http://ignoregon.com/rss/ashland Aggregated Blog Posts From Ashland Tue, 7 Feb 2012 07:29:01 +0000 en http://joeduck.com/2012/01/30/5067/ http://joeduck.com/2012/01/30/5067/ Mon, 30 Jan 2012 17:37:00 +0000 Thanks to my good pal Keith (Check out his cool Travel blog about the Tuvaluan Island of Nanumea  ) I’m directed once again to the capitalist controversies. www.ft.com A letter to capitalists from Adam Smith By David Rubenstein To: Capitalists of the World From: Adam Smith What has become of my beloved capitalism? Countries teeter, [...] http://joeduck.com/2012/01/30/president-obama-on-youtube-answering-questions/ http://joeduck.com/2012/01/30/president-obama-on-youtube-answering-questions/ Mon, 30 Jan 2012 17:22:00 +0000 The US Presidential elections are much more about marketing more governance, and it’s been interesting as an internet marketeer to watch the brilliancy of the Obama campaign with respect to online media and especially social media. For example, right about NOW he’s on YouTube answering questions from voters: http://www.youtube.com/whitehouse?feature=inp-gh-SOU Republican Mitt Romney’s pathetic twitter following is [...] http://joeduck.com/2012/01/28/worlds-largest-snowflake-on-a-google-doodle/ http://joeduck.com/2012/01/28/worlds-largest-snowflake-on-a-google-doodle/ Sat, 28 Jan 2012 22:17:00 +0000 The World’s largest snowflake, according to the Guinness Book of World Records, was observed this day of January 28th in Montana by a farmer. Google’s doodle of today celebrates his discovery, though it appears he may have been the only witness to this frozen snowflake miracle of nature. From Wikipedia we learn that Guinness’ recognized the [...]