Newsletter 434
[1]The Browser
Links:
1. http://thebrowser.com
[5]A Rogue Trader At UBS Or A Rogue Bank?
Links:
5. http://b.rw/orbdvQ
John Gapper | FT | 15 September 2011
The FT’s John Gapper asks searching questions about the alleged rogue
trading of Kweku Adoboli – does it tell us more about the culture and risk
management systems at UBS than it tells us about any individual? [6]Comments
Links:
6. http://thebrowser.com/articles/rogue-trader-ubs-or-rogue-bank
[7]Soaring Poverty Casts Spotlight on ‘Lost Decade'
Links:
7. http://b.rw/rsiZcG
Sabrina Tavernise | NYT | 13 September 2011
Despite an obtuse first paragraph, this story hits home just how far the US
has departed from a rising tide lifting all boats. Median income in the US
has barely moved since early 1970s. More a lost four decades than a lost
decade [8]Comments
Links:
8. http://thebrowser.com/articles/soaring-poverty-casts-spotlight-‘lost-decade’
[9]I Do Not Fear Death
Links:
9. http://b.rw/okls7Y
Roger Ebert | Salon | 15 September 2011
"We must try to contribute joy to the world. That is true no matter what our
problems, our health, our circumstances. We must try. I didn't always know
this and am happy I lived long enough to find it out" [10]Comments
Links:
10. http://thebrowser.com/articles/i-do-not-fear-death
[11]So Complicated, Even The Taxman Can't Cope
Links:
11. http://b.rw/reneLD
Hamish McRae | Independent | 14 September 2011
The British tax system is a bad joke, and Hamish McRae of the Independent
neatly summarises some of the key idiocies as laid out in the
once-in-a-generation Mirrlees Review [12]Comments
Links:
12. http://thebrowser.com/articles/so-complicated-even-taxman-cant-cope
[13]Why Jihadists And Nazis Don't Use Slang
Links:
13. http://b.rw/mRCyE1
Jonathon Green | Dabbler | 15 September 2011
In praise of slang – too sceptical, humorous, unruly for those who demand
obedience. "The true believer cannot loosen his grasp on language any more
than he can on those who speak it. The aim of his speech is language as
handcuffs" [14]Comments
Links:
14. http://thebrowser.com/articles/why-jihadists-and-nazis-dont-use-slang
[15]World's Funniest Analogies
Links:
15. http://b.rw/q52Ysl
Bill Gross | +1 | 15 September 2011
Found by English teachers in student papers. Maybe. But good whatever the
provenance. "He was as lame as a duck. Not the metaphorical lame duck,
either, but a real duck that was actually lame, maybe from stepping on a
land mine" [16]Comments
Links:
16. http://thebrowser.com/articles/worlds-funniest-analogies
FiveBooks Interview
[17]James Randi on Scepticism
Links:
17. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/james-randi-on-scepticism
The former magician sharpens his knives against proponents of flim-flam,
pseudoscience and the so-called paranormal. And tells us where the creator
of Sherlock Holmes went very badly wrong
[18]Read on
Links:
18. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/james-randi-on-scepticism
Featured Topic
[19]Climate Change
Links:
19. http://thebrowser.com/topics/climate-change-0
Want to know how our planet is faring? Access the definitive reading list on
climate change, as recommended by Jonathan Porritt and others, and read
articles that will get you past the smoke and mirrors of Climategate
[20]Read on
Links:
20. http://thebrowser.com/topics/climate-change-0
Reader Recommendations
[21]polit2k The costs of break-up: After the fall | The Economist
[22]t.co/4l4C4hMn@[23]theeconomist #[24]gfc2
#[25]argentina #[26]browsings
h/t @[27]AlbertoNardelli
[28]More like this
Links:
21. http://twitter.com/polit2k
22. http://t.co/4l4C4hMn
23. http://twitter.com/theeconomist
24. http://twitter.com/#!/search?q=#gfc2
25. http://twitter.com/#!/search?q=#argentina
26. http://twitter.com/#!/search?q=#browsings
27. http://twitter.com/AlbertoNardelli
28. http://thebrowser.com/browsings
Book of the Day
[29]Book of the Day
Links:
29. http://thebrowser.com/recommended/how-pleasure-works-by-paul-bloom
[30]How Pleasure Works by Paul Bloom
Links:
30. http://thebrowser.com/recommended/how-pleasure-works-by-paul-bloom
[31]Susan Gelman says: “He says that we like what we like, not because of
what it presents to our senses…but through our beliefs about what the item
is” [32]FiveBooks Archive
Links:
31. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/susan-gelman-on-essentialism
32. http://thebrowser.com/fivebooks/archive
Video of the Day
[33]Drive Recklessly
Links:
33. http://thebrowser.com/videos/drive-recklessly
I feel sure this must offend you at some level, if only when you think about
it later Give it a try [34]More videos
Links:
34. http://thebrowser.com/videos
Quote of the Day
[35]Tom Streithorst, on banking
Links:
35. http://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/2011/09/ubs-rogue-trader-kweku-adoboli-vickers-report
"The most important thing to remember about banks: they don’t lend their
money, they lend your money"
[36]More quotes
Links:
36. http://thebrowser.com/quotations