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Elite Fund-Raisers Help Presidential Candidates Rake in Millions

http://www.opensecrets.org/news/2011/07/elite-fundraisers-help-candidates.html Today, President Barack Obama's re-election campaign released the names of 244 bundlers, which the campaign dubbed "volunteer fund-raisers," who collected at least $50,000 each on behalf of the president's re-election.
Editor’s note : Guest contributor Jon Bischke is a founder of RG Labs and an advisor to Altius Education , Fatminds and Udemy .

A Tale Of Two Countries: The Growing Divide Between Silicon Valley And Unemployed America

http://techcrunch.com/2011/07/16/tale-of-two-countries-silicon-valley-unemployed/
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Koch industries orchestrating anti-union 'Tea Party' protests in Wisconsin

A counter-protest by those supposed populist teahadists is on its way to Wisconsin this weekend. But like every other major Tea Party event, this one isn't a spontaneous, grassroots uprising. Like all the others, it's sponsored by Koch Industries. http://www.dailykos.com/story/2011/02/18/946828/-Koch-industries-orchestrating-anti-union-Tea-Party-protests-in-Wisconsin
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http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/press_box/2010/08/the_protointernet_of_1704.html The earliest newspapers understood the value of user commenting Before Wikipedia, before blogs, before comment areas or message boards, before the Internet—hell, before the mass adoption of indoor plumbing—readers were generating valuable content. I stumbled across this historical fact while reading Thomas C.

The Proto-Internet of 1704: The small ways in which Colonial newspapers anticipated the Web. - By Jack Shafer

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