Via Zerohedge, a rather alarming video from Bangkok showing troops firing at protesters, burning barricades and general mayhem. One to keep an eye on in the coming days I think.
Government waste in action.
An article at The Adam Smith Institute blog has an excellent example of one of the kind of things that the new coalition government can take their spending axe to : As it currently stands, anyone entering full-time higher education can receive financial support from...
US Hurricane Season and BP’s Spilled Oil.
Accuweather has interesting predictions about what effect a landfall hurricane could have on the thousands (or indeed millions) of gallons of oil sloshing around off the US coast courtesy of BP but first, a look at their 2010 Hurricane Season Forecast (emphasis mine)...
Musical Interlude – Meshuggah – Bleed
Bleed by Meshuggah - not one for the faint hearted. For those who appreciate musicianship this is polyrhythmic metal at its best (and the drummer is an animal).
Weekend Eurowatch.
From Zerohedge, something to watch out for this weekend after last weeks $1 trillion Euroland bailout non-event : Full profit taking in everything. Now even gold is plunging, but it is likely an LBMA "intervention." EURUSD just broke through 1.23 and has no further...
UK 500 euro note ban – update
Following on from my post yesterday about who may have been responsible for the banning of the 500 Euro note in the UK, FT Alphaville has an article of it's own with a quite sensible suggestion that seems to be beyond the wit of our Serious and Organised Crime Agency...
Leaving the Euro – French Edition.
Following on from yesterdays rumoured reintroduction of the Deutsche Mark, Bloomberg has an interesting bit of tittle-tattle on President Sarkozy of France threatening to withdraw France from the Euro if German Chancellor Angela Merkel would not agree to his Euro...
The State is still after your medical records but you have a choice.
A timely reminder from The Adam Smith Institute that the Department of Health is still intent on adding every persons medical records to the "Spine" national database without their consent : Much fuss has been made in the media over the new NHS Database, which is...
Quote of the day
There are 10^11 stars in the galaxy. That used to be a huge number. But it's only a hundred billion. It's less than the national deficit! We used to call them astronomical numbers. Now we should call them economical numbers. - Richard Feynman
UK bans 500 Euro notes – who exactly banned them?
Todays news of the ban on buying 500 Euro notes has left me somewhat puzzled. It would appear the the UK Serious Organised Crime Agency has decided that 500 Euro notes are only used by drug dealers to enable them to move their ill-gotten gains around more easily :...