Iceland does it right, gives the banks a haircut, and sends the banksters to jail. Economy recovers. Compare to Greece, Portugal, Ireland. Draw your own conclusions about whether Keynes was right, or whether the Hayek was right.
Tagged OWSJust in case you thought your nation ever had your best interests at heart — US injects random people with plutonium and pulls 15 of their teeth to study effects.
So I was lying in bed this morning listening to the radio. I’d prefer the BBC, but KPCC switches over to NPR far too early. Then I heard the dulcet, seemingly reasonable, tones of Renee Montagne say this: …we start with a reminder of the root of Europe’s financial crisis: European countries borrowed too much [...]
Tagged OWSIt’s a very good time to be camera gearhead. For me, digital reached a watershed in 2008 with the digital F100, the D700 [1]. I suspect that I’ll be using this camera until it breaks. Even a couple months ago, at the end of its life, it was still listed as one of the ten [...]
One law for us, another law for them.
Tagged OWSif there are cars parked in it, ever. if a car door opening can take me out. if it’s got potholes or speedbumps or manhole covers or broken glass or worse asphalt than the street. If any of those are true, it’s just a sucker lane, and I’m not going to be in it.
Tagged bikeSigh. Don’t check your personal email at work. And whatever you do, don’t blow any whistles. Aside from that, what a pain – everyone expects to be connected all the time now. If you’re expected to carry a work phone, don’t check your personal email on it.
California never really caught on to the whole left turn traffic light concept. Or rather, Californians are too easy going to want to sit for a signal. We assume that we’ll all work it out at the intersection. A bit optimistic… but, since there are comparatively few left turn traffic lights, the way we all [...]
Tagged driving, peeveI didn’t know that you needed to have your ID to walk the dogs. And so much for the “Am I being detained? No? Then I’m exercising my constitutional rights and walking away.” I guess he’s “educated” now. As were the UC Davis protesters. Contempt of cop is a crime.
At this point, having biked an average of 2.5k miles per year for the last eight or nine years on city streets, I shouldn’t be surprised that a large fraction of drivers are willing to put my life, limb, health, and their treasure [1] in jeopardy just to get to a red light five seconds [...]
Tagged bikeLook no further than this, which is not a headline from the Onion (ht: Atrios) [edit] I said “newspapers”, but after listening to NPR this morning, I realized what meant was “old school media”. And yes, NPR is included in that – they have to suck up to their political, if not corporate, masters. Newspapers, [...]
Or not, it seems. Another amendment down.
Tagged another amendment downSummary: The government dropped a bomb on a U.S. citizen, who, though a total dick and probably a criminal, may have been engaged only in propaganda, which, though despicable, is generally protected by the First Amendment; it did so without a trial or even an indictment (that we know of), based at least in part [...]
Tagged another amendment downMatt Taibbi calls it right: But it seems to me that if you’re broke enough that you’re not paying any income tax, you’ve got nothing but skin in the game. You’ve got it all riding on how well America works. You can’t afford private security: you need to depend on the police. You can’t afford [...]
Tagged OWSFor those of you uncertain how to behave around bicycles: Don’t pass coming up to a stop. First, my brakes aren’t as good as yours. I can’t stop as quickly. When you pass me and stop, you’re taking away the margin I had given myself for coming to a stop. Second, you don’t know which [...]
Annoying driving trends: People leaving their headlights on bright ALL THE FREAKING TIME. Especially with the LED headlights. Me flashing my brights at you? That means you’re blinding me. People leaving their foglights on WHENEVER THEY’RE NOT BLINDING ME WITH THEIR BRIGHTS. Those are bright too. Especially if you’re in a truck, and behind me. [...]
The cancellation of the Superconducting Super Collider was an idiot thing to do for any number of reasons. First, it still would have been the most powerful accelerator on earth, with the most luminosity. We would have found the Higgs in 1996, instead of not quite yet in 2011. We rarely get measurable quantities like [...]
Tagged HEPSFPD sergeant Peter Thoshinsky (helmet #2197) is recorded walking the police line, ordering his officers, “If they do not do what you tell them, strike them.”
Tagged OWS220 years. How are we doing? Let’s go check Zuccotti Park, or LA City Hall. No protesters? So much for assembly and speech. There’s still religion, unless you’re a Muslim, or an atheist (freedom from religion). Restricted, though a bit less so than it used to be, except here in lovely CA. [*] Just [...]
The Onion nails it again:
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