Radley Balko has a few comments about some of the stuff that's made it into the bailout bill to sweeten the deal and get enough votes. Check it out. I think the mental health provisions were part of the original bill that the Senate hijacked for the bailout. (For some procedural reason, it's easier to amend an existing bill than to introduce a new one.) … [Read more...] about Ponies For Everyone!
I’ve Been Thinking About This Economic Crisis…
[Update: I've been reading a lot more about the crisis, and a lot of what I say here is wrong. For example, I assumed that financial experts knew how to evaluate the structured deals and investment vehicles, and therefore that the uncertainty arises because of the difficulty in valuing real estate. Apparently, however (and I could be wrong again), the uncertainty problem is not … [Read more...] about I’ve Been Thinking About This Economic Crisis…
You’re All Going Down!
So, the bailout bill has failed. Cool. Scary too, but cool. I hope it stays this way. As word got out that the bill was failing, the market fell. It fell a lot. It fell more than ever before, even more than it fell on 9/11. Of course, when I say "the market," I'm talking about the Dow Jones Industrial Average, which isn't really the market, it's just an indicator of the market. … [Read more...] about You’re All Going Down!
Hey Everybody! Link To Me!
I just noticed that Windypundit is up to Google PageRank 6! Again. Last time I hit PR 6, about a year and a half ago, it didn't last very long. This time, I'm going to try to make it stick. I suppose the best way to do that is to publish high-quality, timely, and original content that attracts attention and starts discussions in the blogosphere. In fact, I'd like to think … [Read more...] about Hey Everybody! Link To Me!
Tweaking the Site
I've been exploring the new version of the Movable Type blogging engine, and I've decided to try turning on some of the caching options. For various reasons, I run Windypundit in dynamic publishing mode, which means that every time someone refreshes the page, the back end rebuilds the entire page from scratch. That's a little slow, but the new Movable Type allows me to specify … [Read more...] about Tweaking the Site