bfwebster on June 20th, 2009

Hope at last!
US To Trade Gold Reserves For Cash Through Cash4Gold.com
Makes as much sense as any of the financial plans coming out of Congress and the Administration these days. ..bruce w..

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bfwebster on June 6th, 2009

Somewhere before dawn this morning, I started a long, low-key dream in which I was composing a blog post about one of my favorite books: The CRC Handbook of Astronautics. The book was about the same size as the old classic CRC math tables handbooks (as opposed to one of the massive CRC chemistry & [...]

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bfwebster on May 5th, 2009

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ITEM: The Onion has become so much better than Saturday Night Live at video humor:

Trekkies Bash New Star Trek Film As ‘Fun, Watchable’
Well, that’s probably it for the day. I have work to do.  ..bruce w..

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bfwebster on April 29th, 2009

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ITEM: Speaking of swine flu hysteria, this may be a good time to invest in pork belly futures – there may be a shortage soon.
ITEM: Yet another way in which Western Europeans are looking for the US to help them financially.
ITEM: Here’s a slideshow of items from the Michael Jackson Neverland Ranch auction. Some [...]

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bfwebster on April 15th, 2009

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ITEM: Wondering where all those Tea Parties are taking place? Have a look. Hat tip to Instapundit.
ITEM: Creeping socialism/fascism alert — A Greenville, Texas City Council member is arrested and removed from a City Council meeting for talking about a subject that the Mayor didn’t like. Pretty amazing video, including the attempt by the [...]

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bfwebster on April 13th, 2009

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ITEM: Robert Samuelson, one of the more sane and balanced economic observers (probably because he has no noticeable political agenda), points out the fundamental flaw in Obama’s approach to the economy:
What Obama proposes is a “post-material economy.” He would de-emphasize the production of ever-more private goods and services, harnessing the economy to achieve broad [...]

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bfwebster on April 11th, 2009

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ITEM: Why newspapers are dying — note the lead headline for the online version of the Denver Post:
ITEM: Speaking of animals, this story of a dead whale on the beach at Del Mar brings up memories of one of Dave Barry’s funniest columns and the video that inspired it.
ITEM: Y’know, articles like this one [...]

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bfwebster on April 10th, 2009

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[Welcome to AoS readers, and thanks to Genghis for the links and the kind words! Feel free to bookmark ASIP! Also, my Saturday links are posted here, my Monday links are here, my Tuesday links are here, and my Wednesday links are here.]
ITEM: Remember me quoting Machiavelli (”It is better to be feared than [...]

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bfwebster on April 8th, 2009

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BREAKING NEWS: The American crew on that ship hijacked by Somali pirates has retaken control of the ship. A reminder to the world: don’t screw with Americans.
ITEM: Two books you really, really should read are Fooled by Randomness and The Black Swan, both by Nassim Nicholas Taleb. These are outstanding works that deal with [...]

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bfwebster on April 5th, 2009

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ITEM: Stories from the Great Depression. This is a good read to remind ourselves that (Robert Reich notwithstanding) we Americans continue to live in unprecedented abundance:
In the summer, I took a washtub and put it on a little scaffold out near the chicken house and put burlap sacks around it to make it private. [...]

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