RichardsResearch

What's really going on with the economy

2007-02-06T18:30:00.000-08:00

http://www.itulip.com/forums/showthread.php?t=891 The best explanation I've seen yet.

Megalomania

2007-01-15T11:45:00.000-08:00

Wikipedia: Megalomania. The "See Also" links are also quite useful.

Surge, surge, who wants a surge?

2007-01-11T23:48:00.000-08:00

Not the Iraqi government: International Herald Tribune
Not the American public: Yahoo News

If this sucker fails, we won't have to wonder why.

Bush targets Iran and Syria

2007-01-11T23:26:00.000-08:00

Washington Post
International Herald Tribune

One could see this escalating into direct conflict with Iran and Syria. "Slippery slope" is a logical fallacy, but I think some slopes are greased.

Economists Don't Know What They're Talking About

2007-01-08T18:23:00.000-08:00

Talking Past Each Other. Major disconnect between how pundits and average Americans perceive economic issues.

All of This Has Happened Before...

2007-01-08T18:05:00.000-08:00

Sinking Globalization. Especially interesting in light of the previous article I linked.

War between Israel and Iran

2007-01-04T16:49:00.000-08:00

is probably only a matter of time.
Financial Sense

News 12/19/06

2006-12-19T20:54:00.000-08:00

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2006/12/18/MNG6CN1FJK1.DTL US-Chinese relations on a downtrend. This may be bad news, considering how much US debt they hold.

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/1891f962-8fc4-11db-9ba3-0000779e2340.html Congress already ready to respond.

News 12/16/06

2006-12-16T16:40:00.000-08:00

http://www.financialsense.com/editorials/daily/2006/1212c.html But, can a complex, technological civilization be maintained by a bunch of happy little slaves?

http://www.financialsense.com/fsu/editorials/martenson/2006/1204.html If inflation is tame, why is everything so much more expensive? Can a complex, technological civilization be maintained by a bunch of happy little slaves who don't have accurate information about what's really going on?

http://www.financialsense.com/fsu/editorials/sutton/2006/1214.html http://www.financialsense.com/editorials/hodges/2006/1116.html Hmm, the slaves don't seem to be as happy as they're told they ought to be. Selfish, ungrateful slaves!

Commodities and War

2006-11-20T18:11:00.000-08:00

Interesting article in the Economist "So high commodity prices tend to take money away from 'nice' people and give it to 'nasty' people."

Here's a negative on the supposed possibility of a US attack on Iran, toward the end of this Harper's article.

More Harper's: the creeping coup.

The First Post: more Iran war rumors. Has Israel set a deadline?

iTulip

America's Acupuncture Points

2006-10-31T16:53:00.000-08:00

There are some who think the US is preparing to attack Iran:

Harper's: "The Next War"

Global Research: "The March to War" details a military buildup in the region. With footnotes.

Attacking Iran may not be a good idea:

Asia Times " In the event of a major conflict involving superpower America and its allies (primarily Japan and Britain) on the one hand and China and its allies (primarily Russia and Iran) on the other..."
Asia Times Part 2.

Anime -- Japanese Animation

2006-10-30T18:50:00.000-08:00

Last Exile anime, official site
AniDB sort of IMDB for Anime
Gunslinger Girls Cyborg assassin girls who wonder if they're human. Reminds me of Oasis in Sluggy Freelance

SF in general:
Sturgeon's Law or actually Sturgeon's Revelation

Sci-Tech Links

2006-10-30T05:59:00.000-08:00

C|Net News
Ars Technica
Digg
Scientific Activism.
Scobleizer All things Windows.
Google Co-op
Joel on Software Software management.
Stevey's Blog Rants a Google programmer
Scripting News
The Daily WTF Page 3 program email
Mike's Dump
Error 10 Strange Mac errors
C Errors
Computer Errors
UI Hall of Shame
Error generator
Dispair, Inc. demotivational posters
Eric Sink
Ask Tom Oracle
Old New Thing
1337 speak a parent's guide

Galaxy

2006-10-30T05:57:00.000-08:00

Another one forwarded by MMLee of A Writer's Block:

http://dingo.care-mail.com/cards/flash/5409/galaxy.swf

News Online

2006-10-30T05:54:00.000-08:00

Sites worth checking on a semi-regular basis:
MyWay news
Consortium News
Daniel Ellsberg Wrote "The Next War" for Harper's, suggesting that war with Iran may come soon.

iTulip.com currently tracking the aftermath of the housing bubble.

Financial Sense Online
Intelligent Forecasts
Free Market News Network
Financial Times
The Raw Story
History Network News
Op-Ed News
CorpWatch
Shelter from the Storm
Global Research
AutoDogmatic
Daily Reckoning
World Press
Resource Investor

Food Recalls

2006-10-22T06:50:00.000-07:00

FDA Recalls, Market Withdrawals, and Safety Alerts. Here's a good one: Hood Issues Allergy Alert on Undeclared Milk in Hood 100% Apple Juice. Seem to be lots of alerts on undeclared food ingredients. "Oh, gee, I just can't imagine how that got in there! You know we list all the ingredients right on the label!"
Recalls.gov. The food page pretty much points to the FDA (above) and the Food Safety and Inspection Service [FSIS] (below)
FSIS Recalls

Economics Etc.

2006-10-22T06:47:00.000-07:00

Somehow gloom and doom sounds more authoritative to me. There are a number of people who sound like they know what they're talking about, predicting: recession next year, drop in the value of the US dollar, thus an inflationary recession, or stagflation, like we had in the late 70s.
http://www.economyincrisis.org/
http://www.dollarcollapse.com/
Grandfather Economic Report
Financial Sense online
Mega-Storm Signposts
American Conservative caught my interest because this article seems to be highly critical of Bush's Iraqi adventure. Appears rumors of dissent in conservative-land are not exaggerated. Here's another: some conservatives are actually hoping for a democratic win this year because they think it might be good for the country and the party in the long run. [If the economy does tank next year, the Democrats may not still be celebrating a 2006 victory in 2008.]
Financial Times
The Raw Story
Op-Ed News
CorpWatch
Shelter from the Storm Apparently the shelter is Croatia.
The Garlic At least as much "humor" as fact.
BuzzFlash
Information Clearinghouse

Lyrics Shinedown .45

2006-10-13T21:16:00.000-07:00

Lyrics007
Atlantic Records
Lyrics Depot

More Financial Weblogs Etc.

2006-10-13T21:04:00.000-07:00

First Million at 33
autoDogmatic

Federal Reserve stops publishing M3 figures

2006-10-13T18:19:00.000-07:00

Shadow Statistics
Federal Reserve announcement
Investment U. How to profit from the ban. La la la...
Journal Inquirer. North-central Connecticut sounds suspicious about the whole thing.
Prudent Investor. Like the color scheme.
Mess that Greenspan Made. Name of the weblog, not my opinion on Greenspan's career. It's not a mess, it's just different. Like piranhas are different from goldfish.
Cathrine Fitts' take
Related: Plunge Protection Team, Washington Post

Bill Gross Last Vigilante

2006-10-13T18:07:00.000-07:00

Stingy News.
Sizing up Social Security One issue is where we're going to get the money to support the Baby Boomers in their retirement. Another issue is where we're going to get the production we need to support them when they leave the work force, regardless of where the money comes from. I'm glad to see I'm not the only one to wonder about the latter.

Ludwig von Mises Institute, Robert Blumen
PFBlog, a nice short summary of Gross' points.

Vigilante Investors and other strangeness

2006-10-13T16:08:00.000-07:00

Bloomberg

Refs Bill Gross' "Last Vigilante" article about anti-inflation vigilantes, but not about the new anti-recession vigilantes per se.
iTulip.com
Bubble Cycle Economy. Written before the real estate bubble ran out of steam.
Frankenstein Economy
Shadow Statistics an alternative to government statistics for people who don't trust the government. Most features require subscription, but the fact this even exists is interesting.
iTulip Glossary, sort of a Devil's Dictionary for finance.
Catherine Austin Fitts Iran-Contra, War on Drugs, money laundering, and prisons for profit.
Broker Watchdog

Alternative 4

2006-10-10T17:39:00.000-07:00

Lyrics, Anathema, "Alternative 4"
http://www.darklyrics.com/lyrics/anathema/alternative4.html
http://www.lyricsandsongs.com/lyrics/ANATHEMA.html
http://lyrics.duble.com/lyrics/A/anathema-lyrics/anathema-alternative-4-lyrics.htm
http://www.lyricsdepot.com/album/anathema/alternative-4.html

Alternative 3

2006-10-10T17:14:00.000-07:00

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alternative_3
http://www.twitchfilm.net/archives/007772.html
http://www.forteantimes.com/articles/121_a3.shtml
http://quimbys.com/product_info.php/cPath/3_13/products_id/6063
http://www.wingtv.net/alternative3.html
http://www.amazon.com/Mind-Control-UFOs-Casebook-Alternative/dp/1931882444

Lyrics Godsmack Serenity

2006-10-10T17:12:00.000-07:00

Godsmack "Serenity"
http://www.5pmusic.com/lyric/81741.htm
http://www.lyricsfreak.com/g/godsmack/serenity_10133944.html

Lyrics Refreshments Banditos

2006-10-10T17:09:00.000-07:00

Refreshments "Banditos"
http://webhome.idirect.com/~muskokajoe/lyric/banditos.html

Lyrics Ozzy I Don't Know

2006-10-10T17:06:00.000-07:00

Ozzy Osbourne "I Don't Know"
http://crydee.sai.msu.ru/ftproot/pub/rec/music/lyrics/cs-uwp/o/osbourne.ozzy/blizzard.of.ozz
http://www.lyricsandsongs.com/song/4417.html

Candle in the Dark

2006-10-06T19:42:00.000-07:00

Informal fallacies: http://www.candleinthedark.com/informal.html
http://www.candleinthedark.com/logic.html sounds like an objectivist
http://www.candleinthedark.com/philosopherslist.html List of philosophers and their philosophies.

America the Schizo

2006-10-06T19:18:00.000-07:00

In U.S. News & World Report, October 9, 2006 issue, pp. 60-61, there's an interview with Doonesbury's Gary Trudeau. "The country's living in a state of low-grade schizophrenia, and that worries me."

Me too.

Sue 'em all and let God sort it out

2006-10-06T18:12:00.000-07:00

Forwarded by MMLee of A Writer's Block:
http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=&storyid=2006-10-06T152240Z_01_L05713223_RTRUKOC_0_US-GERMANY-ALIENS.xml&src=nl_usoddlyenoughNote:
Not sure how this is supposed to work. Does he think the court can make the aliens pay up?

Electricity deregulation

2006-10-01T13:36:00.000-07:00

http://www.prwatch.org/prwissues/2003Q3/dereg.html
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/03/11/AR2006031101603.html
http://www.csmonitor.com/2006/0425/p02s01-usec.html

Brain Atlas

2006-10-01T09:03:00.000-07:00

http://www.brainatlas.org/aba/

Cognitive therapy

2006-09-28T20:56:00.000-07:00

http://mail.med.upenn.edu/~abeck/ psychology research depression. Written several books on depression. Cognitive therapy -- correcting cognitive distortions -- "...increasing patients' objectivity regarding their misinterpretations of situations or subjective sensations or feelings (cognitive distortions) and their negative expectancies,..." ... "This work demonstrates the capacity of psychiatrically ill patients to compensate for their biological and psychological vulnerabilities." http://www.beckinstitute.org/
Related: "Happiness isn't normal" Time Magazine, Feb 13, 2006
http://www.candleinthedark.com/beck.html list of cognitive distortions

Horse and Buggy Mennonites

2006-09-28T20:40:00.000-07:00

Horse and Buggy Mennonites: Hoofbeats of Humility in a Postmodern World, by Donald B. Kraybill(?) and(?) James P. Hurd. "about 8 children per family, and 90% of the community's children become full church members..." Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Horse-Buggy-Mennonites-Publications-Pennsylvania/dp/0271028661/ref=sr_11_1/102-3174971-7646532?ie=UTF8
PSU Press: http://www.psupress.org/books/titles/0-271-02865-3.html
"...the Wengers have learned that it is impossible to maintain a truly static culture, and so examining the ways in which the Wengers cautiously and incrementally adapt..."
Religious News Service: http://religionnews.com/ArticleofWeek083106.html
"If we live our basic beliefs, our children will catch it."

QuickiePedia

2006-09-28T20:11:00.000-07:00

Apparently there used to be a site called QuickiePedia.com, but according to this site, it's due to be deleted on December 31, 1969.

Pink Floyd the Wall

2006-09-28T19:59:00.000-07:00

IMDB: Pink Floyd the Wall
http://www.thewallanalysis.com/
Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wall
Pink Floyd official site: http://www.pinkfloyd.co.uk/

Through a Glass Darkly

2006-09-28T19:50:00.000-07:00

Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Through_a_Glass_Darkly_%28film%29
IMDB: Through a Glass Darkly

THE GREAT FAILURE OF WIKIPEDIA

2006-09-28T19:46:00.000-07:00

http://www.cow.net/transcript.txt THE GREAT FAILURE OF WIKIPEDIA

monkeysphere

2006-09-28T19:30:00.000-07:00

http://www.pointlesswasteoftime.com/monkeysphere.html
Source article for monkeysphere: http://www.bbsonline.org/documents/a/00/00/05/65/bbs00000565-00/bbs.dunbar.html