The Trick to Suppressing Revolution: Keeping Debt/Tax Serfdom Bearable
Written by Charles Hugh SmithAfter revelations that conservative groups were receiving...
US STOCKS SNAPSHOT-Wall St opens flat after data, Cisco soars
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De-Nile is a river in Egypt, not a growth strategy.
I was reading about the 1930s…
Unemployment climbed from 3.2 to 8.7 percent… the year is 1930. In 1931, the unemployment rate rises to 15.9 percent. In 1932, unemployment continues upward to 23.6 percent, and in 1933 it goes to 24.9 percent.
In 1934, we are said to be starting on a road to
...Patient readers: There seems to be rather lot going on, and so I failed to triage Links ruthlessly enough. –lambert
Swedish Man Dies After Having Sex With Hornet’s Nest International Business Times. Richard Smith Anti-Antidote Seal of Approval™.
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Terahertz Image Reveals Goya's Hidden Signature in Old Master Painting
Written by MIT Technology ReviewDarkened varnish obscures Goya’s signature in a 1771 masterpiece, according to a new analysis using terahertz waves
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Four Better Ways to Spend the $55 Million Wasted on Votes to Repeal the Affordable Care Act (Think Progress)
House Republicans will vote to repeal Obamacare for the 37th time today because they still haven't found a genie to grant their wish, but Bryce Covert and Adam Peck write that instead of
...Google and NASA Launch Quantum Computing AI Lab
Written by MIT Technology ReviewThe Quantum Artificial Intelligence Lab will use the most advanced commercially available quantum computer, the D-Wave Two.
Quantum computing took a giant leap forward on the world stage today as NASA and Google, in partnership with a consortium of universities, launched an initiative to investigate...
Voices of the Harmed Borrowers on Rust Consulting
Written by Lambert StretherChecking the queues, I keep noticing Rust harmed borrowers returning to comment on the threads for the three posts Yves did on Rust and the OCC ( here , here , and here ). It’s almost like they have no other place to tell their stories! Incredible though that may seem.
So I thought I would collect all their comments into a single post, most...