The Information Paradox

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Airlines try to hedge oil costs to stay in...
Jul 1st
Traffic police told to hand out more tickets...
Jul 1st
OPEC chief: devalued US dollar will drive oil to $170/bbl: http://tinyurl.com/4kbhsc #oil
Jul 1st
Short supply http://tinyurl.com/5wb4rj or speculation and a weak dollar? http://tinyurl.com/6d9u3v...
Jul 1st
Israel has a year to stop Iran bomb, warns...
Jul 1st
Europe Tells Airlines to Pay for Emissions -...
Jul 1st
FT.com / MARKETS / Commodities - Carbon...
Jul 1st
Annals of National Security: Preparing the...
Jul 1st
Sarkozy lays out plan for Internet tax -...
Jul 1st
Brussels to sign away your private details to...
Jun 30th
Oil rises again ($143/bbl.) on “supply” worries and possibly genuine Iranian threats:...
Jun 30th
Scourge of the Oil Speculators --...
Jun 30th
“The United States government has stayed out of the matter of...”
— Secretary of State,...
Jun 30th
U.S. Advised Iraqi Ministry on Oil Deals -...
Jun 30th
Turf battles delay hunt for Al Qaeda --...
Jun 30th
How much oil is there really? - MSN Money
Jun 28th
This is worth posting twice: There is no shortage, only manipulation (of oil markets and dollar...
Jun 27th
Short-selling | Nasty, brutish and short |...
Jun 27th
Businessweek -- High Oil Prices: It's All...
Jun 27th

Let the Big Investors Fail

Mark Faber (The Gloom, Boom and Doom Report) says forget oil, invest in gold:...
Jun 27th
Businessweek -- Doctors Under the Influence?
Jun 27th
Oil jumps over $142/bbl. Will someone shore up the dollar, please?!? http://tinyurl.com/65j66z #oil
Jun 27th
FT.com / World - Gazprom chief sets out world...
Jun 27th
“Don’t get set into one form, adapt it and build your own,...”
— Bruce Lee
Jun 27th
“The dollar movements caused the surge in oil pricing and the...”
— Victor Shum, energy analyst...
Jun 27th
Bronx wants HIV tests for all adults in...
Jun 27th
Supreme Court finds individual right to own...
Jun 26th
It’s ironic that 60+ years on and the richest economy...
Jun 26th
The Burj Dubai is set to be the tallest building in the...
Jun 26th
It’s love/hate with OPEC: Production goes up, someone shoots their mouth off, prices go up:...
Jun 26th
Climate Issues Tied to U.S. Security -...
Jun 26th
Another W.T.O. Push for a New Trade Deal -...
Jun 26th
ITIF: Explaining International Broadband...
Jun 26th
Icann set to spark internet land grab - Tech...
Jun 26th
FCC Free Wireless Spectrum Equals Censorship...
Jun 26th
dihard: The other night the World News cited a Moody’s...
Jun 26th
A Google Earth representation of Europe, showing fans who...
Jun 26th
Even Warren Buffett won’t say dollar devaluation is driving oil price:...
Jun 25th
High Medicare Costs, Courtesy of Congress
Jun 25th
Oil “dips” (less than $137/bbl.) before US inventories come out....
Jun 25th
FT.com / WORLD NEWS - ENERGY: US senator...
Jun 25th
FT.com / Monsanto boosted by rise in food...
Jun 25th

Drill, Drill, Drill: Larry Kudlow's CNBC...

What follows below is an unofficial transcript of my interview last nightwith James Hackett. Mr....
Jun 25th
Watch Watch
George Carlin Talks About “Stuff” (NSFW)
Jun 25th
Watch Watch
George Carlin on Language (NSFW)
Jun 25th
Watch Watch
Seven Words You Can’t Say On TV (NSFW)
Jun 25th
Senate Housing Bill Requires eBay, Amazon,...
Jun 24th
Looking for a web 2.0 volunteer/join group site that’s not http://idealist.com. Anyone know of...
Jun 24th
“Freedom of the press is guaranteed only to those who own...”
— A.J. Liebling
Jun 24th
Washington, D.C., puts itself under...
Jun 24th
newsobserver.com | U.S. company: crash...
Jun 24th
McCain defends position switch on offshore...
Jun 24th
Nigerian rebels cut production? Good news if you speculate in oil. http://tinyurl.com/58gpjj #oil
Jun 24th
FT.com / In depth - McCain aide hits nerve...
Jun 24th
Bug Juice :: Oil 2.0
Jun 24th
Saudi Arabia pledges more production, prices still rise. Dollar’s devalued, no supply...
Jun 23rd
I feel that the Democrats have buckled once again in the name of bi-partisan...
Jun 23rd
BBC NEWS | Business | Oil markets explained
Jun 23rd
To get secrets from a hard-core terrorist,...
Jun 23rd
Iran says Israel not capable of threatening...
Jun 23rd
Councils urged to stop snooping over...
Jun 23rd
Cargo ships told to go green by slowing down...
Jun 22nd
Saudis signal boost in production capacity -...
Jun 22nd
FT.com / WORLD NEWS: Friction over oil prices...
Jun 22nd
Econbrowser: How to save money on gas
Jun 22nd
NOW we are concerned about finding Osama Bin Laden? http://tinyurl.com/3fthmu #justice #law
Jun 16th
Fuel strike: Protests reduce speed on major...
Jun 16th
Even the Saudis are worried about the price of oil: http://tinyurl.com/6z29xh (NYTimes) #oil
Jun 16th
Police want DNA from speeding drivers and...
Jun 16th
Oil makes sudden $5 surge to record - CNN...
Jun 16th

Heard on the Radio...

On the drive to work, it was reported that President George Bush’s thoughts and prayers are...
Jun 16th
The G8 ministers don’t believe speculators are driving oil. Dollar devaluation, anyone?...
Jun 16th
Gas Price Breakdown - MSN Money
Jun 16th
Efficiency
Jun 16th
Watch Watch
A Florida law professor explains why the average person is not required to speak to a police...
Jun 16th
Oil reserves | Plenty in the tank |...
Jun 14th

Friday the 13th gasoline rant

Wall Street ended a turbulent week on the rebound, and everyone’s talking about easing...
Jun 13th
40GB for $55 per month: Time Warner bandwidth...
Jun 13th
Oil falls, but we still damn the supply situation with praise: http://tinyurl.com/5wec4h #oil
Jun 13th
Pentagon OKs 'brainwave binoculars' | Herald...
Jun 13th
FOXNews.com - 7 Arrested for Cheering at High...
Jun 13th
BBC NEWS | Europe | Ireland in crunch EU...
Jun 13th
dihard: BP’s 2008 Statistical Review of World Energy is...
Jun 12th
New Criminal Record: 7.2 Million -...
Jun 12th
American Exception - Out of Step With Allies,...
Jun 11th
Oil’s on the move again, new “supply fears.” http://tinyurl.com/6o3r3l #oil
Jun 11th
TSA to let polite terrorists fly without ID
Jun 11th
EC plans biometric border checks - CNET...
Jun 11th
Watch Watch
Press angry over secret meeting between Obama and Clinton
Jun 11th
The large investment banks are standing before Congress, arguing why they don’t need...
Jun 11th
Finally, someone calls the president out on the weak dollar: http://tinyurl.com/52fwo6 #oil...
Jun 11th
Michael Masters Testimony on Commodity Prices...
Jun 11th
Oil Traders: Don't Fence Us In --...
Jun 11th
Democrats and Republicans continue to bicker, meanwhile oil isn’t getting any cheaper....
Jun 10th
Rural U.S. Takes Worst Hit as Gas Tops $4 Average
Jun 10th
Inside Gate, India’s Good Life; Outside, the Servants’ Slums
Jun 10th
I’ll say it again, oil is a bubble. When Asia’s data starts trickling in, we’ll...
Jun 10th
BP chief Tony Hayward says lack of investment...
Jun 10th
Oil Traders Face New Regulation --...
Jun 10th
Mexico, an Oil Producer, Hasn’t Benefited...
Jun 10th
BBC NEWS | Americas | Pentagon 'urged notes...
Jun 9th
Kaiser Backs Microsoft Patient-Data Plan -...
Jun 9th
States Take New Tack on Illegal Immigration -...
Jun 9th
Crude oil is a price bubble waiting to explode. There are no fundamentals, it’s all hype....
Jun 9th
“I’ll talk about our nation’s commitment to a...”
— President George W. Bush—too...
Jun 9th
Oil surges to nearly $139/bbl. Mysteriously, call options that become profitable @$140/bbl. are very...
Jun 7th
Israel to attack Iran unless enrichment...
Jun 7th
Bruce Schneier: Are photographers really a...
Jun 7th
NYPD Helicopter Views Faces from Miles Away |...
Jun 6th
Watch Watch
Jim Tucker speaks about The Bilderberg Group meeting in Chantilly, VA, June 2008.
Jun 6th

Demand Is A Hoax

The dollar falls, http://tinyurl.com/67nqdp and oil rockets. http://tinyurl.com/5e5soo I’m...
Jun 6th
Lanier plans to seal off rough ’hoods in...
Jun 6th
The biofuel debate is electrifying the UN food price crisis...
Jun 6th

Obama's In Control: No More Lobbyist...

It’s been less than two days since he crossed the delegate threshold to become the Democratic...
Jun 6th
A compelling argument about how statistics, not terrorists, are stealing our freedoms:...
Jun 5th
Cory Doctorow: Our dangerous statistical...
Jun 5th
Revealed: Secret plan to keep Iraq under US...
Jun 5th
How Different Groups Voted in the 2008 Democratic...
Jun 5th
Billboards That Look Back - NYTimes.com
Jun 5th
McCain: I'd Spy on Americans Secretly, Too |...
Jun 5th
Peeved at Prices? Don't Blame the Dealer -...
Jun 5th
LAX will use body imaging scanning - Los...
Jun 5th
“This is not a relieving congestion scheme as much as it is a...”
— Art Brodsky, Public Knowledge,...
Jun 5th
Time Warner's Net-Metering Precedent --...
Jun 5th
Monsanto Plans to Boost Food Supply -...
Jun 5th
Fishermen protesting fuel prices clash with...
Jun 5th
Church of England accused of censoring debate...
Jun 5th
Bloomberg.com: Airlines May Start Treating...
Jun 5th
It’s amazing how refineries pick up the pace now that oil is being investigated:...
Jun 4th
Billionaire George Soros: commodity indices are not a legitimate asset class for institutional...
Jun 3rd
In-flight surveillance could foil terrorists...
Jun 3rd
Behind the falsification of US economic data
Jun 3rd
Every adult in Britain should be forced to...
Jun 3rd
NebuAd Defends Murky System to 'Opt-Out' From...
Jun 2nd
Florida Internet Voting Plan Is Illegal and...
Jun 2nd
Rather than spending my time worrying about things I cannot change, I have decided to identify those...
Jun 2nd
West Texas crude may trade in London under more scrutiny: http://tinyurl.com/6ck9c9 #oil
Jun 2nd
More from Newser, this time with an eye on Big Brother: http://www.newser.com/thread/989-1.html...
Jun 2nd
“The advance of civilization is nothing but an exercise in...”
— Janov Pelorat
Jun 2nd

To Drill or Not to Drill

dihard: We all know that newspapers and media sources have an agenda. But rather than explicitly...
Jun 2nd
“The challenge for every government is to respond to the...”
— UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown
Jun 2nd
Terror law: Gordon Brown vows to press ahead...
Jun 2nd
Tow Much! Gas-Miser Drivers Running on...
Jun 2nd
'Worst Vaccination Bill Ever' Introduced in...
Jun 2nd
Rebate Checks Go to Gas, Food, Looming Debt
Jun 1st