Wednesday, August 17, 2011

Items of Interest, 17 August 2011

Daniel Lerch interview on peak oil

An economy turned upside down
by Mira Luna (EB)

Christopher Ferrara, The Austrian Version of the English Enclosures Part II

Theodore Dalrymple, Sloppy Riot Thinking
Are pre-2008 bankers the moral equivalents of British looters?


Whose values?

August Glut by (EB) Gene Logsdon

Despite flood, hail, drought, high winds, plant diseases, weeds, bugs, deteriorating muscles, coons, deer, squirrels, moles, stock market crashes, grain market inflation, skyrocketing land prices, root rot, robins, rabbits, and radio talk shows, once more the annual great miracle has occurred. We are (literally after the last downpour) swimming in homegrown food. The August Glut is upon us, and we dance among the corn stalks in sheer delight.


The most dangerous machine ever built
by Erik Curren (EB)

Gareth Porter, Veto Over the Drones

How safe is the US?
Tot up the United States national security bill and you quickly reach US$8 trillion over the past decade and perhaps even a few trillion more. What did it all go on? No one can be very sure. And did it buy "security" - or make the country less safe? - Chris Hellman

The Thinking Housewife, Why the Love Ideal of Marriage Doesn’t Work

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