NFL week 12 predictions
I did well on Thursday’s picks, going 3 of 3 (2 of 3 against the spread). I hope that trend continues with today’s games. Early game results: √ Green Bay 27 @Detroit 15 √ @Dallas 20 Miami 19 √...
View ArticleThe F-22 continues to get more expensive
After all the F-35 bashing around here lately, it’s only fair that we give equal time to the other hyper-expensive fighter, the F-22: The U.S. Air Force is upgrading its F-22 fighters, at a cost of $39...
View ArticleScalzi tweets the Lord of the Rings movies
Stream of consciousness tweets as John Scalzi has an at-home movie marathon: “The Mimes of Moria” is the name of my next band. Wife is at a rock concert tonight. I’m watching cable TV at home. Thus are...
View ArticleChina to address the surplus of unemployable university graduates
No, not the old fashioned way of “re-education”, but by reviewing the university programs and eliminating the ones that produce the largest number of graduates who cannot find jobs: Much like the U.S.,...
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Vikings fall short (again) against the Atlanta Falcons
Yesterday’s game had some great work by Percy Harvin, fewer rookie mistakes from Christian Ponder, and random guys pulled in off the street playing in the Vikings’ secondary. Okay, that last part isn’t...
View ArticleMegan McArdle reviews some recent scolding books on thrift
Megan McArdle admits right up front that she recently splurged on a very spendy kitchen appliance, so you know she does not number herself among the community of scolds on the topic of thrift: For...
View ArticleThe real reason the German bond auction failed
Tyler Cowen explains: If Germany and a few other, smaller AAA countries were to guarantee or monetize the debts of Italy, Spain, and possibly France and Belgium, never mind Greece and Portugal, Germany...
View ArticleCharles Stross on worldbuilding for SF stories
This is the sort of thing that more science fiction authors should take into account before they write, but not enough seem to do: So here are some rules of thumb I use, tending towards an increasingly...
View ArticleWho won the War of 1812?
According to an American historian quoted in the National Post, Canada won: In a relatively rare admission for an American scholar, a leading U.S. historian who authored a provocative new tome about...
View Article“Newt may be a poor fit for the role of ‘anti-Romney,’ but … he knows how to...
Gene Healy isn’t a fan of Newt Gingrich as the GOP nominee: Has it really come to this? Newt Gingrich as the conservative alternative to Mitt Romney? That’s what many in the punditocracy have...
View ArticleOh, the jarmanity!
The Reg reports a terrible traffic accident in Yorkshire: A flood of yeast extract has blocked the M1 motorway in South Yorkshire after a truck containing the Marmite ingredient crashed and spilled its...
View ArticleNFL week 12 results
Ugh. After a great start on Thursday, Sunday was grim (against the spread, anyway). I’m dropping like a stone in the AoSHQ pool, down to 30th spot after this weekend. Thursday’s games: 3-0 (2-1 against...
View ArticleEuropean democracy is now “the preserve of right-wing populism”
Frank Furedi on the urge to omit democracy from European government: Over the past month, it has become clear that the European Union doesn’t simply suffer from a democratic deficit; rather, it has...
View ArticleMegan McArdle: Barney Frank will be missed
Yeah, read that title again. She’s not kidding at all: Guess which Democrat now becomes the ranking member on the financial services committee? That’s right, none other than our favorite batty aunt,...
View ArticleStephen Gordon: Governments should favour consumers over producers
In his latest post at the Globe & Mail‘s Economy Lab, Stephen Gordon points out that governments get the entire prosperity thing wrong: The next time a political party vows to defend the interests...
View ArticleComparing the Tea Party and Occupy movements
H/T to Jon, my former virtual landlord, for the link. Related posts: QotD: The emergence of the Tea Party movement James Delingpole: “Thank God for the Tea Party!” Is the Tea Party movement racist?
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Vikings place four more players on injured reserve
Cullen Loeffler was expected to be placed on the injured reserve list, after sustaining a second injury in Sunday’s game that can take up to six weeks to heal. His replacement was signed by the Vikings...
View ArticleGeorge Jonas: “All governments are communist”
George Jonas looks at how the government of Ontario managed to go a quarter of a trillion dollars into debt: All governments are communist. Please, relax. What I mean is that all governments expect to...
View ArticleIs “innovation” today’s buzzword equivalent of “excellence”
Stephen Gordon thinks that the term “innovation” is well on the way to being just another way of saying “corporate handout”: The theory of economic growth includes roles for such well-defined concepts...
View ArticleReason.tv: California vs. The Feds on medical marijuana
Related posts: Federalism does not mean “do what the Feds say” Polls indicate 50% of Americans now support legalizing marijuana CF improve medical evacuation by adding medical technicians to crews
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