Decisions by the Secretary pursuant to the authority of this Act are non-reviewable and committed to agency discretion, and may not be reviewed by any court of law or any administrative agency. You have got to be kidding me. You are a pretty funny guy, Paulson. The way Bernanke sees the auction working, however, it’s …
Yearly Archives: 2008
One wave of Henry’s magic wand and debt disappears
Quoth the AP: Wall Street rallied in a stunning late-session turnaround Thursday, shooting higher and hurtling the Dow Jones industrials up 400 points following a report that the federal government might create an entity to absorb banks’ bad debt. The report also cooled investors’ fervor for safe investments like government debt that were in demand …
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New camera options
There seems to be some new photography options around the corner. Two in particular have me interested: Micro Four Thirds The 4/3m format uses SLR sized sensors, but no mirror, much like the Sigma DP1. Unlike the DP1, these will have a lens mount to allow for swapping different lenses. This will be a very …
Bush: Ocean Protector
Credit where credit is due. In 2006 President Bush turned the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands into Papah?naumoku?kea Marine National Monument, which formed the largest marine wildlife reserve in the world. It looks like he wasn’t done. Bush has just proposed protecting more islands, atolls, reefs, and trenches from fishing and deep sea mining. His list includes …
UVeta
KPBS has posted a nice audio slide show of the UVeta project in Baja Sur. Water in Baja Sur’s remote areas is frequently from open wells, where the chance of contamination is high. Florence Cassassuce with Engineers without Borders came up with a way to use existing technology to make the water much safer – …