The lesson from the Irish economy's collapse: "At some point America will witness a crash much worse than the Great Recession. It might feel like the end of the world, and some people, raised on two decades of apocalypse porn, might believe it to be so. But as the long-suffering Irish have discovered, the day of a crash will also be a day when bedtime stories need to be read, animals need to be fed, and chores can’t be put off until the next news report. The crisis will pass, and permanent things will remain."

Info and advice on preserving and protecting your Li-ion batteries from Ars Technia

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Brown University economists discuss the market failures of 2008 crash - Bloggingheads.tv

Why does the government bail out GM & Chrysler but not the city of Detroit?

The Road to be released on DVD on May 25th. - Wired

Based on Cormac McCarthy's Pulitzer Prize winning novel.

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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."

Warehouse 13 cast talk about Season 2 - io9

"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

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.