Tim Knight from Slope of Hope's blog

Believe it or not, I was much more interested in these ads from 1978, and they are a study.

And yet on Friday morning, the solution came to me in a shot. And, as with most good solutions, it comes from no less a place than Star Trek: The Original Series. Hear all now my idea:

For now, they've failed............but the fact that this watering-down was even considered is something I find sickening.

Here is the third and final part of my retrospective with links to what I believe are the best posts of 2014 at Slope of Hope:

The fact that these guys were shot dead doesn't make them heroes. Period.

Here is the second part of my retrospective from Slope of Hope in 2014.

As 2014 wheezes and coughs to its termination, I wanted to share some of what I consider to be the best posts of the year.

It's hard for me to imagine a more appropriate way to celebrate the birth of the redeemer of our sins and the lamb of God than the shameless purchase of a bunch of useless crap that no one needs.

The five remaining equity bears on Earth are all saying the same thing: "We'll get 'em in 2015." To which I ask: why? What's going to change?

You will note something quite interesting: up until October 2011, commodities and equities had an awfully strong positive correlation.

I read your post Pity the Sub Genius and agreed with a lot of what you wrote. However you missed what I think is the biggest killer of middle class jobs, and that is technological innovation.

They say be careful what you wish for. And, as is often the case, "they" are right.

As you can see by this view of the NQ, this massively bullish news has not, as of yet, represented any kind of sea-change in the markets. Before the day was even out (again, in some, not all markets),  the entire move up was reversed.

There, standing on the brick sidewalk on the corner of Bryant and University Avenues was a person unlike any I had ever seen before.

A little more than a year ago, I did a post with a typically subtle headline: "Why Google Glass Will Fail Miserably". Well, this just appeared in Reuters, and although its headline isn't as blunt as mine, the article pretty much states that Glass is every bit the flop I predicted it would be. So there.