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A New Regulatory Framework
This:
Officials said they want rules to eliminate conflicts of interest at credit rating agencies that gave top investment grades to the exotic and ultimately shaky financial instruments that have been a source of market turmoil. The core problem, they said, is that the agencies are paid by companies to help them structure financial instruments, ( Read more... ) -
A Catalogue of Horribles
Vanity Fair has an oral history of the Bush Presidency. Being presented with all the malfeasances and incompetences and infighting at once, in chronological order, from firsthand accounts, is absolutely fascinating. Missed chances to do everything from improving partisan relationships to getting Bin Laden before 9/11 to dealing with Katrina ( ( Read more... ) -
Antikytherrific!
They've reconstructed the Antikythera mechanism. That's the 2100 year old astronomical computer found in a wreck near Athens. It's a marvel of 18th century clockwork, invented two millennia earlier.
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Put not your trust in princes...
Possibly because I am in a generally pissy mood these days ( Read more... ) -
Synchronized Debating!
Ever get that deja vu feeling?
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Star Trek Goodness
The first pictures from the new movie, for those who care. The bridge looks like full-on Galaxy Quest territory, which could be very good, and could be very bad. I can't look at Quinto and not think "Sylar". This very Sylar-like picture is not helping matters. -
Mavericky
Here is an interesting New York Times article about the etymology of the word "maverick"Apparently, it is a family name. The family is a long line of civil libertarians who made that name by defending atheists, draft dodgers and the targets of red-baiting. As you can imagine, they are rather annoyed whenever they hear McCain and Palin describing ( Read more... ) -
Insomnia and Sarah Palin
I've been telling my friends that although I disagree with her stands on the issues, I would make up my mind about Sarah Palin's basic competence and intelligence until I heard more from her.
I've heard enough.
That is truly amazing. It sprints past answer, sails past non-answer, transcends honesty and falsehood, makes a fool out of syntax and ( Read more... ) -
Oh, I like this meme
ETA: This is apparently called the Omnivore's Hundred, and is a list of foods Andrew Wheeler thinks everyone should try at least once in their lives.
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