Daily Archives: August 9, 2011

Don’t call it a recession

Lately, everyone seems to have his own prediction for whether we’re entering a double-dip recession. This is a conversation that frustrates Ken Rogoff to no end. Rogoff, is co-author, with the Peterson Institute’s Carmen Reinhart, of “This Time Is Different: Eight Centuries of Financial Folly.” And when Rogoff hears economists talking about recessions and double-dips… Read More »

PETA’s Posters: talk about some meat and fur……

Just try putting this up in your cubicle at work next to your pinup calendar. Is this not demeaning to women?  Using tits and ass to get people to look and read the message?  Who knows if the femi-nazis will attack PETA for such a blatant sexist vile insult to upstanding women.  Let’s see what… Read More »

What Is Rarer Than Gold?

Gold really isn’t all that special. There are far more useful elements out there. And several are even rarer than gold. (I should note that the following list is limited to elements within the Earth’s crust because, let’s face it, no one is going to search any deeper than that, and asteroid mining is out… Read More »