This is the world famous math video. Check it out and give us some feedback in case we missed something.

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The Spanish blends well with the music even if you don’t speak the language. Either way I’d be willing to bet you like it.

And just so you know, sanctus espiritus means holy spirit.
“Its the state of the matter that counts, and not a matter of the state…………….” Exspider

Thanks go out to Matt @ 1913INTEL for the link.

Could Wall Street be about to crash again?

This week’s bone-rattlers may be making you wonder.

I don’t make predictions. That’s a sucker’s game. And I’m certainly not doing so now.

But way too many people are way too complacent this summer. Here are 10 reasons to watch out.
Read the rest HERE .

Dennis Prager Q & A At University of Denver

Kicking a can down the road may be fun but it’s a waste of time for the most part.

Illinois Stops Paying Its Bills, but Can’t Stop Digging Hole

CHICAGO — Even by the standards of this deficit-ridden state, Illinois’s comptroller, Daniel W. Hynes, faces an ugly balance sheet. Precisely how ugly becomes clear when he beckons you into his office to examine his daily briefing memo.
Payback Time

Illinois’s Cash Balance and Overdue Payments

He picks the papers off his desk and points to a figure in red: $5.01 billion.

“This is what the state owes right now to schools, rehabilitation centers, child care, the state university — and it’s getting worse every single day,” he says in his downtown office.

Mr. Hynes shakes his head. “This is not some esoteric budget issue; we are not paying bills for absolutely essential services,” he says. “That is obscene.”

For the last few years, California stood more or less unchallenged as a symbol of the fiscal collapse of states during the recession. Now Illinois has shouldered to the fore, as its dysfunctional political class refuses to pay the state’s bills and refuses to take the painful steps — cuts and tax increases — to close a deficit of at least $12 billion, equal to nearly half the state’s budget.

Then there is the spectacularly mismanaged pension system, which is at least 50 percent underfunded and, analysts warn, could push Illinois into insolvency if the economy fails to pick up.

States cannot go bankrupt, technically, but signs of fiscal crackup are easy to see. Legislators left the capital this month without deciding how to pay 26 percent of the state budget. The governor proposes to borrow $3.5 billion to cover a year’s worth of pension payments, a step that would cost about $1 billion in interest. And every major rating agency has downgraded the state; Illinois now pays millions of dollars more to insure its debt than any other state in the nation.

“Their pension is the most underfunded in the nation,” said Karen S. Krop, a senior director at Fitch Ratings. “They have not made significant cuts or raised revenues. There’s no state out there like this. They can’t grow their way out of this.”

As the recession has swept over states and cities, it has laid bare economic weakness and shoddy fiscal practices. Only an infusion of federal stimulus money allowed many states to avert deep layoffs last year.
Read the rest here

Here’s another good example of this sort of thing happening:

Arc flash while racking a breaker

I highly recommend you visit The Oil Drum for comprehensive and detailed info on the current situation with this blowout.

Here’s a good simple link to the ROV video feeds:

ROV Video

Here’s another one:

ROV Video Feeds

Hat Tip to   for the link.

Video link below the fold.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r6so4XxkEg0&feature=player_embedded

Illusion. Meet Reality………..