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  1. RT @ericgarland: Between WalMart showing Americans digging through garbage and the #TSA frisking everybody, the decade ended just a litt ...
  2. If turntables and vinyl are going to make a comeback, then it can't be long before the young get themselves a vintage 16mm Arriflex.
  3. RT @gregorylent: thank god for america's new flight security restrctions.. it will speed up rail
  4. Trains and Boats and (that's it I guess). I met a researcher in NZ who used to go between LA and Auckland by cargo ship http://bit.ly/4NSVvV
  5. Peak iPhone? MacroTwits on www.stocktwits.tv returns in the New Year. Best to all, G. $$
  6. Cultural attitudes towards rail transport. In China http://bit.ly/7EkGwj | In the USA http://bit.ly/6NrgAZ
  7. "As the clever hopes expire, of a low dishonest decade." - Auden, in 1939 http://bit.ly/8cYn8O
  8. Is this what Macau Christmas is like? My 3 yr old singing bits in Portuguese, and my 5 yr old singing bits in Chinese. That's Amherst!
  9. The Bike is the Star at this Cafe http://bit.ly/8gOofR
  10. Regardless of whether one agrees with Sprott's conclusions, I'm enjoying seeing lots of REAC not even close to understanding the numbers. $$
  11. California "Budget" update: http://bit.ly/8TEzZn | Soundtrack by the RHCPeppers http://bit.ly/7PuQwt
  12. Personal current taxes, page 7 of the BLS .pdf today tells quite the story http://bit.ly/7Cuujy $$
  13. Through NOV, Americans saved at an annual rate of 502B. (up now from my latest call of 445B) Compare to 3.4T budget http://bit.ly/7Cuujy $$
  14. RT @TheStalwart Walked through a mostly-deserted Dobie Mall. Managed to avoid a crippling nostalgia tsunami.
  15. Imagine you are a city manager in CA guiding a v. smart transport project and you see neither the White House or Congress has any $ for you.
  16. Bay Area job losses continue, state does better http://bit.ly/8S52iQ $$ (CA 12.3 u/p only "lower" against upward revision to prev month) $$
  17. Small-business bankruptcies rise 81% in California http://bit.ly/91t0Qw $$
  18. RT @profitsee USD:cultural institution, unit of global stability. Their collateral is history supporting the monetization of the future
  19. .@greenskeptic Irony of the US is that we are our own undeveloped nation. We could be investing in ourselves, in our cities. W/huge returns
  20. RT @BobDylanSays: I'm a rambler, I'm a gambler