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