Links: 2009-01-29

By Edward Harrison On Jan 29, 2009

Here it is, my daily smörgåsbord of links from around the web. As usual, these links spathe world of economics, finance and politics. But, I will also start inserting a few links on technology as well because I am a bit of a technophile. You can see some of my Tech blog links in the blogroll.

Before I finish, I want to sound off about Google. The company has become a bit of a 9,000 lb. elephant on the Internet (much bigger than the 800 lb. gorilla). They have way too much control for my tastes. I have found this out in particular because there is no substitute for FeedBurner, which has been syndicating my feeds. Basically, FeedBurner blows and I am sick of my feed being down and screwing up my site. So, I have unlinked my primary feed from FeedBurner. If you are getting my feed via FeedBurner, don’t. The best feed is https://www.creditwritedowns.com/feed. Please use this feed going forward if you want any measure of reliability.

Whew. I am glad I got that off my chest.

ps. here are a few links on FeedBurner:
Former FeedBurner CEO’s funny video now just a bit sadder – Gawker
Google’s Detailed Response to FeedBurner Criticism – Mashable

The Republican Death Spiral – FiveThirtyEight.com

Global bank writedown estimate now US$2.2-trillion – FP Trading Desk

Army Deserter Seeks Asylum in Germany – WSJ.com

Geithner, Holder Reap Rewards for Failure: Margaret Carlson – Bloomberg.com
Maureen Dowd – Wall Street’s Socialist Jet-Setters – NYTimes.com

Does Glencore need cash? – FT Alphaville

The Euro and the Dollar – INO

Twitter to hit the big time with explosion in microblogging – Times Online

Read Dean, Areddy and Ng on the management of China’s reserves during the crisis – Brad Setser: Follow the Money

Nassim Taleb: ‘I Was Happy Lehman Went Bust’ – DealBook Blog – NYTimes.com

Obama presses South Africa on Zimbabwe – Reuters