Developer options in Android 4.2

If you are looking for the "{} Developer options" in Android 4.2, you may need to read this.

Slowed Growth Reflects China's Uphill Battle

Interesting perspective, particularly on the consequence of property rights

Slowed Growth Reflects China's Uphill Battle

Oh, yeah ... nice work if you can get it

As reported on NPR .... Lawyers, Not Victims, Making Most In Madoff Cleanup

The $7 trillion fiscal cliff

As a follow on to a previous item, the fiscal problem facing the US at the end of 2012 was also reported Apr 30 in CNNMoney, as The $7 trillion fiscal cliff.

The War Against Youth

An interesting article from Esquire.  I did not understand why the politicians, of any leaning, have failed to do anything about the awful financial mess many of the developed economies are in.  This article suggests at least what may be happening in the US, using Social Security as an example:  "The 2011 report by the Social Security trustees estimates that, under its current administration, the fund will run out in 2036, so there's just enough to get the oldest Boomers to age ninety."

The voters and politicians look after the boomers and damn those who follow.

The end of 2012

If you listen into the round table discussion of the US economy, as part of Fareed Zakaria's 2012 Feb 26 broadcast, at the 24 - 25 minute mark you hear about the potential contraction in the US economy at the end of 2012. In the congressional lame duck session, as bunch of tax cuts are due to expire and the mandatory (sic) spending cuts bite, you wonder what happens next with a fiscal tightening of 3.5% of GDP.

Chinese real estate ... for and against

More opinions, for and against, a near-term calamity in the chinese real-estate market.