Tuesday, May 01, 2012

Larwyn's Linx: Empire of Poverty

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Nation

Empire of Poverty: Sultan Knish
Totalitarian Left Targets Conservative Bloggers, Twitter Users: Camp
Ex-CIA Chief: Nancy Pelosi Lied About Waterboarding: Scoop

FCC votes to make broadcasters’ political ad info available online: DC
Conservatives Gain, But Need Help Biting McConnell: RS
Are you on a “Block-List?”: CDN

Yes, these are the kind of people who should run healthcare: ProWis
“Unite Against the War on Women” march, Los Angeles: Zombie
Dems Introduce Bill to Seal Obama’s Presidential Records: Nice Deb

Economy

There's no way Democrats will cut the Obamacare slush fund: Ace
Obama’s NLRB Unleashes Ambush Elections on Job Creators: LUR
Most Useless College Majors: OTB

A Mournful Milestone: Beacon
Obama: I can Barely Hammer a Nail Into a Wall: Dossier
It's back - fake Food Stamp challenges: Thurber

Obama's clever campaign plan: Blame Bush, again: Exam
Free enterprise isn't part of Obama's vision for America: Elephant
Why the presidential election could be over at 8:30 a.m., October 26: Peth

I'm Swapping Some Gold for Silver: Mish
Occupy? Suspicious powder shuts 3 Wells Fargo branches in NYC: USA Today

Scandal Central

The 'Disgusting and Shameful' Obama/Holder Justice Department: HySci
Obama’s Solyndra Plant Now a Toxic Wasteland: JWF
Debunking the Big Lie that American Conservatives are Like Fascists: CDN

2012 Elections

Dick Lugar campaign abandons the Republican party: Hoosier Access
Harvard’s ‘populist’: Liz Warren’s pathetic pose: Post
Dick Lugar's Voting Record: RS

Climate & Energy

So What’s a Few Crucifixions, If It Keeps Everyone in Line?: Sundries
Why climate science is a textbook example of groupthink: Watts
No, Speculators Did Not Cause Oil Prices to Rise: SAB

Media

Good For Her–Arianna Huffington: Obama’s Bin Laden Ad “Despicable”: Bruce
#NotGoingDown – Warrior Chris Loesch Responds to Leftist Attempts to Silence Him: GWP
WashPost Writes The Public Be Damned: They're Biased If They Think We're Biased: NB

Obama Campaign Slogan “Forward” Has History in Communist Propaganda, Probably Just a Coincidence: AllAm
Antonio Gramsci Is Smiling Up From Hell At Obama’s New Campaign Slogan: HayRide
NLRB ‘ambush rule’ goes into effect: Hotel News Now

Obama's Chicago-Style Campaign: Lasky
Hitler's Deathday: Would-Be Dictators Need to Learn from Today in History: AmDigest
I thought I was suffering from blogger burnout once. Turned out I was just hungry.: Troglo

World

Navy SEALs: Yeah, Obama Should Probably Shut Up About bin Laden Now: JWF
Hey-O! Romney: “Even Jimmy Carter” Would Have Given Order to Kill Bin Laden: GWP
Taking away our soldiers' right to self-defense: Exam

Obama Ignores Law, Shovels Our Money at Palestinian Terrorists, Then Lies : MB
How to stop Obama and Clinton from funding the 'Palestinians': Matzav
Kuwait Considering Death Penalty for Blasphemy : Gatestone

Terrorists with body bombs may target US-bound planes: KABC
Obama funds Palestinians, gives middle finger to Congress : ProWis
SEALs slam Obama for taking credit for bin Laden killing during election campaign: Daily Mail

Sci-Tech

Analytics Reveal 13 New Basketball Positions: Wired
Microsoft is investing $300 million in Barnes & Noble: Insider
Missing rocks may explain why life started playing shell games: Ars Tech

Cornucopia

A civilian walked past a Secret Service Cadillac at the Naval Observatory...: Mellow Jihadi
How does Obama celebrate 3 years without a Democrat budget? He goes golfing for a record 96th time: FAM
Clive Palmer plans to build Titanic II: smh

Image: Zombie: “Unite Against the War on Women” march, Los Angeles
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QOTD: "A popular view is that the surge in the price of oil during 2003-08 cannot be explained by economic fundamentals, but was caused by the increased financialization of oil futures markets, which in turn allowed speculation to become a major determinant of the spot price of oil. This interpretation has been driving policy efforts to regulate oil futures markets. This survey reviews the evidence supporting this view. We identify six strands in the literature corresponding to different empirical methodologies and discuss to what extent each approach sheds light on the role of speculation. We find that the existing evidence is not supportive of an important role of speculation in driving the spot price of oil after 2003. Instead, there is strong evidence that the co-movement between spot and futures prices reflects common economic fundamentals rather than the financialization of oil futures markets." --Study, "No, Speculators Did Not Cause Oil Prices to Rise"

1 comment:

Bob Belvedere said...

Thank you for the linkage.