When Good Lizards Go Bad: Komodo Dragons Take Violent Turn Wall Street Journal
Global warming time bomb trapped in Arctic soil: study PhysOrg. That Arctic no-longer-so-permafrost is full of greenhouse gases….
Recession indicators Jim Hamilton
Ben Stein Watch: August 24, 2008 Felix Salmon. Felix finds the smoking gun for what we Ben Stein sufferers have long suspected: the Times does not edit his posts.
Two Accused of Harassing Blackstone Group Executive Wall Street Journal. Pretty wild story.
Is oil headed for a fall? MarketWatch. An object lesson. One of the most superficial, half-baked pieces I’ve seen in a long time.
Repossessed Toys Are A Booming Business Michael Shedlock
Savings delusions Paul Krugman
Creditors sometimes do get a vote Brad Setser
Antidote du jour. Part of a series titled “Why dogs bite people”:
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This is a thinly veiled insult slung at the boys that just party’d hard at Jackson Hole — who as a collective collusive body looked like idiots at a costume party. This photo of Bernanke just before he gives another academic speech on why saving Bear Stearns was a good idea (to him) is just another another reminder that someone needs to take the punch bowl away before all the dogs go wild!