Archive for the 'Books' Category
The Untold Story of Milk
February 9th, 2007Oh man, I can’t wait to get this: The Untold Story of Milk: Green Pastures, Contented Cows and Raw Dairy Products by Ron Schmid. Via: Amazon Reviewer: Milk is bad for you. No mammal needs milk after being weaned. Raw milk is dirty, dangerous, and a major health hazard. Only pasteurized milk is clean and […]
Five Hundred and Seven Mechanical Movements
February 7th, 2007Five Hundred and Seven Mechanical Movements: Embracing All Those Which Are Most Important In Dynamics, Hydraulics, Hydrostatics, Pneumatics, Steam Engines, Mill and other Gearing, Presses, Horology, and Miscellaneous Machinery: and including Many Movements Never Before Published and Several Which Have only Recently Come into Use by Henry T. Brown: Over five hundred simple mechanical movements […]
Licensed to Kill: Hired Guns in the War on Terror
February 5th, 2007Licensed to Kill: Hired Guns in the War on Terror by Robert Young Pelton: “Pelton reveals how the U.S. military-industrial complex has created its own dark version of the nonstate warrior [and] asks if companies like Blackwater and Executive Outcomes could become the new Hessians for both multinational corporations and overstretched armies.†—Jonathan Taplin, professor, […]
Staying Off the “Electronic Plantation”
January 22nd, 2007Via: Harper’s: Dale C. Carson, a former FBI agent and now a criminal defense lawyer in Jacksonville, Florida, authored the new book, Arrest-Proof Yourself. Funny and very politically incorrect, the book is a how-to guide for staying out of jail—which Carson says should be of concern not only to career criminals but to “people with […]
Peak Oil Survival: Preparation for Life After Gridcrash
December 28th, 2006UPDATE: 1/4/2007 The book is back at the regular Amazon price now. Thanks to everyone who ordered it at the special price! – – – This book is priced at $2.99 (new) on Amazon right now! That’s a 77% discount. How/why? I don’t know, but spread the word… Peak Oil Survival: Preparation for Life After […]
Artificial Happiness: The Dark Side of the New Happy Class
December 3rd, 2006Via: The Wilson Quarterly: There’s nothing like an authoritative, well-documented Grand Guignol horror story. If you’ve ever wondered about the source of those big, ecstatic American smiles or the frantically cheery commands to “have a nice day†that have become an inescapable part of our national life, read this riveting book and wonder no more. […]
Evidence-Based Technical Analysis
November 22nd, 2006The fallacy of technical analysis is interesting. How was I able to make money with these tools in the past? Luck, combined with a market that was trending mostly up; that’s how. In actuality, throwing chicken entrails against the wall would have roughly the same predictive capability as my multi period stochastics, moving averages and […]
