When China's bubble bursts, the global impact will be severe for all of us. - Christian Science Monitor"Remember the 1994 movie “Speed”? A young cop (Keanu Reeves) had to save passengers on a bus that would explode if its speed dropped below 50 m.p.h. Well, China is like that bus with 1.3 billion people aboard. If the Communist Party can’t keep the economy growing at a fast clip, the result will be catastrophic."
"Obama is psychologically fragile, and thus self-medicates a lot with cigarettes, golf, and exercise." -iSteve blog
Aren't we all? Don't we all?
More homeowners are opting for 'strategic defaults' - LA Times
"Americans are fed up with hearing how they're supposed to honor their debts while businesses operate by another set of rules."
Iceberg Forensics: Predicting the Planet's Future With Antarctic Ice - Popular Science
Another reason vitamin D is important: It gets T cells going - Scientific American"Americans are fed up with hearing how they're supposed to honor their debts while businesses operate by another set of rules."
Iceberg Forensics: Predicting the Planet's Future With Antarctic Ice - Popular Science
Toshiba ends incandescent light-bulb production after 120 years. - Good Gear Guide
Pandering, groveling, and obsequiousness do breed contempt. - Taki's Magazine
Pat Buchanan explains why Israel treats America the way it does.
Twitter decides to be a "force for good". - TechCrunch (Michael Arrington)
"...it’s basically impossible to balance a profit motive with a goodness motive."ISPs that facilitate malware, phishing, and other bad stuff are coming under scrutiny - Technology Review (Brian Krebs)
Just like Elvis - Wall Street Journal online
The other King of Pop is worth more dead than alive too.
