The argument against the auto company bailout
In a picture: Hat tip to Greg Mankiw’s blog. ..bruce w..
Author Archive: bfwebster
Webster is Principal and Founder at Bruce F. Webster & Associates, as well as an Adjunct Professor of Computer Science at Brigham Young University. He works with organizations to help them with troubled or failed information technology (IT) projects. He has also worked in several dozen legal cases as a consultant and as a testifying expert, both in the United States and Japan. He can be reached at bwebster@bfwa.com, or you can follow him on Twitter as @bfwebster.
A brilliant piece on Wall Street’s self-immolation
Michael Lewis — who wrote Liar’s Poker back in 1989 — gives a fascinating, detailed chronicle of just how Wall Street managed to cause the current financial maelstrom that’s hurting all of us these days. Much of the article focuses on Steve Eisman, who kept asking uncomfortable questions until he figured out just how screwed […]
I don’t know whether to laugh or weep…
…but the Onion, as usual, is right on target: In The Know: Should The Government Stop Dumping Money Into A Giant Hole? Sigh. ..bruce w..
The tragedy of Iceland
My co-blogger, Bruce Henderson, has spent two years now warning about the stupidities of our domestic (US) economy, based in large part on his nation-wide gathering and analysis of real-estate data on a daily basis. Unfortunately for all of us, he turned out to be pretty much dead on, and we’ve got a major recession […]
Reality hits the fan
This segment from the movie “Downfall” may end up being one of the most reused segments ever…and this particularly reuse is one of the best done (though I still like the “Dallas Cowboys” version): Hat tip to American Digest. ..bruce w..
Video o’ the day
From the up-and-coming 23/6: Get the latest news satire and funny videos at 236.com. Yep, that about sums him up. ..bruce w..
Photos of distant worlds
[Thanks to Ace of Spades for the link!] Over the past decade or so, astronomers have discovered over 300 extra-solar planets, that is, planets orbiting stars other than our Sun. However, these discoveries have largely been indirect, due to the planet transiting the star it orbits, or variations in the radial velocity of the star. […]
Hope collides with reality
Here are two articles at the Rocky Mountain News website this morning. First headline: “Poll: 72% are confident Obama will fix economy” WASHINGTON — In one of the economy’s darkest hours in decades, it looks as if people are taking Barack Obama up on his exhortations for hope and change. Seven in 10, or 72 […]
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Veterans Day 2008 [updated]
[UPDATED 0428 MDT 11/12/08 — OK, so I’m lying awake in bed at, well, 4:20 am and I suddenly realize that I’ve forgotten the newest veteran in our family: my nephew, Darren Green. The list below is now updated; apologies to Darren.] Last Veterans Day, Bruce Henderson and I posted a list of our relatives […]
Words to live by…
…from the ever-fascinating contemplate.us: There’s deep meaning here somewhere. ..bruce w..
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