Wednesday, August 15, 2012

I looked up http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Road_to_Serfdom
as I had no idea what it contended.
There is an important distinction between regulation and planning.
I will have to deal with it later tonight.

Links 8/15/12

Dog Shot on 14th Street by NYPD Officer: Eyewitness Account [Update] New York Observer
Neanderthal breeding idea doubted BBC
Is the USDA a wholly-owned subsidiary of Monsanto? Cornucopia Institute (Francois T)
Drought, Fracking, Coal and Nukes Wreak Havoc on Fresh Water Supplies EcoWatch (Lambert)
Meet the 82-year-old nun who just committed the worst nuclear security breach in U.S. history Grist (Aquifer)
Call Marlo from The Wire on the Phone Slate (YY)
Argentina’s New Literary Tradition: Pensions for Aging Writers New York Times
Correa: Assange asylum rumors false, no decision yet RT (Aquifer)
RBA wags the dog on housing affordability MacroBusiness. This is sounding SO much like America early 2007 it isn’t funny.
Eurozone crisis: Time to tax the rich? VoxEU
Europe returns to recession MacroBusiness
Currency’s Days Feared Numbered: Investors Prepare for Euro Collapse Der Spiegel
‘Economic suicides’ shake Europe as financial crisis takes toll on mental health Washington Post (Scott). Um, the Journal picked up on this months ago. And does no one recognize the plan is to bring austerity and its attendant woed to the US?
Arson attack damages offices of Greek neo-Nazi party Globe and Mail
World shipping crisis threatens German dominance as Greeks win long game Ambrose Evans-Pritchard, Telegraph
Lib Dems push to reopen bank reform Financial Times
Northern Ireland: A peace to protect Financial Times
U.S. Navy ship collides with tanker off Hormuz AP (YY)
Israel has not decided on Iran strike: U.S. defense chief AFP
Secrecy creep Glenn Greenwald
Grassroots Activists Struggle to Motivate African Americans to Vote Black Youth Project (Chuck L)
GOP pros fret over Paul Ryan Politico
The 64-Gazillion-Dollar Question Other Words (Aquifer)
Link: 1.5 million people were told that extreme conservatives are happier than political moderates. Approximately .0001 million Americans learned that the opposite is true Andrew Gelman. How about: people who are extreme politically give extreme answers! This studies always treat correlation as being causation. Gah.
A Transactional Genealogy of Scandal: from Michael Milken to Enron to Goldman Sachs William Bratton, Adam Levitin. On CDOs.
Wall St. “Cheetahs” and the Financial Transaction Tax Real News Network (Aquifer). Nurses again as important advocates (oh, and Lisa Epstein lost :-()
Paul Ryan sold shares on same day as private briefing of banking crisis Guardian. Whoops. Saw this yesterday, neglected to include it.
Judge Tosses Case Against Fannie and Freddie Courtroom News Service
Campaign: Ryan’s Medicare Policies Draw Fire Medpage (Aquifer)
Late Night: Romney’s Rafalca Folds, But Could Spawn a Hot ‘n’ Sexy Industry Lisa Derrick, Firedoglake. Taking issue with Lee Sheppard’s view that Rafalca can’t make it as a business under IRS rules.
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