Monthly Archives: August 2006

wow.

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another question

if the price of oil does drop, will people still care as much about alternative energy, foreign oil dependence, and the damage we are doing to the planet? my quick guess answer is: no. i saved this link to a … Continue reading

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senate subcommittee report on oil price manipulation

“Ironically, hedge funds trading oil are not doing anything very different than the large investment banks such as Goldman Sachs, Bank of America, or Morgan Stanley already do.  The proprietary trading desks of these and other large investment banks are … Continue reading

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not only not news, it was completely fake?

the whole jonbenet thing was not only not newsworthy, it was a complete fake? the petition to get networks to report real news just acquired a bit more weight.

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more about stocks

a friend IMed me the other day asking why i feel compelled to publish information about what i am buying and selling. she is a finance professional, so i took her concerns seriously. that conversation was the impetus behind putting … Continue reading

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interesting piece on the housing market

(note: this was accidentally published as a private post several days ago, so i am republishing it now. not sure how that happened). nouriel roubini compiles the latest data on the housing market, (he rebuts his critics in another piece) … Continue reading

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quick movie review

went to see factotum and little miss sunshine last night. little miss sunshine was highlarious, factotum was a bit disjointed.

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report real news please

last week i observed that everyone was talking about jon benet ramsey on the same day a federal judge ruled the white house has been violating the constitution.  i just got an email from true majority, and it seems like … Continue reading

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disclaimer

i added a stock disclaimer tab up there. read it, learn it, live by it.

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oil safari

here’s an interesting project  by paul salopek, a pulitzer prize winning reporter who traces a gallon of gasoline in a chicago suburb to its origins in the oil wells of the world.  (via bill cara).  no commentary here other than … Continue reading

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