Archive for February 2010
Crazy
They made me see a psychiatrist yesterday. I honestly didn’t think I was acting any stranger than usual, but the people I was with said I should talk to him. So I did. We had an appointment in the evening, around seven o’clock. And we were there more or less on time. Everything was quiet.…
Read MoreShipping Shows International Trade Slowing
Even though international trade is slowing, U.S. rail freight shows signs of recovery. (Just don’t try to sell coal for a living.) The Baltic Exchange Dry Index is running below its 200 day average. That matters to us, because this gauge tells us something about foreign trading activity. Right now, the activity is dropping off…
Read MoreNASA and National Security
Obama has spoken: If we can put a man on the moon, who cares? Answer: The U.S. military and everyone in the world it protects. The shuttle Endeavour launched from the Kennedy Space Center at 4:14 this morning. It’s actually possible to see launches all the way down to Ft. Lauderdale, where we live. It’s…
Read MoreClimate Change Back
Global warming strategies want us to burn our food for fuel. Will we have a long enough growing season if there’s global cooling? At last, we’ve found a way to block legislation on global warming: Three feet of snow. Washington D.C. is shut down, with another snow storm coming. This will give everyone time to…
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