Pragma Synesi - interesting bits

Compendium of interesting bits I come across, with an occasional IMHO

Drillusion

New word!

Drillusion:  “The thought that allocating more real estate for oil exploration is wrong on every conceivable level.” — jgl

July 16, 2008 Posted by pragmasynesi | environment, news, politics | , , , | No Comments

Linking population growth and violence

Young, alive but not very heaven

Jan 31st 2008
From The Economist print edition

Quick tempers come with quick population growth

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February 22, 2008 Posted by pragmasynesi | anthropology, economics, politics, terrorism | | No Comments

The origin of the word “terrorist”

From the New York Times:

Bush’s Dangerous Liaisons

Very interesting…

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October 29, 2007 Posted by pragmasynesi | history, politics, terrorism | , , , , | 2 Comments