As I tweeted yesterday, if I had Bill Gates’ money, I’d own the universe by now.
Category Archives: Business
Standing Orders
I really should get or make a standing desk.
[Update a few minutes later]
On the other hand, while I can walk for a long time, my back hurts if I stand for very long. So I’d really have to get a treadmill.
Gas Price Spikes
Could fracking end them?
The Game Of Monopoly
It’s an indictment of statist interventionism, not free-market capitalism.
Questions For The President’s Press Conference
…that will almost certainly not be asked.
And bonus: Jay Leno’s lost opportunities.
Climate Change
What are the real questions?
Basically, there’s one real problem — the real climate refuses to behave correctly. I went into this at length then, so I won’t repeat the whole argument, but the basic point is this: the actual observed temperatures have been flat for almost 20 years, and are now at the edge of the confidence interval — that is, the modelers would have taken a 20-1 bet against the temperatures staying this low.
Damn you, Gaia!
Jeff Bezos
…and the Great Beyondists. Thoughts on Bezos’ new toy and the political predilections of MSMers, from Matt Welch.
The Failure Of ObamaCare
No, despite the illogic of the Democrats, it’s not the Republicans’ fault. There is no responsibility on their part to attempt to implement an atrocious law that they rightly opposed, or to stop trying to repeal it when it’s clearly going to be so damaging to the nation’s economy and our personal health and freedom.
Skymall
Has the company fallen in with the wrong crowd?
I’ve always thought that Skymall’s target customers had to be people with too much money. It’s worth noting, though, that SpaceDev went public on an RTO.
[Update a while later]
Sorry, forgot the link. It’s fixed now.
Potential Garver Replacements
Brian Berger has some names.
Pam Melroy would be the best choice, as far as I’m concerned, but Patti or Rich would be fine as well. I hope that it’s not Zulkoski.
[Update a while later]
Brian has an exit interview with Lori.