June, 2010


26
Jun 10

Luxury Cars Continue to be Abandoned at Dubai Airport

You may recall an earlier post on people abandoning their cars at the airport as the left Dubai.

Well, it’s still happening. It’s quite possible that history will show this as one of the greatest examples of the excess and delusion of the past decade.


26
Jun 10

To All the Fellows in Toronto

Good luck.


22
Jun 10

Is Your Cellphone Supporting Right-Wing Causes?

Just kidding – of course it is!!!

Check out Credo Mobile; they’ll buy out your contract and they’ve about to have the CDMA HTC Hero!


22
Jun 10

Failed States in Photos

When I look at these photos and I see the list of countries, I’m amazed that the I’m kind of surprised the global political stage hasn’t devolved into more wide-scale military conflict.

Elizabeth Dickinson has assembled a photo essay of these states over at ForeignPolicy.com.

ELIZABETH DICKINSON


19
Jun 10

Cracks Show BP Was Battling Gulf Well as Early as February – Bloomberg

BP Plc was struggling to seal cracks in its Macondo well as far back as February, more than two months before an explosion killed 11 and spewed oil into the Gulf of Mexico.

via Cracks Show BP Was Battling Gulf Well as Early as February – Bloomberg.


18
Jun 10

Why Did Halliburton Buy An Oil Cleanup Company 8 Days Before The Oil Spill? – informationliberation

Why Did Halliburton Buy An Oil Cleanup Company 8 Days Before The Oil Spill? – informationliberation.


18
Jun 10

As far as Vice-Presidents go, this is pretty much as good as it gets.


18
Jun 10

Tomahawk in a Box: £10 million

So much for missile defense.

The Russian company, Novator, is selling the system for £10 million each.