A Few Links from the Week

* Krugman says Obama’s big job speech was okay. I agree! If nothing else, perhaps bipartisan austerity is really done.

* But he’s still screwing up on judges in a big way.

* This is the second year in a row Binghamton has recorded a 1-in-100 year rain event. If only there were some sort of scientific theory that could explain these abnormal weather patterns.

* Just great: GOP debate audience cheers Perry’s execution record.

* TPM v. Anonymous. Weird times.

* Scientists have finally invented psychohistory.

* And from Reddit: a brief history of banking.