“Things will get much worse before they get better. I fear the worst is ahead of us.”

Nouriel Roubini, who at the moment is as close as you can get to being a celebrity economist, today said the following at the Hedge 2008 conference here in London:
“This is the worst financial crisis in the U.S., Europe and now emerging markets that we’ve seen in a long time,” Roubini said. “Things will get [...]

A platter of shit with bits of broken glass in it

David Sedaris writes in this week’s New Yorker about undecided voters in this year’s presidential election:
“I look at these people and can’t quite believe that they exist. Are they professional actors? I wonder. Or are they simply laymen who want a lot of attention? To put them in perspective, I think of being on an [...]

“U.S. pilot was ordered to shoot down UFO”

This comes from Reuters – U.S. pilot was ordered to shoot down UFO. The 9-year old boy in me is freaking out right now.
“The pilot, Milton Torres, now 77 and living in Miami, said it spent periods motionless in the sky before reaching estimated speeds of more than 7,600 mph.
“After the alert, a shadowy figure told [...]

Palin’s $150,000 problem and the lipstick on a pig prophecy

If the difference between a hockey mom and a pitbull is lipstick, whats the difference between a hockey mom and a greedy politician with a $150,000 Fifth Avenue make-over? The conclusion I suspect a lot of beleaguered hockey moms will be forced to admit: probably a lot.
Let’s have another go: you can put lipstick on a [...]