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10,000
March 30, 2009
At some point during the day on March 30, 2009, my humble website received it’s 10,000th page view. Now, to be sure, I’m quite aware that bigger and better blogs register that many in one day, some in one hour. It took this little blog, from the last week of November to today, about four […]
GM CEO Wagoner resigns on request of Obama administration
March 29, 2009
On the eve of a much-anticipated announcement regarding further bailouts for GM and Chrysler, GM CEO Rick Wagoner is stepping down as head of the company. What has raised my eyebrows is that the resignation apparently comes at the request of the Obama administration. Mr. Wagoner’s marks against him are evidently the length of his […]
Mike Rowe and the War on Work
March 28, 2009
(Photo credit: osmoothie.com) Via the Anchoress and American Digest, we have a video of Mike Rowe from the Discovery Channel’s “Dirty Jobs” speaking on our own preconceptions and on the value of hard work. You can see the video on either of these fine sites, and it’s well worth the 20 minutes to check it […]
Anarchy expected at G20 summit
March 27, 2009
The G20 summit is set to convene next week in London, and English police are gearing up for confrontations with multitudes of angry protesters, with fears that some protests may turn violent. The fears are given weight with the recent vandalism against the home of Bank of Scotland CEO Fred Goodwin, and while various groups […]
One step closer to regrowing limbs (and an aside about political rants)
March 26, 2009
Wired magazine is reporting that scientists have now been successful at turning human skin cells into an undifferentiated mass of cells called a blastema that is the first step toward regrowing limbs. Now Worcester Polytechnic Institute has been given a DARPA grant to develop the blastema into muscle tissue. It’s a very interesting development that […]
UN pushes for global currency reserve
March 26, 2009
One day after Timothy Geithner and Austin Goolsbee drew fire for hinting at being open to a Chinese monetary proposal, a United Nations panel pushed for a new Global Reserve System to replace the dollar. This moves the debate somewhat out of the realm of the conspiracy and into the realm of the possible. The […]
Geithner “open” to China’s monetary proposals
March 25, 2009
Secretary Timothy Geithner, speaking at a forum at the Council on Foreign Relations, today said he was “open” to a proposal by the governor of China’s central bank reforming world monetary policy. The Chinese proposal was seen by many as a call to adopt a world currency, but Geithner noted the only concrete proposal was a […]
Geithner reveals plan for toxic assets … to the tune of $1 trillion
March 23, 2009
In an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner fleshed out more details of his proposal to absorb toxic assets on the balance sheets of major banks. Dubbed the Public-Private Investment Program, the plan calls for the government (i.e. the taxpayer) to buy bad real-estate loans and securities from banks and calls […]
Undemocratic card check threat hurts Walmart stock
March 12, 2009
The spectre of union card check legislation has caused Citigroup to downgrade the value of Walmart’s stock, noting the legislation, introduced this week and seemingly aimed at the large non-union retailer, would create significant costs and bring down earnings for the company. Walmart-haters don’t care about any of that and are gleefully anticipating a comeuppance […]
Connecticut tries to regulate church governance
March 10, 2009
It’s barely believable, but scarily true. In a shocking assault on the separation of church and state, the Connecticut legislature was slated to hear a Democrat-sponsored bill that would create lay councils to oversee church finances. The bill has rightly provoked outrage among many in the religious community, who hastily organized a campaign to register […]
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