The simple and obvious way to measure global warming is to look at results from weather stations. Unfortunately results from weather stations are subject to large systematic errors: Weather stations are generally located in or near cities, and near human habitation. Cities are typically several degrees warmer than the surrounding countryside, and have been expanding. …
Month: March 2008
commodity money
The subprime crisis represents massive unpunished malfeasance by financial intermediaries managing US dollars. This discourages people from using US dollars as money. In 2008 January, the fed drove real dollar interest rates negative – only slightly negative, but negative interest rates suggest an intent to inflate away the dollar denominated liabilities of financial intermediaries until …
Stop the @#$%^&* whining!
Yair Lapid self pityingly whines “why do they hate us?â€, “us†being in this case the Jews, though it could equally well be any group that is economically successful and reluctant to murder innocents. What a maroon! It is same reason as they hate everyone, only more so. Just look at everyone else who gets …