Tom Knapp’s latest media outreach update.
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Apple Shavings
Darian Worden on Almost Getting Away With Murder
William Grigg on Costumed Government Goons vs. Children and the Elderly
Charles Johnson on The Police Beat: Officer J. Smith, Las Vegas Metro
Radley Balko on More Watching of the Watchers
Radley Balko on Innocence, Schminnocence: We Have Rules, You Know
John Markley on To Serve, Protect, and/or Scare the Hell Out Of
Unfortunately, this post could be much, much longer ….
Walking on Sunshine
A solar-powered plane has just completed a 26-hour flight, the nighttime portion of the flight being powered by the daytime portion – with power to spare.
With an average speed of 25 mph, solar-powered flight isn’t quite ready to render jet fuel obsolete; but it’s nice to see some progress on the power-sources-that-aren’t-depleted-by-use-and-don’t-cause-so-much-collateral-damage front.
Census Shortcut
Amazing news about census workers who’ve been filling in census forms themselves with bogus information rather than getting the info the hard way.
No, what’s amazing is not that this is happening; it’s that 71 percent of respondents think this is “probably an isolated incident”! (I’d bet that there aren’t many teachers or professors in that 71 percent.)
Vulcan Nerve Pinch Before Spock
From the 1964 Doctor Who serial “The Aztecs” (see 3:36 to 5:10):
C4SS Monthly Fundraiser
Guest Blog by Brad Spangler
[cross-posted at C4SS]
Dear Supporters of the Center for a Stateless Society,
It’s time for me to again report to you on our financial situation and ask you to please help us pay some bills. Our fundraising goal this month is $1,320. Please support our work. Donate using the ChipIn widget on any page of our web site. Financial details follow …
We have had $1820 in total expenses for this past month of June. Those expenses are partially offset by $300 in income from recurring donations. Additionally, we’ve received several hundred dollars in online course fees for the Stateless-U program of online courses. Because those course fees are not a monthly source of income, though, as well as because enrollees can potentially drop classes and ask for their money back during the remainder of the month of July, we’re only counting a portion of that money toward the June expenses; $200.
That, then, is how we arrived at our fundraising goal for this month:
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$1,820 EXPENSES
– $300 DONATION INCOME
– $200 COURSE FEES INCOME
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$1,320 FUNDRAISING GOAL
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The monthly expense breakdown is pretty similar to what you’ve seen in recent months. Tom Knapp is now our part-time Media Coordinator, so his pay has changed. Although you’ll continue to see the occasional written commentary from him, Tom is now mostly doing promotional work aimed at media placement of our content. Darian Worden is now making more money as well because he’s taking up some of the writing slack from Tom writing less. Additionally, I’m drawing a $100 monthly stipend now and had $20 in phone expenses this past month. Here’s the expense listing:
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Research Associate: Carson — $425
News Analyst: Knight — $160
News Analyst: Worden — $260
Web Administrator: Gogulski — $215
Media Coordinator: Knapp — $640
Director (Stipend & Expenses): Spangler — $120
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TOTAL EXPENSES: $1820
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That’s where we’re at right now.
Will you please support our work? Donate using the ChipIn widget on any page of our web site.
Regards,
Brad Spangler,
Director, Center for a Stateless Society (C4SS)