Tuesday, October 21, 2008

Around the Hemisphere


  • Massive academic effort results in a 1200 page encyclopedia of the Spanish language. “…from the beginnings of the language in the 16th century to more modern manifestations of teenage slang on the Internet…to the ‘Spanglish’ phenomenon…” Sounds interesting…and no doubt expensive!
  • The Excrement has an analysis of how falling oil prices may impact the Venezuelan economy. I was actually wondering about this myself. How does a megalomaniac maintain his profligate spending ways when oil drops from $140 to $70/barrel in a matter of months?

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