refave shiwani. i love this excerpt

Quoted: Watching the way he has allowed his opponents’ weaknesses to reveal themselves, the way he has enticed them into self-defeating exhaustion pounding against the wall of his equanimity, I have come to understand better what he meant.

this is bullshit. I do NOT approve.

Quoted: e "hundreds of billions" of taxpayer money to buy illiquid assets from U.S. financial institutions. The goal: to make them healthy enough to raise new ...

dense but really good essay by the author of "fooled by randomness". very topical.

Quoted: problems, but risk perception is subjected to framing issues that are acute in the Fourth Quadrant. Dan Goldstein and I are running a program of ...

This is a scary move, IMO. I don't think the us federal budget can handle a bailout like this, and i think this will devalue US treasury bonds because, in my mind, this increases the risk of the US govt defaulting on bond repayments.

Quoted: Following rallies in Asia and Europe, the Dow jumped more than 340 points at the opening, before falling back.

Quoted: Michael Crichton, Vindicated

ew.

Quoted: Medical personnel stabilize Standard-Examiner photographer Ryan McGeeney's leg after he was pierced by a javelin directly below his right knee. RYAN MCGEENEY/Standard-Examiner

Quoted: “To be able to go to your enemies and give them something that makes them happy is a most fulfilling adventure,”

i love that quote

Quoted: it's worth remembering that neither history nor the First Amendment are underwritten by corporate entities.

the blog mentioned in shiwani's fave.