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Stray thoughts, notes, and digressive ditties. Thursday, April 23, 2015. Principal-agent problems in the Soviet Union, circa 1990. Widespread fictitious economic accounting was foiling planners to the point that the KGB employed its own spy satellites to ascertain the size of the Uzbek cotton harvest, but the spy agency itself suffered from internal falsifications. From Stephen Kotkin, Armageddon. Wednesday, February 11, 2015. But this stuff still fascinates .
Wednesday, May 10, 2017. This is a placeholder post to help ensure that the site remains up. Sunday, July 31, 2016. Previously, there will be no posting here after today. Thanks again to all readers and. Tuesday, July 26, 2016. The plight of the starving.
Postcards From a Big Planet. I wonder if Paul Theroux ever saw something like this. The station floor was visible once again, with no trace remaining of the organized chaos that had occupied that space for the prior quarter of an hour. Soon enough, it was time for me to take my own leave, to pass under the portrait of King Rama V that gazed over the waiting.
Payments secured by payment express. Fall 18 - Modern Lines.
Friday, October 01, 2010. Nice, a Hamas leader admitted today that Arafat gave Hamas the green light when he felt the peace talks with Barak had failed after Camp David. While this may not be major news, it is interesting to see it out in the open now. Arafat simply put failed his people in the end and they are still waiting for a real answer. Saturday, September 25, 2010. Sunday, March 09, 2008.
The internet domain of speculative fiction author Coral Moore. Old Woman in a Cuban Bakery. The Night You Wore A Comet. Love in a Time of Bunnies. The Night You Were A Comet. The Sorceress Who Had No Heart.
Wednesday, March 02, 2011. Saturday, August 28, 2010. A rant on skepticism, from a skeptic. Are they deserving of our scorn? Volunteer. Friday, September 11, 2009.
I could honestly bet that if you ask anyone what their biggest fear is in a relationship, it would be the past repeating itself. This image brings me true happiness. Nothing else matters when I see this. Will you just LOOK at that dog? In your arms I feel safe.