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Quotients:
"Optimists these days learn English, pessimists learn Chinese, but realists learn how to operate an AK-47." .
“There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there has always been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that "my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.” .
“The only thing we learn from history is that we learn nothing from history.” - Friedrich Hegel quotes (German Philosopher (1770-1831)"
“The Fed has had very few periods of relatively good performance. For most of its history, it’s been a loose cannon on the deck, and not a source of stability.” - Milton Friedman (1999) .
"Everybody knows that if I’m at 100 percent they have to fasten their seatbelts, like on an aeroplane." .
"To race bicycles is to drink greedily from a bottomless chalice of agony." .
Say what you will about Steve Jobs, but, it used to be way, WAY harder to buy a Norwegian Black Metal album with your phone at 9:15 on a Thursday night .
Monday links: the profit bubble
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Quote of the day James Surowiecki, “It’s still possible that investor
hysteria could eventually inflate stock prices, or that investor panic
could send t...
The train is leaving the station.
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Though at least a part of which has apparently become a house. Welcome back
to yet another end-of-the-week AHTBM installment where it’s always casual
Frida...
Hi! I Was In Boston And Now I'm Not!
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So there I was on Friday evening, sitting on the sofa, clutching my Amtrak
ticket, and preparing to board my train to Boston a mere 13 hours later.
(Yes, ...
The New Abnormal
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The collective state of mind in the USA these days may be even more peculiar than what went on in Germany in the early 1930s, when the Nazis we...
Giro-Induced Hiatus
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Original photo: Manual For Speed
Tomorrow, I'll be flying to Italy in order to join the Giro, not as a
competitor mind you—though I was asked several times...
Tour of California in photos
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While much of the cycling world’s attention has been focused on the Giro
d’Italia in recent weeks, last week’s Amgen Tour of California also
demanded atten...
Listening Post
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New stuff from Vampire Weekend. I still for the life of me can't figure out
whether I like these guys or not. It comes and goes.
Here's *Diane Young*.
I...
Ruminations on My Upcoming Absence
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A Note from Fatty: The Hammer is racing the Ogden Marathon tomorrow. If
you’d like to track her progress, you can do so by going to the Race My
Race site, ...
The Gradual Crescendo
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*Upcoming Swim Smooth Clinics / One to One Consultations:*
*Prague Kids Swim Camps*
Enjoy Prague this August whilst your kids improve their swimming!
Full i...
Buyback to enrich
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From SocGen’s Andrew Lapthorne and quant team: in the first quarter of
2013, buybacks done to offset the dilution from executive stock options
maturing r...
David Brooks on the words we use
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Daniel Klein of George Mason University has conducted one of the broadest
studies with the Google search engine…On the subject of individualization,
he fou...
Indigenous Activists Challenge Shell
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Shell was challenged at its AGM by Indigenous activists over the tar sands
and Arctic drilling
The post Indigenous Activists Challenge Shell appeared fir...
Fairy Tale Ending
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Ads by Project Wonderful! Your ad could be here, right now.
If I were a troll I would not mess with Faye. "Just go on across the
bridge," I would s...
Tour Series Round 2: Durham
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Proving worthy of his billing as race favourite, Kristian House rode to a
brilliant solo victory in the Durham round of the Pearl Izumi Tour Series
last ...
GMAMX: Goldman Sach’s Muppet Fund of Funds
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In our day job, we have a Fiduciary relationship with our clients.
A Fiduciary has a legal obligation where all actions are performed for the
benefit of th...
Cops Pullover DC Cab Driver Who Crossed Cyclist
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Isn’t it nice to have a story about police and cyclists where one group
isn’t hating the other? A few days ago Bill Walsh was heading home on
Pennsylvania ...
12/31/2012 – Check, Please
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[image: 12/31/2012 – Check, Please]
The post 12/31/2012 – Check, Please appeared first on Yehuda Moon and the
Kickstand Cyclery.
Frontrunning: May 21
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- *IMF Tells Central Europe to Spend More (WSJ)*
- Tornadoes Blast Oklahoma (WSJ)
- Frenetic search for survivors as 91 feared dead in tornad...
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