Monthly Archives: May 2010

The Barack Obama “Social Security Number” controversy…. here we go again… This one someone has some ‘splaining to do http://www.wnd.com/?pageId=152773 I actually have some direct knowledge about this topic – I worked as an intern the summer of 1973 for … Continue reading →

Christie reply to reporter here The Star Ledger (whose reporter asked the question) has filed a copyright complaint with Youtube and forced them to remove the clip. I have at least two issues with that – first, this is a … Continue reading →

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The “other” banking system – the arrests yesterday highlighted the banking system used by the Islamic culture to engage in international commerce but keeping the money out of the “real” banking system (and hidden from taxing authorities and people tracking … Continue reading →

Stimulating Detroit – one of the uses of the Shovel Ready stimulus money will be to tear down about 10,000 of the 90,000 houses in Detroit that are currently empty, and convert the land back into farms or parks.

Euro is down below $1.24 and still dropping – lots of talk today about the E.U. falling apart. Former Fed Chairman Paul Volcker, who was an advocate of the Euro concept and is an advisor to President Obama has been … Continue reading →

Citadel Bankruptcy Day 3 – still not a peep over what is going on with the judge approving (or not) Citadel’s plan to exit bankrupcty. On a day the stock market is going down a lot, Citadel’s stock is up … Continue reading →

Newburgh, NY – the day after the NY Times ran a story describing how drug gangs have taken over the city on the Hudson River north of New York City, the Feds launch a massive roundup of the Latin Kings … Continue reading →

Dude, what did you do to my car? Tip: if you’re going into Manhattan to attend a punk rock concert by the buzzcocks, don’t take along your gasoline cans in the back seat and park your 1991 Olds Ciera next … Continue reading →

NY Times obsession with witdrawing medical treatment continues – today’s story makes the case for turning off heart defibrilators so people can die peacefully and not have the device keep shocking people who are ready to die back to life. … Continue reading →

Mark Larsen is on Stitcher – if you have a smart phone, give it a look. Stitcher is being incorporated into Ford products – you don’t have to know anything about RSS or XML – you just select a program, … Continue reading →

The slience is deafening – yesterday was supposed to be “Exit Day” for the Citadel Bankruptcy plan – all the banks had signed up on cutting their debt, and taking all of the stockholder equity. Aurelius Capital threw in about … Continue reading →

Senator Al Franken lectures the Financial Services industry: “There is a staggering conflict of interest affecting the credit-rating industry,” said Senator Al Franken, a Minnesota Democrat who offered the amendment. “Issuers of securities are paying for the credit ratings. They … Continue reading →

As far as I know Glenn was on XM 158 ( America Right) if my memory serves me correct,,, If he left It was news to me. Up until 2 yrs ago I listened to him on XM everyday, I … Continue reading →

LIBOR up 43 basis points yesterday ( a basis point is 1/100th of a percent) – so that means the rate spiked up almost 1/2 of a percent. This means the banks are getting nervous again about lending to each … Continue reading →