video

Hat tip Prieur du Plessis

DC – Winters (a historical perspective of winters in Washington as we have seen record snowfall the past two days) NBA Player Fined $7,500 for a Tweet - Mashable The filibuster: let's talk about it - James Fallows Managers chief…

Risk, reward and responsibility: The financial sector and society | vox The financial crisis and Europe’s financial trilemma | vox Good Thing the U.S. is Getting Into Commercial Real Estate - Paul Kedrosky The Fed Can Help, But Fiscal…

This was an interview we did early last week. Max is very entertaining to talk to.  Take a look. See Stacy Herbert's summary as well.

I believe climate change is coming and peak oil is upon us. But I have to post the video below anyway. I remind you, this is pure propaganda: Goebbels, anyone? Kind of ironic, isn’t it? But, I love how this scene from “Der Untergang” can…

I will be out for most of the day, so posting may be light.  Tonight it will snow in DC and we may get a foot by Sunday. I hear it has snowed in London too. Exciting stuff. Pain in Spain (not mostly on the plain) Pain in Spain -…

Strategic Default interfluidity » Strategic default and the duty to shareholders Luxury-Home Owners in U.S. Use Short Sales as Defaults Rise - Bloomberg.com    interfluidity » Strategic default: a soldier’s…

The latest WSJ/NBC News poll shows that President Obama’s approval rating has now slipped under 50%. This makes his the steepest first year decline in modern history. Why?  You know what I would say: Obama doesn’t know when to be…

Mark is right that time is not on Chairman Bernanke’s side. If you saw the Ron Paul video earlier today, you can see what’s happening. I don’t have a strong view, although I believe most of the other bloggers are against. Reminder: This…