Via ZeroHedge, a rather amusing "dummies guide" to Central Banking :
Experimental Musical Interlude
One from the Waspsnest's Estonian co-conspirators, this excellent experimental/jazz/metal mixture by Shining from Norway. The track is called Fisheye and is from their album Black Jazz. Do enjoy. _
2011 Census – the ONS responds
Late last week, I wrote about the apparent discrepancy on the ONS website regarding the confidentiality of the information you supply when completing your census return. You can read that article here but in summary : On their Frequently Asked Questions page they have...
Royal Society has a maths problem
Via small dead animals, a rather surprising article describing how The Royal Society managed to get the basic maths wrong with regard to the impact of CO2 on climate change : Top international experts prove British numbers on carbon dioxide are wrong. Royal Society...
The end of the US Empire?
I came across a little list of 24 facts about the USA which makes the UK seem to be not half bad at all and in the words of a commenter "... the US economy has officially entered the "Late Roman Empire" phase of its civilization". From The Economic Collapse blog, here...
What exactly is hyperinflation?
There are many, many versions of the hyper inflationary episode that occurred in 1920's Germany but the following by Art Cashin writing at ZeroHedge is one of the most concise and readable that I have come across (emphasis mine, more after the excerpt) : Originally,...
GPI? That will be the Google Price Index.
A small news item (via FT Alphaville) that is certain to create some much larger waves amongst the official government providers of Consumer Price Indices - more commonly known as the ones which do not relate to anyone's version of reality. Google is using its vast...
Art I actually understand.
When it comes to art, I prefer something that makes you actually think rather than a load of old Pollocks. As I was browsing randomly, I came across the picture below of a brilliant piece by Zenos Frudakis (very nice gallery in the link) which certainly puts some of...
2011 Census – Why all the questions?
More census related musings while I await answers from the ONS. Having looked through a copy of the 2011 census (via Fuel Injected Moose - the linkage here could get a little incestuous!), I was left wondering which demented, nannying, control freak had come up with a...
2011 Census – who gets your information?
I noticed a BBC news item about the hiring of 43000 temporary census workers recently and decided to go and have a look at the ONS website to see what they had to say about data confidentiality (for no other reason than I am a nosey bugger and object to Government...