ok, this had to be one of the best games of all time! what a fabulous, terrific game!!! I do feel a bit badly for the Canadians....but just a bit!!! Go USA!!!

Ok, so now we have a new phrase for what's going on with the climate - it's not changing, it's not warming, it's 'weirding' - Tom Friedman had an editorial in the NYT yesterday on it but this article in the American was too good:

"There's an old tradition in politics: when an idea that you've been peddling racks up a bunch of negative connotations, you change the name. So, it's not welfare, it's "social assistance." It's not reverse discrimination, it's "affirmative action." It's not energy strangulation, it's "sustainability." It's not irrational fear of change, it's "the precautionary principle." And that $787 billion the government has been sprinkling about like money-colored pixie dust? It was certainly not one of the largest pork fests in U.S. history. No, it was "an economic stimulus." ...But let me suggest a few other possible terms for the climate, er, global whatever crowd, for when "weirding" proves too weird for even weird people.

1) Global Mishegoss
2) Climate Funkiness
3) Carbonic Disruptionation
4) Anthropogenic Atmospheric Perversion
5) Climate Instability Syndrome
6) Algorythmic Destablization"

My personal favorite is 1) Global Mishegoss - a great yiddish term for a mess! and that sums up not just the 'climate' but also the climate!

 and oh, there's a lot of discussion around separating 'weather' from 'climate' just as we separate 'deficit' from 'debt'

 

 Just as with music, there is quite the discussion on e-book pricing .  So, do you expect to pay less for an e-book than the physical version?  I do, as of now, for a few reasons (and I use a Kindle):

1. I can't share it

2. I can't buy a 'used' version

3. I don't see the whole layout - which personally I like (which is why I love reading the NYT downloaded at 5am each morning via www.newsstand.com in addition to nyt.com) - while you can see the illustrations or graphics, you don't see how it's positioned in the page, etc.

On the other hand, I do like the clipping capability and the way it's all organized- much much easier than having to go through the physical book and copy them down - I can take the clippings, search, categorize, save, forward, etc.

Perhaps it's just me - I am a very visual learner and need/want to see things in context vs. 'stand-alone' 

Your thoughts? 

 

 

 

 

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 Take comfort dear Americans - Goldman Sach's dedication to democracy is steadfast - We all know how they screwed American in the financial crisis and seemed to have come out ok (compared to their customers and competitors) - and now, lo and behold, it seems they had a hand in Greece's problems !  Yesterday's NYT had an article about Goldman's 'creative' financial solutions to Greece, the WSJ has had some...well at least we know we weren't as 'special' as we thought huh? May this be all we have in common with the EU!!!

 

John Stossel's show last week (I'm just catching up) uses the title of my hero, Hayek's book The Road to Serfdom.  It's a very worthwhile view - check it out in a series of 6 parts on youtube