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...votes needed in the upper chamber - it would establish the first national caps on carbon emissions. It would also create what would almost certainly be the world's biggest greenhouse-gas market, since companies would have the option to buy and sell carbon credits and offsets. Every smart, efficient enterprise that can rapidly bring down its emissions will be able to make a mint on the carbon market - and so will the carbon middlemen...
Dillinger gets the genial touch of Johnny Depp's star quality in Public Enemies, the gigantic, meticulous but finally perfunctory new biopic from director and co-writer Michael Mann. There's not a soupçon of psychopathy in this Dillinger; rather, he's a smart, charming, efficient entrepreneur whose career would've lasted much longer if he hadn't been surrounded by klutzes, sharks and a betrayer from a brothel...
...only hope that the Nationals manage to put political considerations aside—that they’ll resist the lobbying of Scott Boras, that they’ll make a smart decision based on history and facts, and that they’ll do what is right rather than what is popular...
...just totally wallow in all of it here, or here, or here, or here, or here, or here, or here, or here, or here, or here, or here, and if that's not enough you can relive the entire week almost minute by minute here, or even read some smart pieces here, and here, or see the front pages of newspapers all over the planet, or don't read a single word of any of it because you're so sick to death of this story already that you think your head is going to explode...
...biggest charge we get is that transaction itself. Retailers and marketers strive to make us think we are scoring good deals. They make you think that you're special because you've been able to score this deal. But you need to think, really: Why are you so smart that you're not paying the so-called full price? And in fact you need to look carefully, because many times you are. (See how Americans are spending...