Jesus Christ. I know pop culture, like fashion, moves cyclically, but for God's sake must it be so blatantly derivative?
I think Lindsay can be pretty hot at times, but she looks ridiculous in those photos. Unattractive. Maybe she should've gotten drunk, that couldn't have hurt.
Oh well. At least American tabloids aren't the most distorting lens with which we can view reality. Lohan isn't just a star, or a megastar, she's a freakin' galaxy, lol.
21 February 2008
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09 February 2008
killing in the name of (electrical modernity)
I'm firmly in support of thermo-nuclear power. Dangerous? Not nearly so much as people believe, and it doesn't even hold a candle to coal.
Granted, China is pretty bad from all safety aspects (if I had to bet money on the next nuclear plant disaster, "somewhere in China" would be my first choice).
What? Athletes complaining about steroids in Chinese food? Heck, I won't even touch chicken unless it's been irradiated and has at least 3 head-like growths! I think in the 2008 Olympics, what the world will see is a 2nd-world country trying desperately (and mostly superficially) to be considered part of the traditional First World.
That's not a knock against China per se, I think they have every right to get there, but I think the speed at which they are trying is going to leave the internal workings of the country as hollow as the old Soviet attempt (and current Russian attempt) to do the same. These things take time to be done right, and even the West still has hiccups similar to the recent cold-weather-induced transportation fiasco this Lunar New Year.
Then again, how can China succeed when the crazy, left-wing, liberal, pinko-commie Western MediaTM is hell-bent on destroying their propaganda? Heck, even Adolf never had it this bad. Poor Rupert - it seems all his travails to placate the Chinese just keep falling up short - damn that villainous Grey Lady! Damn her straight to hell!
China has the world's most dangerous mines, and the government has closed thousands of small mines since 2006 in an effort to reduce fatalities by consolidating the industry into larger, more efficient operations. Last year, the number of mining fatalities dropped by one-fifth to 3,786 deaths, still the highest figure in the world. [according to the IHT]
Granted, China is pretty bad from all safety aspects (if I had to bet money on the next nuclear plant disaster, "somewhere in China" would be my first choice).
What? Athletes complaining about steroids in Chinese food? Heck, I won't even touch chicken unless it's been irradiated and has at least 3 head-like growths! I think in the 2008 Olympics, what the world will see is a 2nd-world country trying desperately (and mostly superficially) to be considered part of the traditional First World.
That's not a knock against China per se, I think they have every right to get there, but I think the speed at which they are trying is going to leave the internal workings of the country as hollow as the old Soviet attempt (and current Russian attempt) to do the same. These things take time to be done right, and even the West still has hiccups similar to the recent cold-weather-induced transportation fiasco this Lunar New Year.
Then again, how can China succeed when the crazy, left-wing, liberal, pinko-commie Western MediaTM is hell-bent on destroying their propaganda? Heck, even Adolf never had it this bad. Poor Rupert - it seems all his travails to placate the Chinese just keep falling up short - damn that villainous Grey Lady! Damn her straight to hell!
03 February 2008
Double-duh
Captain Obvious has struck again!
When was the last time real median incomes increased? Not for a long, long time now, during an administration far, far away ...
(PS - I know the above graphic from the Detroit Free Press is not entirely correct, but it's just meant to be a visual illustration)
When was the last time real median incomes increased? Not for a long, long time now, during an administration far, far away ...
(PS - I know the above graphic from the Detroit Free Press is not entirely correct, but it's just meant to be a visual illustration)
Duh-vos
I'm continually amazed at how idiotic arguments are not only respected, they actually carry intellectual weight!
Yes, we are talking about pre-emptive regulation - you don't wait for sovereign fund to exercise political control and then try to legislate, that's just retarded (even if it is the status quo). What's even more amusing is that if these funds already are not engaging in these activities, they they're already compliant with the proposed code of conduct! Oh, wait ...
Yes, capitalism in the end does mean we're all just greedy fucks making a beast with [green]backs.
His proposed remedy: a code of conduct. "I'm baffled by why SWFs don't get together and put an end to all this discussion by agreeing on some piece of paper that says: We're under no circumstances going to speculate in currencies; we're always going to be a long-term investor; we're never going to use our SWF to pursue any political objective."
The SWF managers protested, as one, that since they had never engaged in any of the activities that Summers expressed concern about, there was no reason to try to regulate them so. "You're talking about how to pre-emptively regulate something that may happen," said Muhammad Al Jasser of Saudi Arabia.
Yes, we are talking about pre-emptive regulation - you don't wait for sovereign fund to exercise political control and then try to legislate, that's just retarded (even if it is the status quo). What's even more amusing is that if these funds already are not engaging in these activities, they they're already compliant with the proposed code of conduct! Oh, wait ...
"We've had a lot of resistance to regulating the hedge funds, and the rating agencies, even though there were failures galore. So, let's be a little bit more balanced." Touché! Kristin Halvorson of Norway responded that while Norway would appreciate having some common rules, the hypothetical examples Summers cited "would never be possible in Norway."
Summers responded with an anecdote about how the Norwegian fund had sold short the shares of Icelandic banks, and the potential political complications those actions raised.
Yes, capitalism in the end does mean we're all just greedy fucks making a beast with [green]backs.
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