Monthly Archives: April 2010

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 →

Inappropriate use of Cruise Control – I wonder how many of these “runwaway car” stories started with Cruise Control. I’ve confused myself several times and could see how others could have done the same thing. Let’s say you’re driving down … Continue reading →

So why was the nutcase in San Francisco angry about health care? Assuming for the sake of argument that he has a shred of sanity, what about the health care bill could possibly have set him off? He’s living in … Continue reading →

The unintended effect of Coal Mining Safety – This Graph and article says it all. When you turn the screws on coal mine safety, humans are replaced by machines. That’s good for humans not ending their lives in a horrible … Continue reading →

The odd story of WNSI-AM in Alabama – their web site is gone today and the programming may have changed – the reasons are a strange journey. The AM/FM station pair is relatively young – it was originally granted to … Continue reading →

Jealousy is a very self-destructive emotion. Every usual suspect is echoing the claim that Glenn Beck “made” $32 million last year “bellowing” on Fox News. Glenn owns his own production company. When Glenn gets paid by Premiere, he is paying … Continue reading →