Category Archives: Society

Election Day in France: A Storm Is Coming?

Posted on May 6, 2012 by laura

News of the elections results is starting to be reported internationally and on the Internet, but official announcements in France won’t come until after the polls close in the major cities at 8pm WEST.

Posted in Society | Tagged | Leave a comment

Advertisement: Join The One Percent

Posted on April 27, 2012 by laura

The gym where I work out recently added Bloomberg TV on the overhead monitors. I was surprised to see a parody of the Occupy Wall Street movement in this tongue-in-cheek commercial suggesting that viewers could use Interactive Brokers and join … Continue reading →

Posted in Collapse, Culture, Society | Tagged | 5 Comments

Election Posters On Voting Day

Posted on April 22, 2012 by laura

The results of the first round of the presidential election were announced a little while ago on French TV. Citizens will choose between François Hollande and the incumbent Nicolas Sarkozy two weeks from today. I was at one of the … Continue reading →

Posted in Society | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

Unphotographable Sign?

Posted on January 1, 2012 by laura

What better way to start the year than with a mystery? It might not be the most interesting mystery, but it’s the one that presented itself to me yesterday afternoon when I noticed that some information was missing on the … Continue reading →

Posted in Personal Interest, Society, Technology | 2 Comments

Allegedly Unlawful Google Search Results Removed

Posted on December 12, 2011 by laura

I was looking for a quote this evening in Google on my iPhone, when to my surprise, I saw this message on the second page of results:

Posted in Google, Society, Technology | Leave a comment

A Kindhearted Breakfast

Posted on December 8, 2011 by laura

An early appointment took me into town this morning. On my way to catch the bus around 8:30, I took the covered underground passage beneath the main street that passes through the center of town. It was rainy, cold and … Continue reading →

Posted in Society | 1 Comment

A Message To Wall Street From 1862

Posted on October 8, 2011 by laura

Slate ran an article last month about homesteaders of the last century, Oh snap!: Homesteader Postcards, The Facebook of 1906.

Posted in Collapse, Culture, Society | Tagged | Leave a comment