"Ponzi Scheme"

From Mother Jones.

"I'm Sorry"

From xkcd.

The Formation of the Milky Way

Rupert

The ongoing News Corp scandal has been fascinating. One of the most powerful men in the world has been taking a shellacking for over a month. The downfall of such men isn't something you see frequently.

Yves Smith takes a look at the difference in coverage between the U.S. and the U.K..

"Yaweh or No Way"

The Colbert Report
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Blame-itis

A great post by Megan McCardle on the debt, deficits, and the associated blame game.

Cheese - y

La Rustichella Sheep Tartufo Molitero - an aged raw sheep's milk cheese from Italy. With black truffles. Crumbly. Sheepy (i.e., mild). With delicious, delicious black truffles. Overall, an amazing cheese. It went very well with panchetta, as well as with the pickled habaneros.

Fromage

Igor Gorgonzola Dolce - Creamy, creamy gorgonzola. With prosciutto and red pepper stuffed olives, it is very, very good. Almost as good as St. Agur. Almost.

Cheese

Midnight Moon - An aged (1 year) goat cheese from Holland made using a gouda recipe. I must say that I liked the smell, but wasn't a huge fan of this cheese. It might have been that I was looking for something other than goat flavored gouda to go with my prosciutto and garlic stuffed olives, but I'm still not sure I would have liked it. The gouda overpowered the goat and the gouda wasn't that great. I like my gouda at least 3 years old (preferably 5) and crumbly, not creamy.

QE2

QE2 in in pictures at the WSJ.

I really wish was could run experiments in parallel universes where we could control the flow of time. That'd be convenient.

BTW, I'll soon be issuing bonds to myself and then printing cash to pay for them to myself, which I'll then use to buy lots of cool stuff. Any investors?

Guns, Fiddle, or Knives

Please ask me about my experience in the security line on 6/12. I'm begging you.

"Obi-Wan Is Dead"

From The Galactic Times.

Space

From xkcd.



"The universe is probably littered with the one-planet graves of cultures which made the sensible economic decision that there's no good reason to go into space--each discovered, studied, and remembered by the ones who made the irrational decision."

Awesome

The Mountain from Terje Sorgjerd on Vimeo.

Milkshakes

Vanilla, apple, and bacon milkshakes are amazing. Seriously.

At B Spot in Beachwood, OH.

Bucheron

It's been a while, but I finally made it back to the cheese aisle at Whole Foods.

Bucheron: A mild and tasty goat cheese from France. A slight aftertaste that is chased nicely with a Diet Coke. I've seen this cheese before, but due to its similar appearance to other goat cheeses I've had (creamy chevre-like center and a soft outside), I haven't indulged. I'm glad I did today. It made a great afternoon snack.

Sadness

No elk hunt this year. 120,000 people put in for tags and I wasn't one of the fortunate 12,000. At least I have a bonus point for next year. I might need to buy a new gun to make myself feel better (I've been eying that synthetic .223 Tikka T3).

Libya

This foolishness in Libya is killing me. No plan. No long-term thinking. Intervention when no vital U.S. interests are at stake. The disconnect between what we are doing in Libya versus what we are doing in Yemen, Bahrain, and Syria.

Here's Stratfor's take on how Gaddafi will potentially respond.

Hisashiburi

"No Correlation"

From Indexed.