Archive for December, 2007

New Years Eve

31st Dec 2007General, , , ,

Did I do it? Went to a murder mystery party last night for New Year’s. Pretty fun when every one is in to More »

Work. Blah!

31st Dec 2007General, Work, ,

Work. Blah! Me at work with no hope of getting out early. Happy New Year!

More Krugman Goodness

28th Dec 2007Politics, , ,

The man is on a roll! * “On the Bhutto assassination”:http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/12/27/its-not-about-you/ * “On The Effects of Trade”:http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/28/opinion/28krugman.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin [Plus: "Background":http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/12/28/a-bit-of-background-on-todays-column/] If you aren’t reading More »

What Boom?

13th Dec 2007Politics, , ,

Percentage gains in after-tax income from 2003 to 2005: Bottom quintile: 2% Next quintile: 2.4% Middle quintile: 3.9% Fourth quintile: 3.7% Top quintile: More »

More on Iran; 2008 election tidbits

5th Dec 2007Politics, , , , , , , ,

Lots of news lately, so here’s a round up of the most interesting stories: * One year ago (“wow!”:http://www.end-on-end.com/txp/2007/12/03/hmm-why-is-bush-so-hot-and-bothered-over-iran), Seymour Hersh wrote in More »

Hmm. Why is Bush so hot and bothered over Iran?

3rd Dec 2007Politics, ,

Seems they ended their nuclear arms program in 2003 — over four years ago. ["NY Times":http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/03/world/middleeast/03cnd-iran.html?ex=1354424400&en=db7cde09fe490f20&ei=5124&partner=digg&exprod=digg] So why are the Bushies so gung-ho More »