Transgenic agriculture goes underground
No, I mean really underground.
Politics in the Zeros
"A republic, if you can keep it." Vegas, taxes.
Politics in the Zeros
"A republic, if you can keep it." Vegas, taxes.
Month December 2007
The mortgage rate freeze plan. Less than it appears
First off, the mortgage rate freeze plan is voluntary. Thus, there will be no contract abrogation. The mortgage issuer probably no longer owns the mortgage, as it has been tossed into a CDO and sold off in tranches. For example,…
The Messy World and Blackwater
Rob Paterson, a libertarian whose “greatest joy” is his work in public TV and radio, blogs about why he decided to help Blackwater. Our world does not work any more and I think that deep down we all know this.…
Wall Street perkies
In a previous post I referred to Wall Street “perkies,” my name for those in the financial world who diligently and unceasingly attempt to make bad economic news appear to be good. Here’s how a perkie views things. “We’ve received…
Pentagon didn’t want Iran war
The latest National Intelligence Estimate on Iran was the final factor in a military equation that now appears to guarantee that there will be no war with Iran during the Bush Administration. The Pentagon’s intelligence units were instrumental in forming…