Category Archives: Money

Economic posts

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Posted on October 8, 2012 by The Editor

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Lost Bet

Sleeping Brain Behaves as If It’s Remembering Something

Wot I Think – XCOM: Enemy Unknown (Singleplayer)

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Posted on October 4, 2012 by The Editor

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California Gas Stations Shut as Oil Refiners Ration Supplies

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Posted on October 3, 2012 by The Editor

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More Problems with Carbon-14 and Old-Earth Assumptions

Syria: Bashar al-Assad relative wounded in family hometown

Captured Happy In A Picture Frame

Iranian riot police storm exchange amid currency nosedive

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Posted on October 2, 2012 by The Editor

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Rebels Make a Go of Governing in Liberated City

Report: Top Hezbollah operative in Syria killed

Analysis: China slides faster into pensions black hole

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Posted on September 6, 2012 by The Editor

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France shooting: ‘There was noise, I was scared’, said girl who hid from killers

India steps up TB fight as fears of drug-resistant strains mount

KIDS PLAYING OUTDOORS:

Counterparties: Draghi makes his move

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Posted on August 25, 2012 by The Editor

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Collapse of new bridge underscores China’s infrastructure concerns

China Confronts Mounting Piles of Unsold Goods

China’s Slowdown May Be Worse Than Official Data Suggest

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Posted on August 23, 2012 by The Editor

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Seven-Year-Old Wins Iceland Ram Groping Contest

Tire-Eating Cornstalks

Chinese Steel Prices Plummet

Rant of the Week: 8/12/12-8/18/12

Posted on August 12, 2012 by The Editor

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Overly simplified (for example, making no attempt to account for inflation). But the basic point is correct.

Drought chart

Posted on August 1, 2012 by chicken man

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Nice infographic deconstructed here. There have been other widespread droughts but it appears the last one to have substantially this impact on the US mainland was 1954–and before that, 1934. It’s a whopper.

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Posted on July 31, 2012 by The Editor

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World’s biggest ever blackout as India is brought to a standstill

Near-bankrupt Greece says cash reserves drying up