News from around the web: 2009-10-29

Finance and politics

• New Name Floated In Geithner Replacement Talks – Dealbreaker

  What up, bankster? Sorry, I know I said I wouldn’t be using that word but it’s in context and I had to say it. This will be the new Treasury lyrical theme.

• FT.com – Galleon paid banks millions for ‘edge’

  Proof the system is rigged. Goldman and MS tops on list

• FT.com – How to avoid a repeat of the Great Crash

  Is Friedman’s cure the answer to deflation?

• Struggling in a recovering economy

  "for many Americans the pain is still dragging on"

• FT.com – Soros: General Theory of Reflexivity

  Not much chatter on this yet. Hat tip Scott

• What if George W. Bush had done that? – Josh Gerstein – POLITICO.com

  The conclusion here is right. There IS bias.

Other stories

• The Cost of Larry Johnson’s Gay Slur on Twitter: $213,000

  Inevitable when what was private becomes public

• North Carolina Sea Levels Rising Three Times Faster Than In Previous 500 Years, Study Finds

  "20th-century sea-level rise to be three times higher"

• US swine flu vaccine too late to beat autumn wave – New Scientist

  Let’s hope worst fears are not realized

• What Does a Smart Brain Look Like?: Inner Views Show How We Think: Scientific American

  Very cool science.

• When Ants Attack: Chemicals That Trigger Aggression In Argentine Ants Synthesized 

Distraction of the Day: America’s Next President, the formative years