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Archive - Oct 2013
"Too often we enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought." - John F. Kennedy
"Too often we enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought."
- John F. Kennedy
"The wise ones fashioned speech with their thought, sifting it as grain is sifted through a sieve.”
- Buddha
"These thoughts did not come in any verbal formulation. I rarely think in words at all. A thought comes, and I may try to express it in words afterward."
- Albert Einstein
Fun in Expression. Photos. 'Lit Nobel to Alice Munro, 82' 'elephants get point' 'surprisingly simple robots' 'longest talkathon'
"Literature Nobel to Alice Munro, 82"
"elephants get the point of pointing"
"surprisingly simple robots"
"let's share"
"longest talkathlon"
“how do I look?”
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Alice Munro, Canadian short story writer, 82, wins Nobel Prize in literature
"When I began writing there was a very small community of Canadian writers and little attention was paid by the world. Now Canadian writers are read, admired and respected around the globe. I'm so thrilled to be chosen as this year's Nobel Prize for Literature recipient. I hope it fosters further interest in all Canadian writers. I also hope that this brings further recognition to the short story form." read more »
"Beware of false knowledge; it is more dangerous than ignorance." - George Bernard Shaw
"A problem well put is half solved."
- John Dewey
"If I had an hour to solve a problem I'd spend 55 minutes thinking about the problem and 5 minutes thinking about solutions."
- Albert Einstein
"Beware of false knowledge; it is more dangerous than ignorance."
- George Bernard Shaw
Higher debt ceiling, steeper fiscal cliff. Uncle Sam "pause" at altitude of ~17 trillion..: for a soft landing or go up further?
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*Update Oct 19 2013* - U.S. debt jumps a record $328 billion — tops $17 trillion for first time
Ryan Links Budget Impasse to Debt Ceiling Fight, suggested on Tuesday that the government shutdown may not be resolved for more than two weeks. That would come, he said, when the country reaches its debt limit.
WASHINGTON - Representative Paul D. Ryan of Wisconsin, chairman of the House Budget Committee, suggested on Tuesday that the government shutdown may not be resolved for more than two weeks.
That would come, he said, when the country reaches its debt limit.
Noting that previous agreements over the budget had come together around the deadline when the country has reached its statutory borrowing limit, Mr. Ryan said, “We think that will be the forcing mechanism to bring the two parties together. Our goal and motivation here is to get a budget agreement.
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Images courtesy CBS News and brillig.com
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