A couple of weeks ago, I felt like listening to some Christmas Carols, and so rather than dig through my CD and tape collections, I decided to check out what might be available on Shoutcast via Winamp.
Nothing. Nada. Not in April.
So I had to sing ‘em myself. Next, I’ll have to load ‘em on my WMA player.
From the BBC, courtesy of Brian Ferguson:
Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards has been taken to hospital in New Zealand after injuring himself while on holiday in Fiji.
A band spokeswoman said Richards had suffered a “mild concussion” and was taken to hospital as a precaution.
Media reports in Australia and New Zealand said Richards had hurt his head when he fell out of a palm tree.
There are no reports on what he was doing when he fell out of the tree. Speculative comments are more than welcome!
Who needs borders to see where the various jurisdictions lie?
I may have posted something like this before, but this is Google’s satellite view of Gaza, Egypt, and Israel. If the lines are there, click on “satellite” and you can still tell pretty easily which country is which. You might also want to zoom in one more click.
John Chilton asked me a good question via e-mail: How much of the greening of Israel is due to diversion of water from the Jordan River?
I don’t know. He and I both agree that having well-established property rights and following free market principles is important. I expect that we would also both agree that great infusions of foreign capital for investment have played a major role.
At the same time, I must ask why water from the Jordan wasn’t and hasn’t been used more effectively by Palestinians and why so much foreign aid to Palestine and the neighbouring areas has not had the same greening effect.
Who needs borders to see where the various jurisdictions lie?
I may have posted something like this before, but this is Google’s satellite view of Gaza, Egypt, and Israel. If the lines are there, click on “satellite” and you can still tell pretty easily which country is which. You might also want to zoom in one more click.
John Chilton asked me a good question via e-mail: How much of the greening of Israel is due to diversion of water from the Jordan River?
I don’t know. He and I both agree that having well-established property rights and following free market principles is important. I expect that we would also both agree that great infusions of foreign capital for investment have played a major role.
At the same time, I must ask why water from the Jordan wasn’t and hasn’t been used more effectively by Palestinians and why so much foreign aid to Palestine and the neighbouring areas has not had the same greening effect.
Who needs borders to see where the various jurisdictions lie?
I may have posted something like this before, but this is Google’s satellite view of Gaza, Egypt, and Israel. If the lines are there, click on “satellite” and you can still tell pretty easily which country is which. You might also want to zoom in one more click.
John Chilton asked me a good question via e-mail: How much of the greening of Israel is due to diversion of water from the Jordan River?
I don’t know. He and I both agree that having well-established property rights and following free market principles is important. I expect that we would also both agree that great infusions of foreign capital for investment have played a major role.
At the same time, I must ask why water from the Jordan wasn’t and hasn’t been used more effectively by Palestinians and why so much foreign aid to Palestine and the neighbouring areas has not had the same greening effect.
From the NYTimes teaser for John Tierney’s column (I don’t subscribe to the pay portion):
A gas tax is a far better way to encourage conservation and combat global warming than more fuel-efficient cars.
Let me add that a higher gas tax would, in fact, induce more people to switch to more fuel-efficient autos. In the UK, where gasoline prices are roughly double those in North America, people tend to drive much smaller, more fuel-efficient cars; there are few big pickups and SUVs on the roads here.
Update: I meant to include a link to this piece by Don Boudreaux at Cafe Hayek:
…just a few years ago there were only three venture-capital firms focused on energy companies; today there are 76 such VC firms. So much money seeking ways to find new sources of energy!
Those entrepreneurs and investors who succeed will become fabulously rich; those who fail will be poorer than they would have been had they not entered the quest.
And those of us who do nothing but freely choose which fuels to purchase will benefit enormously.
I love this market process.
Me, too.
From the NYTimes teaser for John Tierney’s column (I don’t subscribe to the pay portion):
A gas tax is a far better way to encourage conservation and combat global warming than more fuel-efficient cars.
Let me add that a higher gas tax would, in fact, induce more people to switch to more fuel-efficient autos. In the UK, where gasoline prices are roughly double those in North America, people tend to drive much smaller, more fuel-efficient cars; there are few big pickups and SUVs on the roads here.
Update: I meant to include a link to this piece by Don Boudreaux at Cafe Hayek:
…just a few years ago there were only three venture-capital firms focused on energy companies; today there are 76 such VC firms. So much money seeking ways to find new sources of energy!
Those entrepreneurs and investors who succeed will become fabulously rich; those who fail will be poorer than they would have been had they not entered the quest.
And those of us who do nothing but freely choose which fuels to purchase will benefit enormously.
I love this market process.
Me, too.
From the NYTimes teaser for John Tierney’s column (I don’t subscribe to the pay portion):
A gas tax is a far better way to encourage conservation and combat global warming than more fuel-efficient cars.
Let me add that a higher gas tax would, in fact, induce more people to switch to more fuel-efficient autos. In the UK, where gasoline prices are roughly double those in North America, people tend to drive much smaller, more fuel-efficient cars; there are few big pickups and SUVs on the roads here.
Update: I meant to include a link to this piece by Don Boudreaux at Cafe Hayek:
…just a few years ago there were only three venture-capital firms focused on energy companies; today there are 76 such VC firms. So much money seeking ways to find new sources of energy!
Those entrepreneurs and investors who succeed will become fabulously rich; those who fail will be poorer than they would have been had they not entered the quest.
And those of us who do nothing but freely choose which fuels to purchase will benefit enormously.
I love this market process.
Me, too.
If it tastes good, spit it out.
source unknown [thanks to cmt].
If it tastes good, spit it out.
source unknown [thanks to cmt].
