Henry Ford was no altruist by any stretch of the imagination

In fact, he was a deeply flawed individual in many respects. However, he was wise enough to recognize that the the dramatically increased productivity enabled by the moving assembly lines that had been introduced in his factories in 1913 meant he could pay his workers better, thus enabling them to spend more so they could [...]

When the facts don't conform to the theory, they must be disposed of

Paul Ryan speaks again, his claim of 1.4 million business bankruptcies was a little off… the truth is more like 47,806. Next lie please

Ryan Adds Some Loaded Examples to Question of ‘Better Off?’ While correct, some of Representative Paul D. Ryan’s numbers seemed cherry-picked to paint the worst possible picture.

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Automated takedowns need to be stopped

 YouTube does this all the time and much of it is unjustified.  +TWiT frequently gets automated takedowns for its shows because they are commenting on videos that are on the service.  Nothing should be removed until it has been reviewed by a human and the account holder is notified. 

Reshared post from +Electronic Frontier Foundation Why [...]

Paul Ryan reveals the "true" story of Bin Laden's demise

Paul Ryan reveals the "true" story of Bin Laden's demise

Ryan Gives Detailed Account of Day He Killed Bin Laden NEW YORK (The Borowitz Report)—In a dramatic narrative that could upstage this week’s Democratic National Convention, Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wisc.) gave reporters today a detailed account of the fateful d…

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Governments in other parts of the world are finally starting to take a fresh look…

Governments in other parts of the world are finally starting to take a fresh look at copyright law in the digital age. Canada's recently passed law caps damages for non-commercial infringements and expands the bounds of fair use. Given the attempts to shove through legislation like PIPA, SOPA and COICA just this year, what do [...]

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2012-09-03

RT @evchels: Sign me up! RT @tsport100: RT @lorddrayson: Just in: Formula E Championship receives FIA green light.: http://t.co/80lkagbB # Invention vs Evolution http://t.co/V98mVETU # About to watch a #ford forum on advanced driver assist technology and the #2013FordFusion http://t.co/VuTrdaXy via @livestream # RT @Ford: We'll be taking questions for our panelists on twitter. [...]