80 Seconds of Awesome: NYPD Fireworks Destruction
NYPD Video: Bomb Squad technicians today destroyed approximately 5,000 pounds of confiscated fireworks at the NYPD firing range in the...
10 Mid-Week Reads
Today’s favorite reads: • How Apple Strategically Uses its $51+ Billion Cash Hoard (Quora) • Wyckoff Method Improved (Read The...
Safeguarding Spent Nuclear Fuel
The Times’s Matthew L. Wald looks at options for safely storing spent nuclear fuel as the American nuclear industry faces new...
Debt Ceiling Probability Flow Chart
I love both the concept and execution of this Debt Ceiling Probability Flow Chart from SocGen. It shows their estimates of the probable...
“The Lost Thing”
The Lost Thing: A Whimsical Story about Belonging by Shaun Tan ~~~ Directors Shaun Tan and Andrew Ruhemann were also winners for Best...
August 2 – Hard Cap or Soft?
August 2 – Hard Cap or Soft? July 5, 2011 Bob Eisenbeis cumber.com > Treasury Secretary Geithner has indicated that no options for...
Reads: 10 for Tuesday Afternoon
More interesting reading for your Tuesday afternoon: • China Bears Have Tools, Need Patience (WSJ) • The Coalition To Abolish...
US Taxes: Enough Already, Or Not?
In the year 2000 combined Federal, State, and local taxes were 14.4 percent of personal income. In 2009, the total combined taxes were...
Forget Big Brother, Little Brother is Everywhere
Cameras and the totalitarian state aren’t a new combination but today’s Wall Street Journal has an interesting take on the problem....
Bubblelicious Chinese Construction Charts
While everyone seems to be stressed over the Chinese Bank loans, have a look at this run of SocGen charts from last week regarding...