Stocks up, dollar down
The dollar is dropping because it’s considered a safe haven, something that’s helping the stock market rally. We trust this boths clears things up and aptly demonstrates the calm rationality of today’s financial markets.
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 November 2008
White tights coming messing up my brain
Are fearsome female snipers, known as white tights, shooting at Russian troops? (Or could I just not resist having a blog post title that obliquely refers to an obscure Velvet Underground song)
Electricity from waste heat
A new design rotor may be able to take low-temperature waste heat and convert it into electricity. If so, this would be a first and could conceivably lead to enormous amounts of electricity being generated. The company expects to convert…
Are the masses all just sheeple?
Via Socialist Unity. George Galloway, Respect MP for Bethnal Green and Bow, on Obama being elected. For there are two mistaken reactions to the political earthquake that has struck the US. The first, not one that most people on the…
Harvesting pecans and walnuts on a vast scale
With some serious equipment too. Makes you realize how massively mechanized agriculture is, and how vital the internal combustion engine is to it now. Seems like the equipment used in the video could be electric rather than gas / diesel.…