Well Done!

Spain basically gets her ass handed to her by Brazil in the Confederation Cup final. And the most impressive play wasn't even a goal. Congrats to the Brazilian team.

An Encounter of Sorts between Economic Logic and Dilma Rousseff

Yes Mrs. Rousseff: you really are that stupid.

        From "The Economist" (article can be read in its entirety here).

"ALMOST exactly 20 years ago, in May 1993, Fernando Henrique Cardoso was named as Brazil’s 13th finance minister in as many years, a seemingly hopeless job in a country trapped in hyperinflation, debt and an anachronistic economic statism. Mr Cardoso’s Real Plan swiftly tamed inflation and took him to the presidency. There he laid the foundations for a new Brazil, of stability and liberal economic reform. This success was reinforced by his successor, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, a left-wing former union leader, whose government saw 30m Brazilians get out of poverty.

The trouble is that in Lula’s second term (2007-10) and especially under his chosen successor, Dilma Rousseff, the formula behind Brazil’s success has been slowly abandoned. The policy secret was simple: inflation targeting by a Central Bank operating with de facto independence; transparent public accounts; a rigorous fiscal target, which brought down the public debt; and a much more open attitude to foreign trade and private investment."

                                   

Modern Comedian

"Any comic can tell you that the funniest moments in a comedian’s life don’t occur onstage. They happen in the company of other comics: in the green room, at the hotel bar, in the car on the way to the gig. That is where spontaneous hilarity occurs most reliably, and those are the moments that sustain the work onstage. “Modern Comedian” is a look at those hidden side streets and private alleyways that feed into the grand boulevard that is Comedy as it is experienced by an Audience."

From this guy.

Biased, and Interesting

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