@WSJ: Apple has ordered components for the iPad 3 with a higher-res screen, aiming to launch in early 2012 http://t.co/LMcbIUi
@slmandel: Two weeks from tonight I will be at an actual college football game. The last one (Auburn-Oregon) seems like 3 yrs ago. Let’s do this!
@slmandel: Paul Dee at a 2007 infractions hearing: “You have to put in place the kind of institutional control we hav… (cont) http://t.co/tMafeCi
@msnbc_weather: The haboob returns! Another wall of dust hits Phoenix http://t.co/TxR8JJz
@hurricanes: Atlantic tropical system is a potential U.S. threat next week says Weather Channel http://t.co/04p222p
@rushthecourt: Um, WOW. Georgetown brawl video – http://t.co/G1zt9XM!
Of all the things I tweeted during last night’s Republican presidential debate in Iowa, none was more surprising — including to myself — than this one: “SANTORUM FTW.” And I wasn’t being sarcastic. Rick Santorum, the archconservative also-ran from Pennsylvania, with whom I disagree about most everything — especially gay rights — thrilled me enough to bust out that unironic… Read more »
Are we experiencing a repeat of the 2008 financial crisis? The New York Times explores the question. It’s a good overview; I encourage you to read the whole thing. I am inclined to side with the pessimists, but I hope I’m wrong. More broadly, I fear we’ll look back at 2010 as a “dead cat bounce” rather than a genuine… Read more »
We interrupt the Everything Seemingly Is Spinning Out of Control Watch — STOCKS CRASHING! ECONOMY CRATERING! DEBT SOARING! OBAMA FLAILING! ENGLAND BURNING! BACHMANN’S EYES BULGING! — to bring you something else to #PANIC about… in the world of college sports! With bonus Rick Perry secessionist action! (No, not that kind of secession.) The Texas A&M Aggies, a.k.a. the Brett Favre… Read more »
Hey, I needed a different title than #PANIC. Already used that one. And I’m saving #DOOM for a plunge of 800 points / 8% or more. (Tomorrow! Tomorrow! I love ya, tomorrow!) Anyway… I have a pet theory about this. Sometimes, I think Wall Street gets what it wants from politicians, expecting to feel reassured by it — but instead,… Read more »