December 7, 2003 by Dave Pollard

I object to the price-gouging of the Big 5 record oligopoly (Warner, EMI, BMG, Universal & Sony) that controls 85% of the CDs sold worldwide. On top of that, my eclectic tastes mean that for me a trip to the … Continue reading →

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WHO ARE THE TERRORISTS?

Posted on December 6, 2003 by Dave Pollard

I was struck by the irony in these two reports from a single recent broadcast of Pacifica Radio (extracts only below): FTAA Protest: The Free Trade Area of the Americas, (FTAA) meetings in Miami were marked by unprecedented police mobilization … Continue reading →

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