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Cooling climate bad for food prices.

And speaking of food prices, a friendly little reminder.

Governments that can’t spend money in a rational manner can’t save money in a rational manner.

Speaking of which, here are some interesting facts on California’s budget.

And coming soon to a country near you is this. More rational then letting criminals go but it is not going to be pretty.

On a lighter note, engineers and their toys.

Poem of the Week: 6/14/09-6/20/09

The reason that so many white dweebs like rap is because they can’t help but despise themselves when they look around. So they embrace the hideous portrait that rap music offers up of what man is like to escape from an equally hideous reality. The rap video below is a parody. But it amply demonstrates why white male dweebs are so enamored of rap.

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Macro Man has some interesting facts on China’s buying spree. Note that even though China’s oil supplies are only back to trend they are probably still stocking up. Judging by their electrical consumption, their use of oil should be way down instead of an ever upwards trend line.

Update on California’s problems. More from Calculated Risk.

Good food is very important. But 3 cooks who each make a $160,000 a year seems a little excessive for one submarine. Reading between the lines, the sub was poorly designed and they are trying to fix that by throwing money at the problem.