Month November 2007

More cheery economic news

Short version There’s a greater than 50 percent probability that the financial system “will come to a grinding halt” because of losses from mortgages, Gregory Peters, head of credit strategy at Morgan Stanley, said. Long version – from The Oil…

Any questions?

Global warming to continue for centuries, UN says Climate change may continue for centuries, and governments will have to spend billions of dollars annually to slow warming and adapt to its effects, a United Nations panel said. Somehow, someway, we …

Dueling Respect meetings

Derek Wall of the Green Party of England and Wales spoke at both conferences, Respect and Respect Renewal. I don’t think either RESPECT is going to fly, although I would like to see Greens work with socialists, the socialists outside…