Catching my eye: morning A through Z

Here’s what’s caught my eye this morning:

  • Bangladesh blog 3rd world view has the run-down on the bombings there yesterday. Update here. Hat tip: AFOE.
  • Abu Aardvark comments on a major speech given by King Abdullah of Jordan yesterday. Pretty interesting stuff.
  • Big Cat Chronicles digests Exxon’s 25 year forecast of the world energy outlook. Roaring Tiger used to be part of an Exxon planning group so she’s a pretty good source for this kind of analysis. Personally, I think trying to forecast that far ahead is a sucker’s game. For example, a 25 year forecast made in 1980 simply could not have foreseen the astounding economic growth in China over the last 25 years and that’s probably one of the most important economic issues in the world today. But take a look anyway.
  • Cathy Seipp reflects on the Watts riots which took place forty years ago this week.
  • Have you ever heard the expression “the dog’s dinner”? Smash gives it new meaning.
  • Read David Adesnik’s post from Democracy Arsenal on noble causes. Related thoughts from Martin in Afghanistan (hat tip: Outside the Beltway).
  • Gene Expression touches on yet another problem in the Arab world: consanguinity.
  • Via Meanderings: Russian cows to be fed hay intermixed with marijuana. Talk about your contented cows. I wonder if Carnation has heard about this?

That’s the lot.

1 comment… add one
  • Hi. Saw your article….

    “a 25 year forecast made in 1980 simply could not have foreseen the astounding economic growth in China over the last 25 years and that’s probably one of the most important economic issues in the world today.”

    You’re right, of course, geopolitics are too unpredictable to decide what all could happen decades in the future and those are probably among the more soft thoughts. A lion’s share of the planning efforts would go into the reserve estimates and pricing analytics. Exxon is very big on minimum, most likely, and maximum scenarios.

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