I was reading about the Guam Democratic Caucus (which is sort of like a primary, except everyone knows how you vote, people can pressure each other, and everyone’s vote is worth like 1000 times a primary voter’s) today, and couldn’t help but think about how absurd the world can be sometimes.
This picturesque US territory is […]
Wednesday, April 23, 2008
The prediction I made in Biofuels has come to pass- food has gotten way more expensive. A recent news story reports that people are being asked to limit their rice purchases, even though demand for rice has gone through the roof. To illustrate this concept, here is a Japanese English-language cartoon character named Rice Man.
“Do […]