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Tweet A couple of hours ago, Eli pointed out that the Richard Trolls of the world should be pumping up the Spirit of Mawson expedition as a return to the old time way of privately funding exploration. After all every bunny knows that goverment funding is the distorting devil, put into words by Richard Lindzen it mostly comes down to the money—to the incentive structure of academic research funded by government grants.
Read More: The climate news hook about record cold is that it doesn’t happen much. Also, betting opportunities.
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Via translation from Les Echos, please consider Taxis against VTC: the conflict continues . Note: "VTC" (Voiture de Tourisme avec Chauffeur) translates roughly as chauffeur driven touring car.
Link: Something Romantic for the Snuggle Bunnies
Bloomberg reports France’s ‘Culture Tax’ Could Hit YouTube and Facebook Should YouTube subsidize le cinéma français? France’s audiovisual regulator thinks so. In a report this week, the Superior Audiovisual Council (CSA) says that video-sharing websites should be subject to a tax that helps finance the production of French films and TV shows.