Monthly Archives: March 2010

For you Mark Levin fans, Citadel Media is offering a free podcast of all his shows http://www.marklevinshow.com/rss/ilevin.xml I’ve added links for the podcast and RSS feed. No need to go searching for stations carrying the show and enduring the 24 … Continue reading →

More programming changes at Citadel – my theory picked up a lot more momentum today. Citadel has created a new position called “National Programming Coordinated”. The man appointed to this new job is Luis Diaz. He worked for a while … Continue reading →

“…she doesn’t work here any more – she was the organizer…” – overheard at Walmart between two employees speaking outside of earshot of their managers, pretending to be working. Long time readers know from time to time I stop in … Continue reading →

We’re now just arguing about price… Back when I was young and impressionable, one of the “Aha!” moments in my life was the moment I realized what a slimeball Johnny Carson was. This goes back to the days where NBC … Continue reading →

Romney has a problem – the Obamacare bill was largely patterned after the Massachusetts system that he advocated – just requiring all 50 states to do the same thing. For Romney to come out now and say Obamacare is a … Continue reading →

Rush hour comes to 9 AM – for a long time, I’ve had a series of measures in place to protect the server from being overloaded at 12:00-12:15ish when the Rush crowd arrives – blocking access to the testing functions, … Continue reading →

The “market” is being more truthful than Moody’s… Bloomberg points out that several recent bond sales to private entities (Warren Buffet paying for his raillroad, Procter and Gamble and Johnson & Johnson) have received interest rates at auction lower than … Continue reading →

Let the unintended consequences begin. Assuming the Obamacare law passes with the Reconciliation amendments… So here is my personal unintended consequence. I’m currently insured through a state reinsurance pool (similar to the Obamacare pools). Because I had COBRA when I … Continue reading →

Nacogdoches calling – Rush received an important call about 20 years ago from a caller in Nacodoches, Texas. It’s the most important call Rush ever got, and it bugs him to this day. The essence of the call was “Rush, … Continue reading →

“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 →