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.
This two part essay by Miles O’Brien will educate you on lot of things that most fliers prefer not to think about. Part one is here. Part two is here.
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.
In the long run, regime change does not change much. Either for good or for ill.
It is better to support your body with little means than to support your spirit with little worth.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/24/magazine/24labor-t.html?pagewanted=all
Projected 10 percent increase in property taxes because of the stock market downturn. And New York State has the reputation of having one of the better run pension plans.
Not that reputation necessarily means much. People use to think that Harvard had a really well run endowment.
On the other hand, some reputations keep getting confirmed all the time. Products from China can hurt you in ways you never would have dreamed of.
A bunch of graphs that will show you how the economy is doing. If your not really interested in the housing industry scroll down to the middle of the post. That is where the broader economic measures start.
Anyone who has ever had to deal with their bosses overacting to information contained in an MSDS will appreciate this post.
Cometary on Der Spiegel’s report that Hezbollah killed Hariri. It helps balance out the people who are running around saying that the Spiegel article was just Mossad disinformation.
The Binghamton Newspaper put together a Google map showing the most heavily traveled “structurally deficient” bridges in Broome county. Their is also a list of all of the bridges in the southern tier of New York here. This type of information should be easy to get for all counties but it is not.
This week’s essay of the week is a fascinating essay about the difference a good doctor can make. And it raises interesting questions about what would happen if people really knew who the good doctors were.