March 2009
111 posts
February 2009
236 posts
Chavez says Obama same as Bush on drug war →
In terms of the global drug war, Obama is pretty status quo I think.
That being said, I’m vaguely hopeful about signs that they’ll let states do as they will with respect to medical marijuana. A tiny, tiny victory, but an important one.
Too little… →
Jeff Jarvis has an interesting post about some old media company. Let me summarize:
They’re really dumb and slow and dumb and slow and dumb and slow and sumb and dlow. And if they’d just listen to me or show up at one of my panels at any number of conferences they might’ve been better off.
But nope, they’re dumb and slow. Oh and buy my book.
(Ok, technically I...
The End
insomnambulance:
josephweisenthal:
insomnambulance:
So our biggest fund has an issue. Coming soon to a newsstand near you, I guess. Maybe a line-item on CNBC or something.
Basically, I’m screwed. So I’m home early! This weekend’s my birthday, so I’ll get good and drunk over it and wile away the days until they clean out the place. I figure on a few more checks, then a severance, and...
The End
insomnambulance:
So our biggest fund has an issue. Coming soon to a newsstand near you, I guess. Maybe a line-item on CNBC or something.
Basically, I’m screwed. So I’m home early! This weekend’s my birthday, so I’ll get good and drunk over it and wile away the days until they clean out the place. I figure on a few more checks, then a severance, and then I guess unemployment.
Rabbits leap...
“It’s so, so easy to put off the purchase of a new car. And that makes for...”
– Marginal Revolution: A Great Depression for rich people
The last part about free goods I think is really important. It’s not about the Wired dude’s “Free is the new business blah blah blah” it’s about, there’s a lot of free, cool stuff out there these days that...
“Innovation is not so much from trade secrets that are regionally clustered, or...”
– Falkenblog: Bhide’s Entrepreneurs
Oh my god, that last line, “Clearly, if true, the first implication is there is no god.”
So good.
“One iron-clad rule of economics is that whenever you subsidize something you get...”
– Falkenblog: Increasing Unemployment Insurance is also a Bad Idea
My First Law of Metatwitter*
peterfeld:
The more a platform is used to talk about itself, the greater the barriers to its adoption beyond its core users.
*and Metatumblr
Economy "Recover"? Please. It Needs To Reboot →
mattlehrer:
I’ve been thinking about this a lot and I think it defines the difference between the US consumer / economy and the rest of the world going forward. Since WWII and more so since 1981 / Reagan, US growth has been fueled by massive expansions in public and private debt. I don’t think that pace will continue for at least one generation, probably two - it took fifty-plus years after 1929...
“The contradictions came flying even in his read-my-lips moment: “If your...”
– The Two Faces of Barack Obama: A president contradicts himself all night long
“Obama aims to be the president of all Americans, a position that appears to be...”
– The Two Faces of Barack Obama: A president contradicts himself all night long
“Mr. Waldie added: “I’ve got enough handmade soap. I don’t need anymore.”
– Bohemian Sprawl Hits the Limits in Los Angeles - NYTimes.com
“WHEN Emily Cook, a screenwriter, bought a house four years ago in Eagle Rock, a...”
– Bohemian Sprawl Hits the Limits in Los Angeles - NYTimes.com
I think we’ll see this in parts of NY, and pretty much everywhere. I think it’s kind of sad, actually. I like gentrified, bohemian stuff.
Lots of good comments today on my post about why I’m bullish on Canada.
“Let me make another confession: I hate museums.”
– Thomas Flemming
Please Be Advised
whitneymcn:
From this point forward, any and all future discussions of the recording industry that contain reference to “buggy whips” will be immediately stricken from the record.
“Using data from the National Basketball Association (NBA), we examine whether...”
– Marginal Revolution: Interracial workplace cooperation, or the Steve Nash paper
This may seem trivial, but I actually think it’s kind of important and it goes along with my belief that the best way to achieve racial harmony is for more robust, competitive capitalism.
mikehudack:
Got a virus on my new netbook while running XP. So I installed Windows 7. It’s beautiful. And faster than XP. Windows 7 is going to give OS X a run for its money.
huh.
“The clinical psychologist Oliver James has his reservations. “Twittering stems...”
– A load of Twitter - Times Online
An "Honest" Discussion About Race?
You hear that phrase a lot. “It’s time we had an honest talk about race in this country.” This week that got play again after comments from the new AG about people being “cowards”.
I actually agree with him that people are cowards on this subject, but what bothers me is that this “Honest talk about race” actually means “Whites need to be honest...
“Klaus said that the economic downturns are like a flu: if you don’t cure...”
– Falkenblog: Vaclav Klaus Rules!
whitneymcn:
Good card game last night: won a few bucks, and debated whether stock made from Crown fried chicken leftovers would be any good.
I think probably yes.
So guys, what did you all think of Madea Goes To Prison. Worth seeing?
“doesn’t mankiw make a similar point asking people to explain the...”
– The Rusty Tractor Fallacy
Great comment.