This week’s essay of the week is “How Israel Destroyed Syria’s Al Kibar Nuclear Reactor” from Der Spiegel.
Essay of the Week: 11/8/09-11/14/09
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This might be next week’s essay of the week. But if you have the time, you might want to read it now. The question of the hour is who told what and why. You can’t believe anything you read in such articles and yet it might all be true.
From Megan McArdle:“California has come up with a novel way to close this year’s budget gaps: it’s increasing withholding from the paychecks of its citizens.”
You can leave, but you can never talk. What would happen if a church tried to slap such a legal injunction on a pastor?
Lines that make you lose respect for Scientists: “”Early paleontologists recognised the distinction between adults and juveniles, but people have lost track of looking at ontogeny – how the individual develops – when they discover a new fossil.”
Poem of the Week: 11/1/09-11/7/09
This week’s poem of the week is “Epistle (to the author of The Three Impostors)” by Voltaire. This poem has widely quoted line “If God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent him” in it. It is presented for education rather than for your enjoyment.
By reading it, you will come to understand to thing about Voltaire. He was smart and he was full of himself.
Rant of the Week: 11/1/09-11/7/09
This week’s rant of the week is “Going Norm Galt.”
Essay of the Week: 11/1/09-11/7/09
Did you know that there is lots of good evidence questioning whether the flu vaccine does any good? Did you know that in spite of this fact most of the medical profession considers it unethical to test the flu vaccine the way that other medical drugs are tested?
These facts come from this essay from Atlantic Monthly that should be required reading for those who buy into the flu vaccine hype. Most of the rest of us know from our own experience that it does not do much good.
Recovery
The recession is over. This is how I know:
- Certain product lines that died when things got bad are picking up. Now that we finally have our sales forecast adjusted to a realistic level, it’s too low. Customers are getting exceptionally long lead times for items they waited until the last minute to order. No plan, no components; no components, no tools.
- After spending about nine months on the ground, as far as work is concerned, I have flown twice within two months’ time. Not for any particularly good reason either time, and especially this last time. The travel restrictions are easing (unofficially).
- We are hiring. Temporary workers. Just for November and December.
While I don’t seriously beleive that all the world’s troubles are behind us–and might even suggest that nothing is more dangerous than a bomb that hasn’t gone off yet–if you a reporter you may feel free to report this a conclusive absolute proof that we have had a total recovery.
A car salesman showed this to me
A joke is only funny if it contains a little truth.
Actually he is a former car salesman. But he still sells.
Poem of the Week: 10/25/09-10/31/09
Why Should Not Old Men Be Mad? by William Butler Yeats is this week’s poem of the week.
Rant of the Week: 10/25/09-10/31/09
Gene Logsdon blog post titled Kill People But Not Dogs and Cats is this week’s rant of the week.