A pair of videos posted on the faculty blog of the University of Alberta vividly explain why it is pretty much never a good idea to talk to the cops even when you are innocent of whatever crime is being investigated. A good lesson even for the law-abiding among us.
Categories: Crime
In a blistering report, Kevin G. Hall claims that Moody’s decline in ratings quality was no accident. The article claims that bond issuers placed pressure on the ratings agencies to give favorable ratings and pushed all the ratings agencies to produce fanciful estimates of risk and rate junk investments as AAA.
The perverse system of bond issuers paying for ratings is such [...]
Categories: Economics
While the talks with Iran about its nuclear program seem to be going well, it may be wise to consider the potential ramifications of a failure. They may be dire indeed.
The United States has promised that it will deliver ‘crippling’ sanctions against the Iranian regime if talks fail. Many believe that Israel is likely to attack directly if they feel that [...]
Categories: Military
The Atlantic is reporting that the flu vaccine is not all it’s cracked up to be. This is not anti-vaccination craziness and there is no wild eyed talk of autism here. In fact, there are some solid studies that indicate that the supposed effectiveness of flu vaccine can be explained by the healthier state of those who receive the vaccine. The [...]
Categories: Science
People seem to have some unusual ways of killing each other.
Categories: Crime