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My opinion of this is that by doing just that we are robbing from our children's future in order to prop up the mistakes of the banks. This means that in effect it is our children and our granchildren who will have paid for all those fat w*nker's million pound bonuses! I can't belive they can be al...

Might be a relatively short 'cycle'. In about six months time, with inflation rocketing back up, people will be after Mervyn King's blood again. Or the next guv'nors blood, that is.

I've got David Bowie singing Cat People (Putting Out Fire) stuck in my head these last few days.

A few NR things: NRs loan book is better than the 'industry average' - they have quite a low default rate. That's not been their problem, so far. I read on a BBC news page (lost link for now) that the 'removal' of the limits at 2K and 35K on (govt) guaranteed deposits has already been extended to ot...

AIT is not too shabby. What comes across is that he has as good an understanding of the details and the context as you could expect from a politician. Gore is able to communicate with the scientists in their language, and then present to lay persons in theirs. He's very selective about what is prese...

Following up on Kenneal's informative post and link. I found this
nice chart. It's out of context, but the overall picture is clear.



Source:

http://www.chooseclimate.org/flying/emit.html

I don't buy the commuting point either. I get the idea - many individuals change their behaviour, maybe only slightly, and it all adds up. But I don't think the affect you mention will be easy to detect. Few people will choose unemployment directly, rather than reduce their non-commuting spending, o...

3-D viewing issue only

I have been laughing at the Bloomberg weekly survey the last few weeks. (Example: http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=a8Ko6RDn6xSQ) Quote (end of article): "The survey has correctly predicted the direction of prices 51 percent of the time since it was introduced in April 200...

EOS *was* on google video until a couple of weeks back. Anyone know why/how it got removed?