Some of the games they played to plug California’s budget gap.
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A pictures is worth a thousand words. So you know the British army is short on equipment. But in some of these pictures, they don’t even look like a first world army anymore.
An education on what the fed has done.
Timber frame houses stand the test of time. But you already knew that.
Rant of the Week: 7/26/09-8/1/09
This week’s rant of the week is “Obscene Profit” = You Stole It
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Oil producers bracing for trouble.
Something to laugh about. Or cry. But who wants to spend all their days sobbing?
A collection of links about the health care bill.
A couple of new stories about the dangerous drywall from China.
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We Glow. Who would have thought?
Bankrupt Harvard, then go on to bankrupt the US.
It happened in New Jersey. What more do you need to know?
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Interesting set of links on Toxoplasma gondii.
They were very fearful. Funny how they worry that fear will cause us to make bad decisions but they never seem to wonder if fear drove them to make some very bad decisions.
Technology Can Fix That!
Warning: Digital snake oil has not been shown to be more effective at preventing or treating disease than physical snake oil.
http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2009/07/medicalrecords/
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You know a bank is to big when it starts suing itself.
Secret program no big deal after all. Somehow, that is not a surprise.
An interesting angle on California’s IOUs. Note that just because states are barred from creating their own currency does not mean that no one else can. That distinction seems to be lost on some people.
Tribute is always easiest way of dealing with barbarians. Even Rome understood that.
Rant of the Week: 7/12/09-7/18/09
“Why can’t the regular U.S. military organizations do anything?” is this week’s rant of the week.
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On the other hand, that would seem to indicate that the US will not be far behind. Especially in light of this.
The generation wars start. Only the first part is of interest. The rest is just feel good puff.
You will be hearing more about this. But expect more heat then light.