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“Flawed Heatlh Care Bill” – that’s the mantra of the Republicans. Not that the principle is wrong, just that it needs to be fixed. And Abortion is the “Bubba Bait”

Another hint of a Citadel/CC parting of the ways…. About 2 weeks ago, Citadel’s WLTI-FM in Syracuse changed from Lite music to News/Talk. There isn’t a Clear Channel program on their schedule. It’s very unique in its lineup – Bob&Tom, … Continue reading →

$60 billion outflow from money market funds – last week saw the biggest surge in withdrawals from money market funds since the collapse of Lehman brothers. In unrelated news, a volcano has erupted in financially troubled Iceland, and there is … Continue reading →

Eek! Where’s mySQL? While caring about U.S. politics, I was paying no attention to mySQL. mySQL is the database engine powering this web site, and FindAnISP. Two important things have happened that I totally missed until today, which a WSJ … Continue reading →

FDIC loss closing Advanta – $635.6 million on a bank with $1.6 billion in assets. Again, the point at which the FDIC is taking over banks is when the assets of the banks are down to about half of the … Continue reading →

NY Appeals court to Federal Reserve – Show Bloomberg and Fox News your records. The NY appeals court has told the Federal Reserve it must disclose information about which institutions have received emergency bailout loans. The Fed could appeal this … Continue reading →

Republican saying “We’ll repeal it if you elect us in 2010!” this past week was the biig clue about what is going to happen Sunday

KPCC-FM opens its new $24 million broadcast facility, including 13 studios. Its sponsors hope that NPR can drown out Glenn Beck and Rush Limbaugh.

Why is Virginia Foxx (R-NC) making a speech about the Student Loan program in the discussion of the rules on Health Care Insurance reform? Mention was made that the crowd outside is audible inside the hearing room. CSPAN is not … Continue reading →

The crisis in Braille literacy – a PSA from the National Federation of the Blind is urging you to buy coins to raise money to fund teaching blind people braille. I would encourage you to NOT do that. My father … Continue reading →

Attention all Wal-Mart shoppers. The announcement you heard telling black people to leave the store was done by a 16 year old boy who picked up the phone and activated the paging system. He has now been arrested, but since … Continue reading →

United States Census 2010 is trademarked – as the (r) on the logo indicates. The Commerce Department did take out a whole series of trademarks, probably to discourage fakes, but I have to say the idea makes me nervous. Can … Continue reading →

At the risk of wandering into ‘tin foil hat’ territory I have wondered once in a while if Limbaugh and Beck and the others (Noory too but for other reasons) haven’t been allowed to grow and fester as a sort … Continue reading →

Sister Agnes Mary Monsour was appointed by Governor James Blanchard (D) in 1982 to head Michigan’s Department of Social Services (DSS)…. [Man, is it hard to research pre-internet stuff on the internet :) – the DSS is now called DHS] … Continue reading →

Get the Duct/Duck tape ready… Savage was announcing his “aha!” moment tonight that possibly the people behind the health care insurance reform bill might be motivated by money (you think?)…. but he also wandered into a rant about Nancy Pelosi … Continue reading →