Monthly Archive: October 2016
Daily Beast: Merrick Garland’s Lonely Road to Purgatory
“Our position shouldn’t be that the next president ought to decide. Nobody really believes that, because if this were the last year of a Republican presidency nobody would say that,” [GOP Senator Jeff] Flake said with a chuckle. “Our position ought to be to confirm the most conservative justice to replace Scalia—to maintain the balance on the Court. That ought to be the principle, and that would allow for us to go with Garland if the alternative is somebody more liberal.”
From Daily Beast: Merrick Garland’s Lonely Road to Purgatory
Veepmania 2016: Armageddon: Pence versus Kaine: The Battle For Air Force Two!
It’s come down to this. Vanilla Bean Ice Cream, French Vanilla Ice Cream is calling you out!
(Featured image is of a retired DC-9 that was used as Air Force Two.)
Scalawag: What West Virginia is saying at the polls
Last night, Donald Trump won 77 percent of the primary vote in West Virginia, his first contest since becoming his party’s nominee. Meanwhile, Hillary Clinton, who is also her party’s presumptive nominee, lost the...
Oyez! Oyez! Oyez! The 2016 First Monday In October Report Is Here!
A preview of selected cases appearing on the United States Supreme Court’s docket for the 2016-2017 Term.
The Next Frontier?
Articles, videos, and commentary relating to Elon Musk’s ambitious plan to provide a livable alternative to South Dakota.
Brookings Institute: Redefining Global Cities
In view of these trends and challenges, this report redefines global cities. It introduces a new typology that builds from a first-of-its-kind database of dozens of indicators, standardized across the world’s 123 largest metro...
Moore’s Law Investing Strategy
A Princeton professor has demonstrated that you can’t pick stocks that “beat the market.” The future, by in large, is unpredictable. Except one area of the future, is predictable. For a possible investing strategy that relates to that predictable area of the future, read on.
