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Tourism in in the SF Tenderloin district? The New York Times does a profile on the possibility of turning the homeless hotel district of San Francisco (North of Market street between Union Station and City Hall) into a tourist destination, … Continue reading →

The details of the Polish plane crash… http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article7094338.ece The air traffic controllers had told the pilot to divert to another airport. Prior to the 1st attempt to land, the pilot had dumped fuel. That sealed the fate of the plane … Continue reading →

Which Republican will cave first on the Supreme Court nominee? My guess is John McCain Just a few short years ago, the Republicans had a majority in the U.S. Senate, but not 60. Traditionally, the Senate filibuster applies to legislation, … Continue reading →

Newsbusters.org is back up. I doubt anyone will be shocked to hear it was a criminal Denial of Service attack. If it resumes, mrc.org is their backup site.

What would you do?

St Vincent’s Hospital in Manhattan closes in bankruptcy, running up $700 million in losses caring for the people in Soho and Greenwich Village. Perhaps too many ER visits due to table salt overdoses, transfats and 2nd hand smoke… Or maybe … Continue reading →

Brazil’s oil wealth – the offshore oil finds off Brazil’s coast are estimated at about 150 billion barrels. The total U.S. oil reserves are now down to about 20 billion barrels and we consume about 10 billion barrels a year. … Continue reading →

Forget texting while driving – how about No iPod listening while driving a nuclear powered submarine in the Strait of Hormuz

Newsbusters.org is down – message at the moment says they are working on a problem.

Polish President is dead in plane crash in Russia…. along with the Tim Geither-type bank person from Poland. Good thing NATO is still there to protect Poland.

Coal miners can make $24.42/hr – that is the top rate you earn in a UMW coal mine. Why are people answering $100+ per hour to that question? The link is right there. The question wasn’t “How much are coal … Continue reading →

Forbes on Beck – scumbag journalism 101. With a deadpan, Beck insists that he is not political: “I could give a flying crap about the political process.” Making money, on the other hand, is to be taken very seriously, and … Continue reading →

Banks hiding debt and risk is widespread – that’s the statement planted in the WSJ sourced from the Federal Reserve on the eve of the US Senate discussing Financial Reform. The Federal Reserve, which refuses to disclose who it lends … Continue reading →

Having first hand of Nutcase experiences in the Tenderloin district of San Francisco, One afternoon we got a call from a bank (un-mentioned) about an attempted robbery, we responded only to find the “nutcase” was at the drive-up tellers window … Continue reading →

I once was forced to land in a field in West Virginia. The family in the house next to the field took me in. He was a miner who worked to remove a vein of coal 18 inches thick. He … Continue reading →