The Beer Barrel

http://www.comcast.net/articles/news-national/20100520/US.Arkansas.Officers.Shot/

WEST MEMPHIS, Ark. — Two police officers doing anti-drug work along a busy Arkansas interstate were shot and killed Thursday during a traffic stop by two men with AK-47s, and the suspects later died in a separate shootout with police in a crowded...

Way more than you want to read, I didn't read all of it either, but this guy is one of the small handful of financial writers worth reading. I think he has a good take on what will happen.

You Better Read This, Gold & Greece: Not What You Think

Kenneth J. Gerbino & Company
Posted May 20, 2010...

AUSTIN, Texas — A century after Albert Einstein said we would never be able to observe the instantaneous velocity of tiny particles as they randomly shake and shimmy, so called Brownian motion, physicist Mark Raizen and his group have done so.
laser

A 5-micrometer glass bead levitated in air by a single laser beam from below. This optical trap...

Since the Deepwater Horizon oil rig exploded on April 20 and began spilling an untold amount of crude into the Gulf of Mexico, authorities and Gulf coast residents alike have worried about what would happen...

"I don't give a damn about her." -Wally Hickel 1919-2010

Half-Governor Sarah Palin crashed twice-Governor Wally Hickel's funeral today. Trust me, if Sarah Palin was paying her respects, the check would bounce. The guest list was impressive with many Alaskan dignitaries. And then there was Palin with her daughter Piper, the 8-year-old human...