Video o’ the day
This sums up the campaign coverage at this point: Gunman Kills 15 Potential Voters In Crucial Swing State It’s getting harder to tell the difference between The Onion and the mainstream media. ..bruce w..
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The Big Game – I Told You It Would Not Work
As I write this, the markets in Japan are down nearly 10%. Several of the markets in Asia are closed in hope of shuttering themselves against the raging storm that they helped create. The Yen carry trade is at long last unwinding like the tightly wound spring it was. There is not enough money in […]
List of candidates for US President (Colorado)
Got my (mail-in) ballot today and was startled at how many Presidential candidates qualified on the Colorado ballot. What’s your guess? (Answer and list after the jump)
Camp Pendleton Fire Tamed – Santa Ana Winds Sunday
(Photo of the fire overnight from Mike 68’s flickr photo stream) To those of you waking up and wanting to know about the blaze near the south side of Camp Pendleton, according to fire officials it is now more than 70% contained. This means it is still going to be throwing a huge amount of […]
Fire Season Returns – Camp Pendleton Blaze
[10/06/2013 — NOTE: For those landing here via search engines, this post is from October 2008 and does not refer to the October 2013 Camp Pendleton fire.] October returns, and days before our first real Santa Ana wind event, we get our first good sized fire. This one is burning on the south west side […]
“An American Carol”: a brief review w/spoilers
[UPDATED 2134 MDT: Uh, corrected David Zucker’s last name. Thanks, Kevin!] [UPDATED 1604 MDT: Got an Ace-o-lanche going on, with other links coming in — welcome all! Also made a few minor edits.] The Devil, the proud spirit, cannot endure to be mocked. — Sir Thomas More I went into “An American Carol” with guarded […]
Bailout Bill Passes Senate – Only The House Can Save Us Now
The Senate has passed a pork laden version of the Wall Street Welfare bill. Included for fun are provisions like this: SEC. 503. EXEMPTION FROM EXCISE TAX FOR CERTAIN WOODEN ARROWS DESIGNED FOR USE BY CHILDREN. (a) IN GENERAL.—Paragraph (2) of section 4161(b) is amended by redesignating subparagraph (B) as sub301 paragraph (C) and by […]
Do not adjust your set…
…I’m trying out some different WordPress themes. It’s been a while; time to change things up a bit. ..bruce w..
UK Banking Giants Feeling the Pinch – HBOS Deal In Trouble
During late August and Early September, the Halifax Bank of Scotland (HBOS) began to collapse. The UK was eager to prevent this at all costs, as Halifax bank is a major player in the UK. In a deal brokered in part by UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown himself, Loyds TSB would buy out the Halifax […]
Not a good sign
In my long list of blogs and websites that I visit once a day is contemplate.us, which serves up a random proverb on each visit. As the global finanical markets melt down around us, I wondered what wisdom it had for me on a foggy October morn:
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