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Monthly Archives: June 2009
Links for Today
A hobbit like house. Worth checking out if you want to do things on the cheap.
Another perspective on “March 14” victory in Lebanon.
Its smarter then buying dollars. But will it end well?
Links For Today
The GOP retakes NY senate with help from New York City democrats. That is a headline I never thought I would see. We will see if it holds up.
Elections in Europe. The beginning of the prologue of the crisis of authority.
Elections in Lebanon. Apparently I read all the wrong people. I thought Hezbollah’s bloc (the so call March 8 group) was going to win.
Apocalpyse Past
If you read enough history, you come across all sorts of fascinating stories. Some things are just plan educational–you didn’t know that had happened before. And some historical occurrences put things in perspective that life could be a lot worse.
The following two stories have a superficial similarity, but their outcomes are radically different. The first […]
Poem of the Week: 6/7/09-6/13/09
The Ode To Joy by Friedrich von Schiller is this week’s poem of the week. Mostly so that our audience will know what Beethoven’s famous Symphony No. 9 was all about.
Rant of the Week: 6/7/09-6/13/09
It is something of a surprise to see Robert Reich coming out against the bail out of General Motors. But he makes a fair case that bailing out General Motors does not advance liberal ideals, much less conservative ones.
Essay of the Week: 6/7/09-6/13/09
This week’s essay of the week is “A Tale Of Two Depressions” by Barry Eichengreen and Kevin H. O’Rourke. It is a very interesting essay, but one has to wonder at their claim that the policy response this time around has been better. The evidence from their own essay does not seem to support that idea at this time.
What could have been
The sad thing about the below clip is that it is pathetic and corny and still better then all the fight scenes in the last three Star Wars movies. Lucas just did not know what to do with the world that he created. He would have been better off turning it over to the brains behind Bioware.
Links For Today
Where is Andrew Jackson when you need him? He would have said “The Court has made it’s decision, now let them carry it out”
So torture is all right as long as you have a court warrant? It seems to me that if this was done to extract a confession everyone on the left would be screaming bloody murder.
If this goes through, it might help New York pension’s problems. But one has to note that the only way problems can be addressed in this country is by making future generations pay. Never are the people who caused the problem called upon to make sacrifices.
Links For Today
Remember the Stress Tests that banks were forced to undergo? Don’t listen to the people hammering on Felix’s in the comment section. His basic point is right on. Calculated Risk has the details if you want the nerdy version.
A detailed meteorological analysis of the weather the brought the Air France plane down. Very nerdy, but the comment section is very interesting.