Monthly Archives: March 2010

Skateboarding should be illegal on ALL private property? Those of you who answered that to the poll – I would be curious what the thinking is. The answer did not say “If the property owner doesn’t want it”… Do you … Continue reading →

WSJ updates the situation in Nigeria – if you haven’t followed it, theirPresident vanished for over two months, supposedly getting medical treatment in Saudi Arabia. A civil war started breaking out between the Islamic North and ChrIstian South with nobody … Continue reading →

“Negative rights” – Glenn Beck particularly is pounding the idea that President Obama views the Constitution as being bad because if enumerates Negative Rights for the government – things the government cannot do… Today’s poll questions pointed out how hard … Continue reading →

Bloomberg explains now how AIG was screwed. They stopped selling insurance on bundled mortgages in 2005. As the loan pools they were guaranteeing “turned over” (house was sold, refinanced, paid off early) the high quality loans were being replaced with … Continue reading →

ADP payroll says we’re losing jobs, government says we aren’t – the reason for this difference is ADP doesn’t process paychecks for government employees.

Don’t panic! “Our worst fears have been surpassed,” Finance Minister Brian Lenihan said in the parliament in Dublin yesterday. “Irish banking made appalling lending decisions that will cost the taxpayer dearly for years to come.”

I have become a fan of Pandora – my radio station is Dean Martin. I got to rediscover Jimmy Durante and early Ella. Who makes money on Pandora? Is that the future of music distribution? Dumped iTunes 2+ years ago … Continue reading →

Three killed in drive by shooting in Washington DC: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/03/31/AR2010033100419.html Let’s see if any of them belong to a left-wing militia!

It’s 2010 and old media people are still computer illiterates. See how many factual errors and pieces of bad advice you see in this story: http://www.winknews.com/news/local/89570017.html

Pssst. Francene is dead. Some testers have gotten sloppy with testing the local shows. Francene of WHAS died suddenly in January 2010, yet she was still alive here February 1st apparently. Mandy Connell from FoxNews92 in Florida has replaced her … Continue reading →

Radio One – the All Black, all the time radio network reported earnings on Tuesday. Revenues were down 8.9% (no Obama Campaign Bucks in 2009). The net loss more than doubled including a $17 million write down of the value … Continue reading →

MSIE “must get” security update – CERT has announced, and Microsoft is pushing an “out of cycle” Internet Explorer update today. This problem allows remote code execution on a computer just by visiting a web site. Not waiting until the … Continue reading →

NRA scaremongering phone call…. I’m undecided if the call I just got was actually a scam or a real NRA call… First – I’m on the national do-not-call registry. the NRA is not a 501(c)(3) charity – it is a … Continue reading →

Pat Buchanon appearing on the Ed Schultz show giving advice to President Obama to go after Wall Street…. strange bedfellows….

The history of “sedition” – the indictment of the so-called “Christian Militia 9” contained a very significant phrase – “seditious conspiracy” (that was the “violent act” they are accused of committing while in possession of guns). “Sedition” is a big … Continue reading →