Infinite Storage!

 "Inflating"

1. Conversation with a 12 yo
Driving past Infinite Self-Storage in Bolingbrook today...

Ty: I doubt you can really store an infinite amount of stuff there.
Bill: Yeah.
Ty: I should sue them for false advertising.
Bill: You'd need an infinite amount of stuff to store though.
Ty: No, not infinite stuff. Just more stuff than they can handle.

2. Yes. No.

Will we have another debilitating credit crunch, ala 2008?

• Yes, probably: big picture - Is credit crunch 2.0 imminent?
• No, meh: mad hedge fund guy - Why this is not 2008

So... who knows. I find this chart a little titillating though. It's the total value of the market as a percentage of our GDP. I didn't know that it is a fairly new thing that the stock market is worth more than the GDP for a year.

Source: big picture - Secular bear markets

3. WSJ huzzahs!

Two mighty huzzahs for today's WSJ:

1. France Gets Buffeted: France's billionaires are calling for massive tax increases and no spending cuts. "There's no Tea Party in France".
2. School Choice is Here to Stay: Many school choice programs are gaining momentum throughout the country. "The 2010 elections had many obvious effects, but one of the lesser-known is that they revived the school-choice movement in a big way."

If we only had a prez candidate to champion these efforts. It looks like we will be settling for a repub candidate whose primary campaign message will be "I'm not Obama". Weak. So weak to miss the opportunity... the opportunity for a candidate to herald the American values of freedom and choice.
huzzah huzzah... yow, bill