Best of luck, Obama. You are going to need it to deal with the mess that has been left for you. Marketplace has some ideas on what will happen on the economic side when Obama comes into office. Horizon had a program called the President’s Guide to Science. Worth a watch, but you might have …
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Sanders Priorities
Quoth the UT: “Mayor Jerry Sanders warned of deep, imminent budget cuts and water rationing across San Diego yesterday, while also stressing the importance of a new City Hall and an expanded convention center.” …About the city budget, Sanders said his aides are projecting a $43 million deficit in the current fiscal year, which will …
King Henry
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 …
Gore’s new slide show at TED
I’ve been working my way though the many wonderful talks at TED and was happy to see a new one pop up with Gore showing his new slide show: New thinking on the climate crisis. Do yourself a favor, and watch it. He is a great speaker, and the topic is extremely important. Gore is …
Game theory wiz kids
Just in case I didn’t already think Nixon and Kissinger were complete mental bastards: The Nukes of October: Richard Nixon’s Secret Plan to Bring Peace to Vietnam Nixon decided to try something new: threaten the Soviet Union with a massive nuclear strike and make its leaders think he was crazy enough to go through with …