Green Ink: Gas Pains and Peak Coal

Crude oil futures hovered around $48 amid signs of tightening oil supplies and continued weak demand, Bloomberg reports ... dispute in Russia is getting hotter, as Russia has shut off all natural-gas supplies to Ukraine ... , at Freakonomics. T. Boone Pickens isn’t letting the credit crunch or cheaper oil derail his “Pickens Plan” [more...]

Date: 2009-01-07 13:09:13

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Okay NDP. Listen up: “Debt is the pariah in the new economic order”

There was a good article in Saturday’s Globe by industry player (read: not a lame reporter) Tom Bradley entitled “Debt is the pariah in the new economic order”. This is a reality that all Canadians, especially policy makers need to understand.Interest on debt, like distributions on income trusts is paid from pre tax cash flows [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 16:01:00

11 Eleventh-Hour Bush Environmental Rule Changes

Pamela Ferdinand, National Geographic News 16 Jan 09;In its final months the Bush Administration has issued a slew of last minute environmental rule changes, many of which have already gone into effect and could be hard to reverse.National Geographic News asked representatives from four leading environmental organizations to judge 11 of these " [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 08:45:00

Stimulus Package 2009: Lightning Round Reactions

The Democrats in the House of Representatives introduced legislation this week containing $825 billion in new tax credits and government spending, ... cuts for clean, renewable energy including a new enhanced tax credit for research and development ... extension of the production tax credit for wind, hydro, geothermal, and bioenergy.  Ditto.  Go to hell [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 15:30:30

Those Order Takers Are Now Gone In California

The Ventura County Star reports from California. “According to Bill Watkins, executive director of the UC Santa Barbara Economic Forecast Project…a foreclosed home in California sells for $200,000 less than a traditional home. Until foreclosures are worked through the market, ‘we don’t think the real estate market can clean itself up, [more...]

Date: 2008-12-27 18:47:48

The Endgame

The Endgame Employment Numbers Are Worse Than Posted Aye, Captain, I'm Giving Her All I've Got! Problem #1: Deflation Problem #2: Pushing on a String The Muddle Through Middle Conversations With John Deflation? Stimulus? Deleveraging? Recession? A soft depression? A return to a bull market? With all that is going on, how does it all end up? [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 21:29:29

Strike 3

I missed Siren's burlesque class last week, due to being sick. I emailed LeAnne (the owner) a couple of time and she replied, the next day, that it would be no problem to start with week 2. Yesterday morning, I double-checked the SirenDance schedule - and happily discovered that my Burlesque class was at 9:15, not 8:45 (as I had thought) [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 02:12:47

Reading POSt: Case study on a sales culture

Reading POSt: Case study on a sales culture Cash generation largely through accelerated but informed selling is the name of the current game (of course, companies may opt for cost-savings but that's another matter all together) so the story ... many a depositor from entering a branch (NAVPU, debit/credit, GRT, etc.) Think of the potential [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 04:54:31

Liverpool 6-1 Hull City Premier League Highlights (Video)

by Mad Dog and Glory on September 26th, 2009 | 62 words | 12 comments Torres on fire, helps Liverpool to a home win over Hull City with a hattrick. Babel, Gerrard and Riera score the others. Geovanni had scored for Hull.Portsmouth Vs Liverpool Tickets Still Available!1-0 Torres1-1 Geovanni 2-1 Torres3-1 Torres4-1 Gerrard5-1 Babel6-1 BabelDon’t forget to check out Online Football Manager! [more...]

Date: 2009-09-26 15:53:18

James Warren: The Week in Magazines: Obama the "Self-Entangling Giant" and How to Have Sex During Dinner at a Restaurant

No matter how much he might disdain the George W. Bush presidency, especially when it comes to misuse of executive branch power, Barack Obama may be a "self-entangling giant" who is going down the same perilous path argues no less an initial Obama sympathizer than journalist-historian Garry Wills in the Oct. 8 New York Review of Books . [more...]

Date: 2009-09-28 01:38:20

James Warren: The Week in Magazines: Obama the "Self-Entangling Giant" and How to Have Sex During Dinner at a Restaurant

No matter how much he might disdain the George W. Bush presidency, especially when it comes to misuse of executive branch power, Barack Obama may be a "self-entangling giant" who is going down the same perilous path argues no less an initial Obama sympathizer than journalist-historian Garry Wills in the Oct. 8 New York Review of Books . [more...]

Date: 2009-09-28 05:48:16

Operation Cast Lead Continues

Women of the IDF UPDATE 293. Last sentence more important than the rest ... come out, come out, wherever you are! The bombing of a UN school in Gaza killed 30, including children, who Hamas often use as human shields. Pictures of dead children in the Israel Air Force bombing of two United Nations schools in Gaza Tuesday afternoon have put Israel [more...]

Date: 2008-12-31 13:17:00

Doom - Part Deux

It's here. Finally. Doom. Doom Part Deux, actually, as the fine folks over there at The Wall Street Journal Online have informed us that the " ... . They don't really know exactly where all the money went and who did what with it. Bad answer ... Rican rum producers$128 million to auto racing tracks$33 million for corporations that operate [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 08:34:00

6 Factors Shaping the Renewable Energy Industry in 2008

Many industries experienced turbulence this year and renewable energy was no exception ... It is not just hard to secure a mortgage. Homeowners wishing to pay for a solar system using a home equity loan may ... . 2008 was really a mixed bag for the industry, with lots of good and bad news. 1. High Energy [more...]

Date: 2009-01-01 01:26:22

GORDON BROWN URGES BANKS TO COME CLEAN ABOUT TOXIC ASSESTS

Brown urges banks to ‘come clean’ Gordon Brown is looking at a number of options to help the banks The prime minister has demanded that banks ... to have a clear understanding that bad assets have been written off. “We have got to be clear ... Times the banks had to “come clean” about these bad debts so people could trust them again. High [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 11:33:21

you got punk'd

so word on the street, or shall i say, the underground railroad network of jaded hipster nerds living around my part of brooklyn, ... idea to carry my social security card, credit cards and cash on me in a secure place in case ... teenager, so i decided that i'm going to start carrying a decoy wallet and put my credit card, cash [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 02:14:00

Full Text: Barack Obama on Economy | Economic Recovery and Reinvestment | January 8, 2009

(Source: Office of the President-Elect) Throughout America’s history, ... from a troubled past, and set a new course for our nation. This is one of those years. We start 2009 ... ’t believe it’s too late to change course, but it will be if we don’t take dramatic action as soon [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 18:00:11

Wista Antivirus Is Almost Believable

I have to admit, the images that you see with the Wista Antivirus bug are almost convincing ... the Vista operating system was launched, and presumably targets those users more than others.  Beyond ... is infected by an unrealistically immense amount of viruses. Your computer would not work under those [more...]

Date: 2009-01-18 08:00:56

Recommended Free DIY Credit Fixing Website

My friend, Dean, has a website on how to fix your own credit. It’s pretty detailed because it’s what he did himself, for free, to fix his own credit ... . However, it can’t hurt if your score is a 750 to clean up the bad items on your credit report ... website for credit reports, not an ad or affiliate.) My advice is to do everything via fax so you only [more...]

Date: 2008-12-29 15:44:54

DrumBeat: January 13, 2009

Analysis: Global power demand to languish in 2009 The outlook for energy commodities this year remains grim, says a new report from Merril Lynch. Neither cold winter temperatures in the Northern Hemisphere nor a steep fall in the price of energy have provided much support to the demand for oil, natural gas or coal [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 01:35:34

"Hotel for Dogs": Movie Review

One Day, 3,000 Adoptions from Pet Shelters, No FeesUSA TodayThey're pulling out all the stops next week — including giving pets to some adopters at no charge — in a nationwide effort to boost the number of shelter animals that find new homes.Three hundred shelters across the USA are holding Change a Pet's Life Day on Jan [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 12:52:00

Excess Reserves Go Berserk As Lending Flatlines

It's not too often that you see a chart that looks like this ... to more productive use, usually by making overnight loans on the fed funds market to other banks who may be short ... of hoarding cash in reserves rather then lend to deteriorating consumer). Permission [more...]

Date: 2009-01-05 21:15:12

10 Ways Your Identity Can Be Stolen

Who’s in your wallet? It might be more than a some dead presidents and a few bank logos ... everyone has gotten an email from X bank or Y credit card claiming there’s a problem, and if you could ... - This is ultra low-tech snooping.  Ever anounce your credit card number and expriation or SSN over the phone [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 16:04:47

Gates of Vienna News Feed 1/5/2009

Read through the official European reactions to Israel’s ground offensive into Gaza: Zapatero, the Vatican, ... Gaza, the Vatican Raises the White FlagItaly Urges Gaza TruceItaly: Verona to Target Home Sex ... in DemonstrationsGush Katif Expulsion Victim Returns ‘Home’ as SoldierHave Israelis Finally Learned the Strategic Value [more...]

Date: 2009-01-06 04:54:00

Nobody Could Have Anticipated, TVA Edition

Over at Grist, Peter B. Meyer wonders why TVA didn’t anticipate the coal ash spill. Meyer’s piece is a little wonky but basically what I think he’s saying is that the cost-benefit analysis approach to projects like, say, repairing a coal ash retention pond is flawed, because [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 13:41:21

Pork Bellies and Dwarfian View of Australia, Tom Friedman and Valerie Bertinelli's Ass

I am constitutionally unable to read Tom Friedman, listen to him on TV or even discuss him rationally ... laughing:" it wasn't "Coke (the cola, not the other stuff; I'm clean and sober although lately I'm ... , bad writing and inconsistency. His take on Friedman's writing is vicious... "The first rule of holes [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 19:46:45

The Endgame

The Endgame by John Mauldin January 17, 2009 • Employment Numbers Are Worse Than Posted • Aye, Captain, I’m Giving Her All I’ve Got! • Problem #1: Deflation • Problem #2: Pushing on a String • The Muddle Through Middle • Conversations With John Deflation? Stimulus? Deleveraging? Recession? A soft depression? A return to a bull market? [more...]

Date: 2009-01-18 02:04:12

Movie Review: Paul Blart: Mall Cop- Heavy comedy indeed

Sweet, uplifting, and very very funny, you'll love this Mall Cop. Paul Blart (Kevin James) is a big-hearted, and just plain big, mall security guard whose make-or-break day arrives on Black Friday when Xtreme criminals take over his mall to steal credit card codes. Blart not only [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 08:43:29

How Well Has The Federal Reserve Performed for America?

Washington’s Blog Greenspan acted as one of the main supporters of derivatives between the late 1990’s and the present. Let’s look at the Federal Reserve’s actual performance and determine how bad — or good — the Federal Reserve has really been for America. Initially, Milton Friedman and Ben Bernanke have both said that the Federal Reserve. Let’s look at the Federal Reserve’s actual performance and determine how bad — or good — the Federal Reserve has really been for America. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-29 04:29:20

Lost In A Sea Of Stark, Empty Houses And Vacant Lots

It’s Friday desk clearing time for this blogger. “Record numbers of Sonoma County homeowners are seeing property taxes fall, ... have been a little hard to swallow.’” “Bob DeKeulenaere says junk cars in his neighbor’s yard prevented [more...]

Date: 2009-01-02 17:57:28

"Billion Dollar Tax Havens For TARP Recipients?"

Fri Jan 16, 7:56 PM ETThe Bank of America (BOTTOM) and Citibank (R) ... -dollar losses from the ongoing global credit crisis.Bank of America posted its first quarterly loss ... assets.Also scrambling to survive huge new losses triggered by the credit crunch was Citigroup, which [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 03:32:00

Qualifying For a Used Car Loan

A used car loan is given to those who wish to purchase a car that has had a previous owner. The car may be purchased from the owner or used car lot ... will be lower. This can help a person keep their car. For those with bad credit, a used car loan ... credit report, although there are lenders who are willing to grant loans to those who have filed [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 09:34:44

Probiotics

The Wall Street Journal has an assessment of Probiotics in the Jan 13, 2009 issue entitled Bug Crazy: Assessing the Benefits of Probiotics (1). For some reason when I wander around the hospital on rounds people show me articles such as this and ask, so whatcha think about this? Probiotics are interesting [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 06:00:37

A gentle introduction to Unqualified Reservations (part 2)

We have swallowed the red pill, which now makes its way to the stomach. The coating dissolves. The rotor spins up and the device begins to operate. Inside, the sodium-metal core remains intact.And we begin the treatment. Again, our goal is to detach you - by "you," of course, [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 11:44:00

A Western Tale

Thomas Paine's CornerBy Vi Ransel 1/13/09Almost all of Charlie’s immediate family was rounded up by home invaders, tortured and killed in their own living room: mama and papa, the teenage twins, little Joan and baby Beth. (His younger brother, Sonny, survived.) [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 13:06:00

President Bush's Legacy: One of Our Greatest Presidents

As I recently predicted, in few months, with the benefit of hindsight, ... Bush to be one of our greatest presidents. Although the White House has sent around its own talking ... agencies did behind the scenes. Unfortunately, Presidents don't usually get credit for all the disasters [more...]

Date: 2009-01-10 21:34:00

The Winners From the Year That Was

Jamie Dimon and Ken Lewis: Wall Street desperately needed a hero in 2008 ... , risks and questions abound. How hard will both banks be hit by the coming credit-card storm ... by hostile offers–ones that often failed. InBev’s hostile offer for Anheuser-Busch was an exception [more...]

Date: 2008-12-31 13:33:00

Brown orders banks to come clean over bad loans

LONDON (Reuters) - Banks must reveal the true scale of their bad assets to help revive frozen global credit markets, Prime Minister Gordon Brown said on Saturday as his government thrashed out another bank rescue package. Read the original here: Brown orders banks to come clean over bad loans [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 01:02:11

The Top Franchise Trends For 2009

Two words will be dominating the franchise landscape for 2009: cautious optimism ... credit score, and low personal debt, will increase the chances of getting a franchise loan.  More tips ... entrepreneurial ventures. Franchise Loan Availability The financial institutions are still going through [more...]

Date: 2009-01-09 07:30:34

SOC or Bust

With the implosion of Citigroup and the depth of losses across the banking sector, ... on infrastructure, the auto industry, and every other constituency that has come out of the woodwork ... Bank/Bad Bank restructuring of failing institutions), and includes items such as: Simplified [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 05:21:59

SOC or Bust

With the implosion of Citigroup and the depth of losses across the banking sector, ... on infrastructure, the auto industry, and every other constituency that has come out of the woodwork ... Bank/Bad Bank restructuring of failing institutions), and includes items such as: Simplified [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 01:55:53

Media & Politics

Media & Politics 16-Jan-09 Permanent link to MTA daily media news Outgoing CIA director defends detainee interrogation program (McClatchy) LANGLEY, Va. — Outgoing CIA Director Michael Hayden vigorously defended on Thursday the agency’s use of secret prisons and coercive interrogation methods on suspected al Qaida terrorists, [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 17:21:21

President Bush Doesn’t Care About Black People

Dec. 8, 2008: President George W. Bush kisses one of the children attending the Children’s Holiday Reception and Performance with first lady Laura Bush in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC. The reception is for children whose parents are serving in the military and cannot be with them for the Christmas holiday [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 08:47:09

How "Something For Nothing" Ideas Become Policy

Leaders all over the world are now in an Undeniable Shift to Keynes even though every such attempt in history has failed. Please consider the madness:The sudden resurgence of Keynesian policy is a stunning reversal of the orthodoxy of the past several decades, [more...]

Date: 2009-01-02 08:49:00

How To Avoid Falling Into The Foreclosure Crisis

Foreclosures set yet another record this month, with the highest foreclosure rate on record ... . Over 860,000 home owners lost their houses to foreclosure in 2007. This amounts to one out of every 50 ... with home owners. The system is not working. But, there are some ways home owners can get banks to work [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 18:42:46

DrumBeat: January 17, 2009

Recession drills deep into oil and gas: Industry in crisis Job cuts have been the dominant theme in British business over the past three months ... in the North Sea in recent years and provide a much-needed windfall for Wendel. The firm saw its credit [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 14:50:47

DrumBeat: January 14, 2009

Obama energy goal hard to meet: Bodman WASHINGTON (Reuters) ... prices, but this would not affect its $2.3 billion credit facility, the independent oil and gas ... (Bloomberg) -- Crude oil fell after a U.S. government report showed that stockpiles climbed [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 13:55:13

President-elect Obama’s Economic Speech

President-elect Obama’s Economic Speech Here’s highlights from the speech (full video here) ... that mark a clean break from a troubled past, and set a new course for our nation ... of what the future will hold. I don't believe it's too late to change course [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 02:14:29

6 Terrible Ways to Handle Getting Fired

The holidays are over; it's the dawning of a brand new year ... sure you handle the situation correctly or things can escalate from bad to "restraining order terrible" in a matter of moments. Here are some things to remember when facing the bearer of bad news [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 05:04:59

Review: Shaun White Snowboarding: Road Trip

... visuals Wiping out is appropriately painful Accessible and enjoyable multiplayer The bad ... . The halfpipe levels will make your head spin. (Credit: GameSpot) The controls are the most [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 22:50:01

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