March 2009
“We’re all a little bit weird! My arms are covered in butter!” -CGB
DEA to end medical marijuana raids →
Greg Rutter's Definitive List of The 99 Things You... →
via abe
Barack Obama - LinkedIn →
Talking Business - Desperately Protecting A.I.G.’s... →
When you start asking around about how A.I.G. made money during the housing bubble, you hear the same two phrases again and again: “regulatory arbitrage” and “ratings arbitrage.” The word “arbitrage” usually means taking advantage of a price differential between two securities — a bond and stock of the same company, for instance — that are related in some way. When the word is used to describe...
February 2009
Secrets of Stradivarius Explained →
(via treyblog)
New York City Embraces a Bold New Traffic Theory →
nicksummers:
My latest in Newsweek
New York Said to Plan Closing Broadway in Times... →
Official Gmail Blog: Updates to attachments:... →
really great
Bohemian Sprawl Hits the Limits in Los Angeles →
:( LA
So true RT @THE_REAL_SHAQ I hate la traffic, honk honk move out da way aaaaaagh
Ads in Google News search results →
Evolution of Security: 3 oz or 3.4 oz? →
from TSA blog
HerdictWeb →
My friend is trying to get “the best job in the world” http://bit.ly/fPyv2 — give him 5 stars and I’ll bring you on the trip to visit…
Andy Richter Joins Conan Again for The Tonight... →
h/t flynn
Bobby Jindal = Kenneth from 30 Rock →
i know i’m 12 hours late on this, but still so funny.
Twitter Fan Wiki →
This page includes people and agencies of the U.S. government, organized according to the executive branch, legislative branch, and related sections.
(it’ll be interesting to see how many of these end up like claire mccaskill’s and how many just recycle press releases)
“OMG happy belated”
– jack
Greatest 101 questions of all time →
really?
Southwest Airlines To Fly from Logan
http://www.thecrimson.com/article.aspx?ref=526716
Tropicana Discovers Some Buyers Are Passionate... →
The PepsiCo Americas Beverages division of PepsiCo is bowing to public demand and scrapping the changes made to a flagship product, Tropicana Pure Premium orange juice. Redesigned packaging that was introduced in early January is being discontinued, executives plan to announce on Monday, and the previous version will be brought back in the next month.
h/t flynn
Recession may end blue laws
williblog:
Something good may come of the downturn: no more proscriptions against buying booze on Sunday.
“Shade said that with him it was the other way around: he must make a definite...”
– from Pale Fire, Nabokov.
SO TRUE
(via lizgoodwin)
Great to hear from you @superdosh …let me know if you have any thoughts on Poe
“I solemnly swear I am up to some motherfucking bipartisanship.”
– Twitter / Kit Kuzma
When The EPA Speaks, Energy Industry Trembles →
Microsoft Invests In Games For Learning Institute →
“Here’s the reality: The job creation, innovation and economic engine of America...”
– This was a great response to Friedman’s article, which I, perhaps hastily, endorsed. My main point, and I think Rex does a better job of driving this home than Friedman did, is that America needs to support and foster entrepreneurship — not tired car companies, banks, nor even, vc’s.
Rex Hammock’s...
Future of Public Diplomacy Unsettled at State →
As President Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton near an announcement of a top State Department official to promote the United States’s image abroad, some veterans of the public diplomacy field wonder if the administration views job as a national security position or a public relations one.
The Reeducation of Larry Summers →
Senior Obama adviser has deep Alaska roots →
The Trouble With Repeat Cesareans →
Much ado has been made recently of women who choose to have cesareans, but little attention has been paid to the vast number of moms who are forced to have them. More than 9 out of 10 births following a C-section are now surgical deliveries, proving that “once a cesarean, always a cesarean”—an axiom thought to be outmoded in the 1990s—is alive and kicking. Indeed, the...