Now Is The Time At SDA When We Juxtapose!
What would we do without forecasts?
Forbes, July 2011 – It seems that plenty of traders agree with Roubini’s bearish outlook. A chart published today by Bloomberg shows a sharp increase in traders buying call options on $200/barrel oil futures, which expire on May 17th.
BBC, November 2014 – The IEA, a consultancy to 29 countries, said weak demand and the US shale gas boom meant crude’s recent fall below $80 a barrel was not over.
Reader Tips
The audio isn’t great, but tonight we watch a rare live clip from Bob’s “born-again” period, as he and his fine band make a holy racket during a performance of a song from the album Saved called Solid Rock.
The comments are open, as always, for your Reader Tips.
Asteroid, Take Us Now
‘Vacation Breasts’ May Be Next Big Thing in Plastic Surgery
Dallas Unveils World’s Saddest Bike Sharing Program
The Feast of Sharing happening on the far end of the Esplanade provided a steady trickle of passersby to cast befuddled glances at the row of shiny new bikes and the reporters and cameramen who were staring at it. A few paused to satisfy their curiosity…
h/t Ed S.
The Putin Handshake
“I guess I’ll shake your hand but I have only one thing to say to you: you need to get out of Ukraine.”
Pollspotting
Currently tied: “Do you think Canada needs to take action to curb greenhouse gas emissions in view of the new U.S.-China deal?”
Sunday update…
No (87%, 1,438 Votes)
Yes (13%, 221 Votes)
Total Voters: 1,659
The Sound Of Settled Science
Irony is Dead
Not a 4 mpg muscle car.
Not a diesel spewing truck.
Not even a custom piped motorcycle.
A sedan.
Vicious Rotten Bollocks!*
Why Is There Always A Big Screen TV?
National Post: Chief’s $800,000 payment was in exchange for abandoning large portion of land claim, document confirms
Reader Tips
Tonight, we throw a few Kinks into the pre-tips entertainment: here’s Sleepwalker.
The comments are open, as always, for your Reader Tips.
Cheese-Eating Boots On Ground (and in air)
1) Grands fromagers:
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2) Bottes:
France completes Operation Tudelle in northern Mali
France completed its Operation ‘Tudelle’ in Mali’s Ifoghas mountains, 500 km north of Gao and close to the Algerian border in early November. The operation saw a shift in both jihadist and French military tactics, while behind the scenes all the indications are that France’s military involvement in Mali is set for the long term…
Operation ‘Tudelle’ involved some 400 soldiers and 100 vehicles, and forms part of the wider Operation ‘Barkhane’, which spans from Chad to Mali and involves 3,000 French personnel…
According to the French military, Operation ‘Tudelle’ saw 24 jihadists killed, two captured and a large amount of ammunition, weapons and bomb-making components destroyed. France meanwhile suffered its 10th fatality since its Operation ‘Serval’ was launched in Mali in 2013, when a French special forces operator from the Commando Parachutiste de l’Air n°10 was killed on 29 October…
At Least They Saw The Ice Before It Was Gone
Tracing the Steps of Scott’s Doomed South Pole Expedition
Live From The Left Coast
On Oct. 16, I broke an exclusive story in the Vancouver Courier, “Vision Vancouver wins union campaign funding.”
It’s no surprise that left-wing parties are the preferred target of political donations from organized labour. But the party that rules City of Vancouver was, just 10 short months ago, very public and aggressive in its push for the prohibition of both union and corporate donations.
Well….
A citizen leaked audio to me from the Oct. 14 CUPE Local 1004 membership meeting, where members of Vision Vancouver made their case for the union’s support in this audio clip. Late in the meeting, members of the union’s political action committee had their say and revealed the strategy in this audio clip: to block the NPA from a return to power, displace Carr from city council, re-elect a Vision majority, and offer token assistance to COPE and upstart OneCity (whose organizing committee includes CUPE Local 1004 political action committee member Kyla Epstein).
Awkward.
If Women Ran The World
The Tolerant Left
Comet scientist offers tearful apology after the Internet is offended by his shirt.
DeSmog Of War
DeSmogBlog’s Cheap Tricks Against Vivian Krause;
When one takes on the oligarchs it should naturally be expected that there will be some kickback. That’s not to say that Soros, Buffett and Mr Burns are behind the curtains pulling strings (though perhaps Newell is). Successful oligarchs are too busy playing real-life Railroad Tycoon and crashing the British Pound to worry about the likes of Vivian Krause. Besides, there’s no need for damage control, the foundations have built a self-healing system – the magic ingredient is greed.
h/t Bluetech
RUN FOR YOUR LIVES!
h/t Eric Anderson
The World Is Being Run By Crazy People
Solar bike path generates enough electricity for three households: Due to be officially launched on 12 November, the project has so far cost €1.5 million euros, though will ultimately cost up to €3 million once finalised.
h/t Regan T
Reader Tips
Tonight, just because it’s such a smokin’ song, we reprise The Vikings’ 1966 classic Nicotine.
The comments are open, as always, for your Reader Tips.