tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7806136543904112143.post1885683592276708661..comments2023-10-30T09:23:42.803-05:00Comments on Some Assembly Required: SAR #10156/WeekenderCharles Kingsley Michaelson, IIIhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04364694465614330540noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7806136543904112143.post-17023818800212692602010-06-06T11:27:02.175-05:002010-06-06T11:27:02.175-05:00mista charley - you quoted: "makes you thin...mista charley - you quoted: <i> "makes you think humanity may have a future after all,"</i> Let's not have that kind of talk 'round here.<br /><br />cmkCharles Kingsley Michaelson, IIIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04364694465614330540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7806136543904112143.post-60326893889093793122010-06-06T09:19:57.023-05:002010-06-06T09:19:57.023-05:00<<@jp Perhaps income is a more relevant stat...<<@jp Perhaps income is a more relevant statistic than payrolls:>><br /><br />Anon--thanks for the link. You would think that this issue is obvious.john patrickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00620564826238745895noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7806136543904112143.post-19934187789105678652010-06-06T06:26:58.112-05:002010-06-06T06:26:58.112-05:00re Mark's the Word - Mr. Farrell urges us to &...<b>re Mark's the Word</b> - Mr. Farrell urges us to "never read another behavioral economics book...ever", and in his list of such books mentions <i>Train Your Mind, Change Your Brain: How a New Science Reveals Our Extraordinary Potential to Transform Ourselves</i>. It's the only book in his list that I HAVE read, and because I have done so, I know that it is NOT about behavioral economics. A recent paperback reprint has a better title: <i>The Plastic Mind: New science reveals our extraordinary potential to transform ourselves </i>. <br /><br />"AskNed"'s review states, in part:<br /><br /><b>In this lucidly written, very readable and compact volume, science writer Sharon Begley explores the recent convergence of learning about the mind and the brain through two very different approaches: Western science, in particular neuroscience and medical studies of the brain; and Eastern (Buddhist) philosophy, including mental training via meditation. As the book explains, recent research has documented changes in the brain that were once held to be impossible, changes wrought by conscious, focused mental effort on the part of the brain's owner. This emerging science has opened up wide vistas of possibility, ranging from mitigation of mental disorders that originate in brain (dys)function, such as obsessive -compulsive disorder or the after-effects of stroke, to improving one's character by becoming more humane and compassionate. This book makes you think humanity may have a future after all, despite so much current evidence to the contrary, if we are wise enough to harness this powerful new knowledge to expand the common goodness of people everywhere. </b>mistah charley, ph.d.http://fafblog.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7806136543904112143.post-90013311662204220502010-06-06T04:33:21.171-05:002010-06-06T04:33:21.171-05:00@jp Perhaps income is a more relevant statistic th...@jp Perhaps income is a more relevant statistic than payrolls:<br />http://www.zerohedge.com/article/why-incomes-are-so-much-more-important-jobsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7806136543904112143.post-42519212100222026522010-06-05T17:53:01.436-05:002010-06-05T17:53:01.436-05:00Re Now You See It Thems fighting words from Brian ...<b>Re Now You See It</b> Thems fighting words from Brian Ross <i>". . . a far too cozy relationship . . . that allows oil companies to do what they want."</i> So that's ABC sense of outrage I suppose. One wonders if ABC will KEEP reporting even this rather weak message (given the situation) or if the board of directors will decide they can't have any more corporation bashing and the "news" will move on to more "important" things such as who's on "Dancing with the Stars". My money is on Dancing with the Stars.kwarknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7806136543904112143.post-85948713820536927802010-06-05T15:29:41.760-05:002010-06-05T15:29:41.760-05:00CK--that might explain things... I just get the fe...CK--that might explain things... I just get the feeling that commerce is occurring, and quickly, while credit still remains. The corps are doing the same thing as the wise ant did for winter. Thanks for the data!john patrickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00620564826238745895noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7806136543904112143.post-1323570879280921692010-06-05T10:51:49.856-05:002010-06-05T10:51:49.856-05:00.
jp - We aim to please: "Association of Amer....<br />jp - We aim to please: "Association of American Railroads (AAR) today reported that intermodal volume on U.S. freight railroads for the week ended May 29, 2010, reached its highest level since November 2008. Intermodal traffic totaled 225,111 trailers and containers, up 35.5 percent from last year and 10.3 percent from 2008."Charles Kingsley Michaelson, IIIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04364694465614330540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7806136543904112143.post-84368580085371254512010-06-05T10:24:11.064-05:002010-06-05T10:24:11.064-05:00Yeah--the whole method of tracking jobs is just pl...Yeah--the whole method of tracking jobs is just plain nonsense. All one has to do is drive around their community and see the empty storefronts and the apartment for rent signs popping up. Though, some businesses are doing well (coffee shops and car maintenance) "if" they offer the highest quality around.<br /><br />On a side note--maybe another reader has the data, but it "seems" that rail traffic lately has been huge (I live next to a major line). Almost as if the corporations are stocking up while money/credit is good and to prepare for the upcoming hunker-down period.<br /><br />johnjohn patrickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00620564826238745895noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7806136543904112143.post-85012493667299349422010-06-05T07:52:19.817-05:002010-06-05T07:52:19.817-05:00jp - Wow. Why didn't I think of that? Don...jp - Wow. Why didn't I think of that? Don't know how the fantasticians would come up with such an index, but it certainly is a very valid point: the Work&Wage index.<br /><br />ckmCharles Kingsley Michaelson, IIIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04364694465614330540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7806136543904112143.post-36005637273666191122010-06-05T07:43:13.139-05:002010-06-05T07:43:13.139-05:00CK--thanks again for the daily update.
On jobs......CK--thanks again for the daily update.<br /><br />On jobs... how can the loss of 1 $80k/yr job be made up with the creation of 1 $20k/yr job? Without these details on the statistics, one might be led to believe things are improving a bit. Just plain lunacy. <br /><br />john (chicago)john patrickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00620564826238745895noreply@blogger.com