The latest manifestation of black helicopters. It is all over done, but when almost 50% of market volume is program trading people are bound to get paranoid.
A cure for Alzheimer’s that we know does not work. It has been tried already.
A rant bashing feminists who don’t like infrastructure projects is this week’s rant of the week.
Citi has stopped accepting mortgage applications from mortgage bankers. Among the issues is appraisals which is supposedly the issue that is stooping the sale of a house near us.
A bunch of free home planning tools.
This week’s rant of the week is Thanks, Google.
This week’s essay of the week is Treasury’s Got Bill Gross on Speed Dial.
Shocker, free money is hurting rather then helping.
This law only applies if you are small. The ironic part is that it was meant to help the little guy.
Still looking for that magic cure. How is this going to fix the fact that they are an aging nation?
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.
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.