Wednesday, February 23, 2011

It Is On

Will Arnett on Twitter confirms the Arrested Development movie is being written right now.


Related via The Guardian: Arrested Development creator Mitch Hurwitz's guide to getting a sitcom cancelled
Make a show for British sensibilities

And then show it in America.


Craziness In Wisconsin

As Ezra says: Wisconsin is about power, not money

But not the power he is talking about.

Rather, it appears that Billionaire Brothers’ Money Plays Role in Wisconsin Dispute (NYT) by Privatizing Wisconsin (Felix)
...a particularly audacious section of the Wisconsin budget-repair bill yesterday: the governor can sell off any state-owned heating, cooling, and power plants he likes, at any price, to anybody he wants, without any kind of auction or bid-solicitation process, and such a sale would be defined as being in the best interest of the state and to comply with criteria for certifying such a transaction.

A pet phrase of mine is "we accuse in others what we fear most about ourselves". Unless you have a nefarious intent, in that case a best defense is to go on the offense, what you do is you accuse in others first what you plan to do later.

Like this whole rigmarole about Obama being a flavor-of-the-month-ist and he's going to take guns, property, and your religion. Meanwhile Republicans do want to give things from individuals to corporations. Well played.

Friday, February 11, 2011

And The World Shrugged

Maybe because of the Egypt news, but this revelation had no impact on world crude prices.

See TheGuardian: WikiLeaks cables: Saudi Arabia cannot pump enough oil to keep a lid on prices
Husseini said that at that point Aramco would not be able to stop the rise of global oil prices because the Saudi energy industry had overstated its recoverable reserves to spur foreign investment.

[via TheOilDrum]

La, la, la... nothing to see here.