Some Interesting Reading for This Week Ahead

The week ahead looks to be nice with the weather turning warmer, the birds out doing birdie things and the bees have returned after the 'killer bee' scare of a few years back. I don't suppose we will see any oil globs on the Pacific Coast, at least not yet and hopefully never. However, as some interesting articles from the past few days point out, we simply cannot trust the oil companies (nor the government) in sane drilling efforts.

The links this week include:
Let's bet again on Vegas
Oil Companies Leave when Scrutiny Rears Its Head
Freedom to Choose
Who Blew The War on Drugs?
The Whale and the Pussy
Steve Jobs -Dyslexic and all that!
Salma Goes Bizarre!

Thoughts on Recent Readings

Las Vegas may be down, but not out. One of the most high visibility Let's bet again on Vegas investors (read: made megabucks betting against sub-prime mortgages) is putting lots of money in this city devastated by the real estate bubble collapse.

With all that we worry about in the Gulf, now it turns out that oil companies are pulling up stakes and 'leaving Dodge', and who will hold the bag do you think? If they stayed, perhaps they could pick up after the BP bankruptcy! (Ooops! Did I say that? Well, how else will British get out of this mess to err again?!)

John Stossel, longtime contrarian and pundit for Libertarian efforts, reviews a thought Milton Friedman said over thirty years ago regarding our miraculous prosperity. He said, "This miracle hasn't been achieved by government action — by someone sitting in one of those tall buildings and telling people what to do. It's been achieved by allowing the market to work."

I often wondered how the Japanese were able to get landlocked countries to vote in favor of continued whaling. If plundering the sea hasn't been enough, it seems the Japanese have been using bribery.

Here is some good stuff on Steve Jobs, the man who has defied Microsoft and now owns a company larger then he ever thought possible. Personal quirks revealed!

And finally, Salma Hayek is so scared of snakes she did a human pole dance!