This is hardly surprising: Two Chinese officials at leading Communist Party bodies have given interviews in recent days warning, for the first time, that Beijing may use its $1,330bn (£658bn) of foreign reserves as a political weapon to counter pressure from the US Congress. Shifts in Chinese policy are often announced through key think tanks …
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Fed bubble bailout
Hillary, check your head. “Mrs Clinton proposed expansion of the groups among measures to tackle weaknesses in the mortgage market and Âsupport homeowners. She vowed to clamp down on “unfair lending practices†and create a $1bn federal fund to help homeowners avoid foreclosure. Mrs Clinton said fixing the mortgage crisis would be among the priorities …
The ethanol scam
RollingStone has a great article called Ethanol Scam: Ethanol Hurts the Environment And Is One of America’s Biggest Political Boondoggles. If you aren’t familiar with the subject, this article is a great introduction. This is not just hype — it’s dangerous, delusional bullshit. Ethanol doesn’t burn cleaner than gasoline, nor is it cheaper. Our current …
Better looking Windows
For all you folks out there still bound to Windows XP for work and games, there is a number of ways to make look less ugly. You can install some 3rd party themes, or an explorer replacement, but they require messing with DLLs and I’m lazy. I hated the silver theme, so I turned it …
Escondido’s eccentric soap
Reading the bottle of Dr Bronner’s Soap I’ve always got a wiff of crazy mixed with peppermint. But the soap was damned good, so I didn’t really pay much attention. Someone else figured there was a story there. Grist has a post on a documentary called Dr. Bronner’s Magic Soapbox that tells us all about …