QoTD

All in all, the centrists’ insistence on comforting the comfortable while afflicting the afflicted will, if reflected in the final bill, lead to substantially lower employment and substantially more suffering. More

LJ Client for Macs (Leopard)

Mac LJ client for those of you on the Dark Side. Link

Bush Screws Texas!

FEMA Is Faulted on Aid After Hurricane Ike
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published: February 8, 2009

HOUSTON (AP) — The Federal Emergency Management Agency has denied nearly 650,000 applications for housing aid since Hurricane Ike hit southeastern Texas, finding that nearly 90 percent of claimants were ineligible for aid. More

2/9/09

I think the moon is made of new cheese. At least two years out of three.

Sweden! Sweden! Sweden! !Japan !Japan !Japan

http://www.cnbc.com/id/15840232?video=1027496846

Dr. Doom & the Black Swan
How to predict a financial crisis and the five signs of a bear, with Nouriel Roubini, RGE Monitor and Nassim Taleb, The Black Swan author.