Archive for April 21st, 2008

  • But think of all the space left in your trunk for bundles of near-worthless money!

    Yes, it’s from the Paleo-Neocon NY Sun, but it may be true:
    Food Rationing Confronts Breadbasket of the World - April 21, 2008 - The New York Sun
    MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — Many parts of America, long considered the breadbasket of the world, are now confronting a once unthinkable phenomenon: food rationing. Major retailers in New [...]

  • Contaminated crap from China: It’s not just for kids and cats anymore.

    The world’s fastest-growing truly free market strikes again.  I’m sure market forces will correct this unpleasantness soon, without the need for nasty government regulation.  Too bad about the dead people, of course, but, as the US health care industry knows, you can’t make big profits without some sacrifices.
    F.D.A. Identifies Tainted Heparin in 11 Countries - [...]

  • fascinating

    Doris Lessing: prize fighter - Telegraph
    … She doesn’t care what people might think. She is past caring. And there is a greatness to this lack of care. How many 88-year-olds do you know who have become a worldwide phenomenon on YouTube, for example? She did, last year, when the press descended on the house in [...]