The vast and widespread consequences of global warming
It makes you wonder how earth (and humanity) ever survived the Medieval Warm Period or the Holocene Maximum: Hat tip to Instapundit. ..bruce w..
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The five books every IT manager should read…right now
I’ll add “software engineers” as well, not to mention CIOs and CTOs. My latest Baseline column is up, and in it, I discuss just why you should read these books — or, if you have read them already, why you should re-read them. ..bruce w..
The argument against the auto company bailout
In a picture: Hat tip to Greg Mankiw’s blog. ..bruce w..
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..
Words to live by…
…from the ever-fascinating contemplate.us: There’s deep meaning here somewhere. ..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..
This is so on target
This guy pretty much nails it: Flying still seems magical to me. Hat tip to Bad Astronomy. ..bruce w..
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