Saturday, June 11, 2011

@16:50, 06/10/11


  • TimesPeople recommended an article:
    Jun 9, 2011
    Rule by Rentiers
    Who benefits from economic stagnation?
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economic_rent
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malthus
  • TimesPeople recommended an article:
    Jun 9, 2011
    France Is Scolded Over Care of Great Hamster of Alsace
    The European Union’s highest court ruled that France had failed to protect the Great Hamster of Alsace, the last wild hamster species in Western Europe.
    There is very little wild left in Western Europe.
  • TimesPeople recommended an article:
    Jun 9, 2011
    Employers Spend on Equipment Rather Than Hiring
    As the economy recovers, companies’ capital spending is growing faster than their spending on employees, encouraged by tax breaks and falling prices for equipment.
    I see no recovery.
  • TimesPeople recommended an article:
    Jun 9, 2011
    Leonard B. Stern, Creator of Mad Libs, Dies at 88
    Mr. Stern, an Emmy-winning television writer, created Mad Libs as he tried to find the right word for a script.
    We must have a better market in creative talent.
  • TimesPeople recommended an article:
    Jun 9, 2011
    Defense Secretary Warns NATO of ‘Dim’ Future
    Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates bluntly criticized NATO nations on Friday, warning of “a dim if not dismal future” for an alliance at risk of becoming irrelevant.
    The alliance was formed to oppose the Soviet Union. 
    It has no purpose now.
  • TimesPeople recommended an article:
    Jun 9, 2011
    The Earth Is Full
    We are in denial about the severity of the climate crisis and just how big of a response is going to be needed.
    I have scouted these problems for the last forty years.
    I have no good answer.
    People will die.  I will not volunteer.
  • TimesPeople recommended an article:
    Jun 9, 2011
    Politicians Behaving Well
    Taking a second look at the qualities that define honorable people.
    These are works of fiction.  The history is there. The mess the people of the period created lead to 1914 - 1918 and what followed. 
  • TimesPeople recommended an article:
    Jun 9, 2011
    Gingrich Aides Quit en Masse Over Conflicts
    Newt Gingrich’s campaign imploded as his top advisers resigned, setting off a further exodus of aides and battering his hopes of a political comeback.
    I will dance on his hopes.
  • TimesPeople recommended an article:
    Jun 9, 2011
    At Age 90, Philip Philip’s Tongue Is Sharp as Ever
    He’s been called both a survivor of Britain’s imperial age and a national embarrassment, but Queen Elizabeth’s consort shows no sign on cutting back on his wildly offensive witticisms.
    Of no significance to me.
  • TimesPeople recommended an article:
    Jun 9, 2011
    How Tyrants Endure
    Wealthy dictators can ward off revolution; poorer ones will have no choice but to democratize.
    A first approximation.  
    There is a large body of theory on this.


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  • TimesPeople recommended an article:
    Jun 9, 2011
    Rule by Rentiers
    Who benefits from economic stagnation?
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economic_rent
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malthus
  • TimesPeople recommended an article:
    Jun 9, 2011
    France Is Scolded Over Care of Great Hamster of Alsace
    The European Union’s highest court ruled that France had failed to protect the Great Hamster of Alsace, the last wild hamster species in Western Europe.
    A sad truth is that there is very little wild in Western Europe.
  • TimesPeople recommended an article:
    Jun 9, 2011
    Employers Spend on Equipment Rather Than Hiring
    As the economy recovers, companies’ capital spending is growing faster than their spending on employees, encouraged by tax breaks and falling prices for equipment.
    I see no recovery in this.
  • TimesPeople recommended an article:
    Jun 9, 2011
    Leonard B. Stern, Creator of Mad Libs, Dies at 88
    Mr. Stern, an Emmy-winning television writer, created Mad Libs as he tried to find the right word for a script.
    In the future there must be a better market in creative talent.
  • TimesPeople recommended an article:
    Jun 9, 2011
    Defense Secretary Warns NATO of ‘Dim’ Future
    Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates bluntly criticized NATO nations on Friday, warning of “a dim if not dismal future” for an alliance at risk of becoming irrelevant.
    The alliance was formed to oppose the Soviet Union.  
    It has no current purpose.
  • TimesPeople recommended an article:
    Jun 9, 2011
    The Earth Is Full
    We are in denial about the severity of the climate crisis and just how big of a response is going to be needed.
    How many and which people must die?    
    I have been walking around the problem for forty years.  
    I have no answer for you
    beyond I do not volunteer.
  • TimesPeople recommended an article:
    Jun 9, 2011
    Politicians Behaving Well
    Taking a second look at the qualities that define honorable people.
    These tales are fiction.  The histories are competent.  The mess ends in  1914 - 1918.   
    "If you ask just why we died, Say because our fathers lied."  R K
  • TimesPeople recommended an article:
    Jun 9, 2011
    Gingrich Aides Quit en Masse Over Conflicts
    Newt Gingrich’s campaign imploded as his top advisers resigned, setting off a further exodus of aides and battering his hopes of a political comeback.
    A dramatic crash.  He can be our elder idiot.
  • TimesPeople recommended an article:
    Jun 9, 2011
    At Age 90, Philip Philip’s Tongue Is Sharp as Ever
    He’s been called both a survivor of Britain’s imperial age and a national embarrassment, but Queen Elizabeth’s consort shows no sign on cutting back on his wildly offensive witticisms.
    The man has little joy in his life.
  • TimesPeople recommended an article:
    Jun 9, 2011
    How Tyrants Endure
    Wealthy dictators can ward off revolution; poorer ones will have no choice but to democratize.
    There is no international trade in flunkies and minions.

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