Eating the Seed Corn
After reading this short article today, Employees Raiding 401(k)s, CFOs Say (hat tip Calculated Risk), all I could do was shake my head. From the short article:The survey finds that nearly 20 percent...
View ArticleChess World Cup Update: Kamsky Wins Game 2
American Gata Kamsky won the second game of the finals match over Spain's Alexei Shirov for the FIDE World Cup Chess Championship. The first game was drawn. With two regular games yet to be played,...
View ArticleDon't Know What To Buy? Try Amazon.com Gift Certificates
Amazon.com has sent me an e-mail with a special announcement: I get a whopping 6% return if you buy a Gift Certificate through my site (this month only). So, if you are one of those people who have...
View ArticleSunday Music: Christmas Wrapping
How about some Christmas Wrapping from The Waitresses to with those Amazon.com Gift Certificates?
View ArticleAmerican Gata Kamsky Wins FIDE World Cup Chess Championship
Shirov and Kamsky discuss the final game post-mortem.From ChessBase.com: American GM Gata Kamsky has won the FIDE World Cup.Normally, the winner of the FIDE World Cup would be crowned the FIDE World...
View ArticleSunday Music: 21st Century Christmas
The Christian pop singer Cliff Richard (also known as the "Elvis of Great Britain") came out with a new Christmas song last year. I hope you like it.I am back home in Oklahoma for the Christmas weekend...
View ArticleNew Foreclosure Fraud Scam
Foreclosure Fraud Scam PSADon't fall prey to scam artists to promise to "save" your home from foreclosure. The answer they promise will be worse than the disease. If you are having a problem, call your...
View ArticleThe Air Car
Talk about environmentally friendly! It only goes 200 kilometers on a tank (about 125 miles), but it is filled up with air. The first video is a BBC news report.And here is an Australian report:
View ArticleHow To Spot A Scam, Part 5: Tax Scams
Bankrate.com has a list of the "dirty dozen" tax scams and how to spot them. Here are the list of tax scams covered:1. Telephone tax refund abuses 2. Abusive Roth IRAs 3. Tax-related identity theft...
View ArticleHow To Spot A Scam, Part 5: Tax Scam Update
There is a new phishing e-mail scam going around involving tax "refunds."The letter says this:Internal Revenue ServiceUnited States Department of the TreasuryAfter the last annual calculations of your...
View ArticleNothing Is Bothering Me
Here is a satirical Mark Heard song with a serious message. Mark explained what he meant in the liner notes of his Victims of the Age album:On this album, "Nothing is Bothering Me," "Dancing at the...
View ArticleAmerican World Chess Champion, Bobby Fischer, Has Died
In late breaking news this morning, American World Chess Champion, Bobby Fischer, has died in a Reykjavik hospital, announced by his spokesman Gardar Sverrisson. According to the latest news reports at...
View ArticleHow To Spot A Scam, Part 6: Roommate Scam
This is the way the scam works:A person claiming to be a potential roommate sends a check for an amount far above the amount owed (this is a HUGE red flag). They then request that the balance be sent...
View ArticleDancing At the Policeman's Ball
Prior to Mark Heard's final three CDs, Dancing At the Policeman's Ball was Mark's biggest "hit." It was featured in the movie Dakota starring Lou Diamond Phillips. Although not a dance song, it was...
View ArticleSunday Music: Play the Game Tonight
In this Kansas video, a chess game between white and dark-hooded creatures seemingly representing the forces of Life and Death (playing the white and black chess pieces accordingly) is the backdrop to...
View ArticleA Beautiful Model for Fraud
Take a look at this:A Beautiful Model for Fraud and here is the accompanying article:The great credit unwind of '08.
View ArticleMy Recent Blog Posts
I haven't been posting much over here lately. Most of my recent posts have been over at DailyKos. Click here if you want to see some of my more recent writings.
View ArticleSunday Music: Major Tom
There are a few reasons why this video seems appropos right now:1. I recently visited the Houston Space Center. I'll get around to posting the pics eventually. I promise.2. Hellasious yesterday wrote a...
View ArticleThe Greatest Happiness Principle
60 Minutes: HappinessWe could learn a lot from the Danes (and all Scandinavians for that matter). A new study shows that they are the happiest people in the world.I consider myself a Utilitarian in...
View ArticleEarth Day Sunday Music: John Denver
Even though Earth Day 2008 is still more than a week away (technically it is April 22, 2008), I wanted to get a jump on a post about it. There are many events planned around the world next weekend. The...
View ArticleSunday Music: Appalachian Melody
It's the beginning of autumn here in the United States, and it looks like someone posted one of Mark Heard's early songs on YouTube. Enjoy.Appalachian Melody
View ArticleMachiavellian Economics
Here is a great video for discussion:OK, some thoughts on this video:At about the 6:00 mark, the speaker talks about the system as a "Ponzi scheme." I think this is inaccurate. I think it is more...
View ArticleTidal Power
A recent news story, Catching Waves, details how a new green energy source seeks to capture untapped energy sources in oceans and rivers. The potential for harnessing ocean waves, currents and tides to...
View ArticleSocial Security as a National Pension, Part 2
First, a satirical take on the disparity between how wealthy people (business and financial executives) see their compensation versus what their employees and public service employees should receive:...
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