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Banality of the Modern Central Bank Drama

September 18, 2014 / www.thedailybell.com

Federal Reserve Catch of the Day: Obama's Damaging Neglect of the Fed …The Catch goes to Matt Yglesias, who writes today about "the biggest mistake of Obama's presidency: the systematic neglect of the Federal Reserve and of his ability to influence its course of action." Yglesias notes that two Fed seats remain vacant and without nominees. He gives the sorry history of disr...Read More

Scotland: Devolution in the 21st Century

September 18, 2014 / www.thedailybell.com

Alone, Scotland will go back to being a failed state … Yes supporters are hoping Scotland will become a Scandinavian paradise. But with its history of bitter internal divisions, it is likely to go the opposite way. The Union was a success partly because it sublimated the bitter Scottish divisions in a larger United Kingdom. – UK TelegraphDominant Social Theme: What a disaster. The worl...Read More

Banality of the Modern Central Bank Drama

September 18, 2014 / www.thedailybell.com

Federal Reserve Catch of the Day: Obama's Damaging Neglect of the Fed …The Catch goes to Matt Yglesias, who writes today about "the biggest mistake of Obama's presidency: the systematic neglect of the Federal Reserve and of his ability to influence its course of action." Yglesias notes that two Fed seats remain vacant and without nominees. He gives the sorry history of disr...Read More

Scotland: Devolution in the 21st Century

September 18, 2014 / www.thedailybell.com

Alone, Scotland will go back to being a failed state … Yes supporters are hoping Scotland will become a Scandinavian paradise. But with its history of bitter internal divisions, it is likely to go the opposite way. The Union was a success partly because it sublimated the bitter Scottish divisions in a larger United Kingdom. – UK TelegraphDominant Social Theme: What a disaster. The worl...Read More

Vohti Oh Leni

September 18, 2014 / www.youtube.com

Provided to YouTube by The Orchard EnterprisesVohti Oh Leni ? A.S.KangWedding Bhangra Hits?,, 2009 Roma ll Limited / 2009 Empire Music LimitedReleased on: 2009-01-01Auto-generated by YouTube.Read More

A Leading Entrepreneur Misleads His Readers

September 17, 2014 / www.thedailybell.com

Competition Is for Losers … If you want to create and capture lasting value, look to build a monopoly, writes Peter Thiel … Only one thing can allow a business to transcend the daily brute struggle for survival: monopoly profits. What valuable company is nobody building? This question is harder than it looks, because your company could create a lot of value without becoming very valuab...Read More

US Pursues 134 Wars Around the World

September 17, 2014 / www.thedailybell.com

The US is now involved in 134 wars or none, depending on your definition of war …The White House spent much of last week trying to figure out if the word "war" was the right one to describe its military actions against the Islamic State. US Secretary of State John Kerry was at first reluctant: "We're engaged in a major counterterrorism operation," he told CBS News on...Read More

A Leading Entrepreneur Misleads His Readers

September 17, 2014 / www.thedailybell.com

Competition Is for Losers … If you want to create and capture lasting value, look to build a monopoly, writes Peter Thiel … Only one thing can allow a business to transcend the daily brute struggle for survival: monopoly profits. What valuable company is nobody building? This question is harder than it looks, because your company could create a lot of value without becoming very valuab...Read More

US Pursues 134 Wars Around the World

September 17, 2014 / www.thedailybell.com

The US is now involved in 134 wars or none, depending on your definition of war …The White House spent much of last week trying to figure out if the word "war" was the right one to describe its military actions against the Islamic State. US Secretary of State John Kerry was at first reluctant: "We're engaged in a major counterterrorism operation," he told CBS News on...Read More

The Great Unraveling

September 16, 2014 / www.thedailybell.com

It was the time of unraveling. Long afterward, in the ruins, people asked: How could it happen? It was a time of beheadings. With a left-handed sawing motion, against a desert backdrop, in bright sunlight, a Muslim with a British accent cut off the heads of two American journalists and a British aid worker. The jihadi seemed comfortable in his work, unhurried. His victims were broken. Terror is th...Read More

Reading Between the Lines With the UK Telegraph

September 16, 2014 / www.thedailybell.com

Only a monetary 'nuclear bomb' can save Italy now, says Mediobanca …The OECD has drastically cut its growth forecast for Italy. The depression will drag on though most of 2015. The economy will contract by 0.4pc this year. It will remain stuck in the doldrums next year with growth of just 0.1pc. If so, Italy's public debt will spiral to dangerous levels next year, ever further be...Read More

The Great Unraveling

September 16, 2014 / www.thedailybell.com

It was the time of unraveling. Long afterward, in the ruins, people asked: How could it happen? It was a time of beheadings. With a left-handed sawing motion, against a desert backdrop, in bright sunlight, a Muslim with a British accent cut off the heads of two American journalists and a British aid worker. The jihadi seemed comfortable in his work, unhurried. His victims were broken. Terror is th...Read More

Reading Between the Lines With the UK Telegraph

September 16, 2014 / www.thedailybell.com

Only a monetary 'nuclear bomb' can save Italy now, says Mediobanca …The OECD has drastically cut its growth forecast for Italy. The depression will drag on though most of 2015. The economy will contract by 0.4pc this year. It will remain stuck in the doldrums next year with growth of just 0.1pc. If so, Italy's public debt will spiral to dangerous levels next year, ever further be...Read More

The Houses October Built Official Trailer #1 (2014) - Horror Movie HD

September 16, 2014 / www.youtube.com

Subscribe to TRAILERS: http://bit.ly/sxaw6hSubscribe to COMING SOON: http://bit.ly/H2vZUnSubscribe to INDIE TRAILERS: http://goo.gl/iPUuoLike us on FACEBOOK: http://goo.gl/dHs73Follow us on TWITTER: http://bit.ly/1ghOWmtThe Houses October Built Official Trailer #1 (2014) - Horror Movie HDBeneath the fake blood and cheap masks of countless haunted house attractions across the country, there are wh...Read More

Europe Has Lost Its Monetary Mind?

September 15, 2014 / www.thedailybell.com

Europe's Weak Because It's Uncompetitive … In the long-running debate over Europe's feeble economic recovery, monetary policy has taken center stage as if printing money to spur demand can solve Europe's troubles. According to two newly released competitiveness reports, the real problem lies elsewhere: labor costs, which have been growing faster than productivity, and underin...Read More

The Invisible Hand Cultivates Cannabis

September 15, 2014 / www.thedailybell.com

Warren Buffett's company subsidiary is marketing pot-growing spaces … Talk about savvy marketing. Cubic Designs Inc., a subsidiary of Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc., has sent hundreds of fliers to weed dispensaries in Colorado, Washington, and California. "Double your growing space," one flier reads in capital letters, while another page adds, "Grow your prof...Read More

Europe Has Lost Its Monetary Mind?

September 15, 2014 / www.thedailybell.com

Europe's Weak Because It's Uncompetitive … In the long-running debate over Europe's feeble economic recovery, monetary policy has taken center stage as if printing money to spur demand can solve Europe's troubles. According to two newly released competitiveness reports, the real problem lies elsewhere: labor costs, which have been growing faster than productivity, and underin...Read More

The Invisible Hand Cultivates Cannabis

September 15, 2014 / www.thedailybell.com

Warren Buffett's company subsidiary is marketing pot-growing spaces … Talk about savvy marketing. Cubic Designs Inc., a subsidiary of Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc., has sent hundreds of fliers to weed dispensaries in Colorado, Washington, and California. "Double your growing space," one flier reads in capital letters, while another page adds, "Grow your prof...Read More

Greig Roulston: Find All the Books

September 15, 2014 / www.youtube.com

= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Greig Roulston:Find All the Books= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = @ Kiwi PyCon 2014 - Saturday, 13 Sep 2014 - Track 1http://kiwi.pycon.org/**Audience level**Novice**Description**This is the story of how I stumbled into using Python, took on a project that is harder then I first thought and learned mo...Read More

Scottish Independence: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

September 14, 2014 / www.youtube.com

Scotland is about to vote on whether to secede from the UK.There are solid arguments on both sides.But none of that makes bagpipes good to listen to...or does it?Connect with Last Week Tonight online...Subscribe to the Last Week Tonight YouTube channel for more almost news as it almost happens: www.youtube.com/user/LastWeekTonightFind Last Week Tonight on Facebook like your mom would:http://Facebo...Read More

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