FIRE HYDRANT MINI-NEWS ROUND-UP: Syria: Inside the Revolution (BBC), Chinese think tank also serves as spy arm, Rick Perry can now received unlimited/undisclosed cash, A Manifesto for Better Banking (via Independent Diplomat’s Carne Ross), In Praise of Wangari Maathi, On Public Safety in Jo’burg, Spoken language is a trade-off between information density and speed, Radiohead at Roseland, Has Seattle lived up to the legacy of 1962?
