By Dave Anderson:
I am at best a believer in the weakest form of the mostly, sort of, kind-of eventually efficient market hypothesis --- namely that Stein's law is in effect and that sooner or later, valuations will roughly reflect reality but day to day price fluctuations are mainly noise. Strong' [...]
By Steve Hynd
In an interview with the German press (Google translation here) which isn't going to help the Obama administration win friends and influence people at NATO, Richard Holbrooke is blaming the allies to push the "we're starting from scratch, not in the ninth year" BS the White House [...]
By John Ballard
His name will be synonymous with health care reform. Dr. Gawande may have influenced more thinking than any other individual. In this latest piece he compares changing the way we do medicine with the way America changed the way we do agriculture.
What [...]
By John Ballard
Crof points to a post at the Virology Blog about this question.
The 1968 pandemic began with the emergence of a novel H3N2 influenza virus in Hong Kong in July 1968. First isolates... were obtained globally throughout the summer. The previous seasonal H2N2 strain was last isolated [...]
Canada remains the second leading exporter of chrysotile asbestos, the type that's linked to mesothelioma--a vicious type of lung cancer (previous blog here). The nation has long fought against international rules limiting or banning the trade of chrysotile because of the political influence of its asbestos miners, especially in [...]
By Oregon Dept. of Agricultre,
Prices and lifestyle alter what Americans eat
Americans are eating a little less beef and pork, but more poultry. They like their cheese, but drink less fluid milk. Yogurt consumption is up, ice cream consumption is down. And, perhaps surprisingly, total [...]
Now that we’re past Turkey Day, how about just one more helping of November for you? Don’t worry. It’s very lo-cal. It’s the fluffy content from Silicon Florist, silly.
What did you and your peers find interesting this month? A lot of stuff. But I’ll only give you [...]
While I'm doing homework, readers are invited to check out this video and reflect on whether it may have political implications.
Yesterday I watched the Fox network long enough to see their reporting of the growing Teabagger phenomenon. With the influence and prestige of a major' [...]
We need to have cfc bulbs to "Save The Planet". The EU is already into a mandatory switch, so the USA won't be far behind - incandescent bulbs will soon be a thing of the past. We'll all save energy with our (mercury laden) compact fluorescent replacements. Incandescent bulbs lose [...]
By John Ballard
Immigration reform may be the Next Big Thing.
Janet Napolitano fired the first shot yesterday speaking to the Center for American Progress.
We all know the story: A steady influx of undocumented workers, crossing our borders illegally in search of work and a better life. A market among [...]
According to World Health Organization data published today, H1N1 has killed "at least 6,260 people" around the globe, the majority here in North America. European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control data--also published today--has the global death toll at 6,768. That's obviously sad, but the totals remain [...]
