Counterparties
What your $3,000 bought in Haiti. The principal of a rural school dreamed of a new schoolhouse. It didn’t work out — NPR
Google beatbox — Kottke
Investing in America’s Economy: A Budget Blueprint for Economic Recovery and Fiscal Responsibility — Our Fiscal Security
Do you have a No Pre-Set Spending Limit Credit Card? Are you worried about your FICO score? Then read this — CardHub
Fiji Water Reverses Plans to Quit Fiji — NYT
Pentagon says ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’ repeal unlikely to hurt military effectiveness — ABC
Kardashian Kard pulled amid complaints of “egregious fees” — LAT
The Telegraph Media Group’s head of technology on why paywalls make no sense — Telegraph
Gavyn Davies with a smart big-picture take on Europe — FT
My favorite bit of the Taiwanese-animated Ireland-crisis story is the protestor with Father Ted’s “careful now” sign — NMA
The only fair way to admit people to Harvard is to randomize admissions — Crimson



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Question for you – if the bank that has had its details leaked to Wikileaks knows it, will it have to declare that to the stock market?
For those that didn’t understand “Careful now” and “Down with This Sort of Thing” signs:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gT9xuXQjx MM
I did four in the Navy with some ‘Nam including some hunker-in-the-bunker time with live ammo close at hand. There were gays in every one of my units, and we knew, and they knew we knew. They were still my friends, and it just never was an issue.
The results of this survey were absolutely unsurprising to me, and reflected my own experience. That said, if gays come out in the Marines, they will probably be dead Marines.