Weimar, DC

Weimar, DC Posted by Lew Rockwell at 12:08 PM Writes Declan McCullagh:For my CBS News column this week, questioning the extent of the credit crisis and the desirability of a Detroit bailout, I was able to get a copy of the only-available-to-clients Celent report that Reuters wrote about. I thought [more...]

Date: 2008-12-17 18:08:11

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General Motors’ Cash Gauge: A Checkup

General Motors is, according to analysts, in a bit of a capital crunch. Can the auto maker get out? GM needs to raise at least $6.6 billion to get to an adequate cash position by the beginning of 2009, according to a report ... . Financing: GM recently drew down $1 billion from a revolving credit facility–partly to “test [more...]

Date: 2008-08-21 10:20:00

Unbylined AP Report: Krugman ‘Opposed Bailout’

Krugman The Associated Press can’t even get it right in a three-paragraph item about a White House ceremonial event ... are the first and third paragraphs from the story (link probably will not work after about a week): Three ... 23, Krugman, to his credit, objected to Paulson’ [more...]

Date: 2008-11-25 18:06:51

OBAMA'S NEW AD, A ROSETTA STONE OF HALF TRUTHS

Obama's TV Ads are getting better. In the first Ad Produced by the Obama Campaign the Senator lied, ... report: The ad says Obama "passed" several initiatives, giving him all the credit, although ... taking credit for passing a bill that he wasn't even there to vote on. This latest one doesn't [more...]

Date: 2008-07-01 18:14:37

Should a Venture Capitalist be Head of the SBA?

I was starting to get really impressed with President Elect Obama’s cabinet choices ... doesn’t provide credit access to enough small businesses. So my question is: how will we fix ... States, according to the MoneyTree Report by PricewaterhouseCoopers and the National Venture Capital [more...]

Date: 2008-12-24 04:43:15

Government help for the bank lending: just “get on with it”

Last weekend the Prime Minister announced yet another “anti-recession” plan which included the “creation of up to 100,000 new jobs” ... half of this year, as we were promised by the Chancellor as recently as in the Pre Budget Report ... that households are reining in after the years of credit-fuelled excess. Two key indicators are housing equity [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 21:14:21

Officescape Launches New Telework Solution

Officescape is getting off to a busy start in 2009, no doubt leveraging the credit crunch and the down economy that’s buoying its industry ... of a distributed workforce, whether it’s a multinational company or a small group of partners scattered ... in 2006, according to a report issued by WorldatWork. In total, the sum of   teleworkers (both [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 23:54:30

CREDIT CRUNCH NEWS - Wait for disability appeal process over for vets - Las Vegas Sun

Wait for disability appeal process over for vetsLas Vegas Sun, NV - 2 minutes agoWhile they continue to get health care, ...  - 4 minutes agoProsecutors also said Carona did not report these alleged bribes on public disclosure forms – the basis for the two mail fraud counts. ...in DWP NewsInvestigators sweat at scale of Satyam [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 19:52:00

Become A Cop, Get A Foreclosed Home

Last week, Luke Mullins of U.S. News & World Report wrote a piece entitled “County Considers Handing Out Foreclosures to Its Police Officers ... will for doing this,” and possibly a credit on Fulton County taxes . . . The $2,500 down payment would [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 05:04:43

U.S. Chamber of Commerce Unveils State of American Business Report

The two seem to make an unlikely pair, but according to the CEO of the U.S ... to get our economy going in a forward motion," Josten said. "One is credit and the other is confidence - and we ain’ [more...]

Date: 2009-01-07 22:20:43

Midnight Meanderings - Getting Fit Fiscally And Physically

From my other sites - Over at No. Calories Needed, I’ve posted my weekly work out schedule.  (No ... .) Over at 99 Changes, my personal development site, I’ve posted a progress report.  Check it out - and give me a grade! Over at the No Credit Needed Podcast, I’ve (finally!) recorded and released a new [more...]

Date: 2008-10-25 03:41:13

No Rest for the Unemployed

by The Mogambo Guru The Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S ... so damned much money and credit to fuel doomed booms and a cancerous growth of government! And yet you want ... , the report does not actually mention me by name or even wish me good luck in getting another job [more...]

Date: 2008-12-16 21:49:13

When our personal economy is more important than the US economy.

“You might not always get what you want, but you always get what you expect.” – Charles H ... , regardless of what the Bureau of Labor Statistics is reporting. Rather than sitting and stewing ... less on gifts this season than they did last year… or when our last credit card has been maxed [more...]

Date: 2008-12-26 13:44:08

GM and Chrysler get US$17.4 billion bailout

They’ve done it, the Detroit boys have managed to secure federal emergency loans to execute their plans to stay afloat ... by law, firms must allow the government to examine their accounting books and records, firms must report ... , the healther of the Detroit 3, is still asking for a US$9 billion government line of credit in case [more...]

Date: 2008-12-21 09:09:13

HMO Survival Guide Launches - Get Yours Today

Hi everybody, Well after a long wait for my HMO property investing guide, ... out the report and the ridiculously cheap price I’m giving it away for! Share This Tags: HMOs ... , my new “HMO Survival Guide - Thriving In The Credit Crunch” is finally out. Take a look at the video [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 18:35:04

McCain, Machiavelli -- spoke too soon edition

A reader provides an apparently authoritative report from The Hill that Phil Gramm has now stepped down as co-chair of the McCain campaign ... campaign appeared to credit. This reminds us never to rely on information from Robert Novak. If may ... , don't expect McCain's economic policies to get any more fair or more sensible. [more...]

Date: 2008-07-19 01:02:38

Gov’t and Economic Interests as Bedfellows

Recently there have been a number of observers from all corners of the political spectrum increasingly worried about the growing collusion between Washington, DC and the powerful economic interests in our country. The discourse on this issue reminds me of the “governmental support” German economist Wilhelm Röpke spoke of in A Humane Economy : “The market and power do not go well together, and anyone who wished to use his strong position vis-à-vis some buyer or seller to establish a dominating [more...]

Date: 2009-10-01 16:44:41

Is the 6-month Stock Market Rally About to End?.

by Bob Chapman Global Research October 1, 2009 The G-20 Pittsburg Summit ended last Friday. Their official statements made for some novel and interesting reading. We were informed that the group could by working together could manage a transition to a more balanced pattern of global growth. Tending to domestic demand as private savings increase. It is obvious to us this cannot work. We are seeing increased savings and decreased consumption. The IMF as well agrees with these policies. [more...]

Date: 2009-10-01 17:54:55

Understanding How An Escrow Account Works and If You Should Avoid Them

An escrow account is established by a broker, under the provisions of law, to hold funds on behalf of two or more people until a contract or transaction has been completed.  People are most familiar with escrow accounts in conjunction with their mortgage.  A person’s mortgage lender sets up an escrow account to receive monthly payments from the home buyer which is usually lumped into the mortgage payment and used to pay for obligations such as homeowners’ insurance, property taxes, and assessments. [more...]

Date: 2009-10-01 12:00:44

Washington - Distracted Drivers Are a Safety Hazard on King County Highways

During Wednesday morning’s commute an off duty trooper observed an erratically driven BMW passenger car in the northbound lanes of SR-167 in Auburn.The off duty trooper reported the vehicle as he was certain the driver was impaired as he was watching him for over 3 miles drift in and out of his lane, driving on the shoulder, and at times taking up 2 lanes of travel. It turned out that the driver hadn’t had a drop of alcohol, but instead was reading the daily newspaper while driving to his destination. [more...]

Date: 2009-10-01 19:19:06

U.S. To Break Up Soon?

Chuck Baldwin September 29, 2009 According to Macedonian Radio and Television On-line (MRT), a Russian professor predicts the United States will fall apart in July 2010. MRT reports, “‘Mr. Obama is similar to the last Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev. Gorbachev was also making great promises for the Soviet Union, but the situation was only getting worse,’ he said. By next summer, according to Professor Panarin, the US will disintegrate into six blocs–and everyone will get their piece. [more...]

Date: 2009-10-01 15:33:40

Real Estate Investing – Why And How

In the world of Globalization, everybody wants to make investments for varieties of reasons like to secure his future, for his family or may be for more success and wealth. Now the investments options available are stocks, bonds, gold, bank certificates and deposits offering easy and good returns. These options are quite simple to make; just visit them, give your funds and you’re sorted out; however Investments in Real estate are little bit complicated to understand. [more...]

Date: 2009-10-01 23:17:46

LeAnn Rimes gets a ranch with a big backyard for Eddie’s babies

This report from the Enquirer seems like it could totally be false, but many of you seem to enjoy analyzing the situation between Eddie Cibrian and LeAnn Rimes, so I thought I’d bring you this latest little slice. By the way, I’m totally there with all of you – this B-List scandal has it all for me – scandal, “homewrecking”, stalking, delusions, media battles, photo-ops, tragedy, bitchy quotes and hilarity. It’s a self-sustaining soap opera and I love every minute of it. [more...]

Date: 2009-10-01 14:45:16

Does The Abortion Compromise Preserve The Status Quo?

Rep. Lois Capps (D-CA) As Republicans prepare to introduce a series of amendments rationing abortion services out of health care reform , Jessica Arons — Director of the Women’s Health and Rights Program at the Center for American Progress Action Fund — has compiled this very useful comparison of how the proposed reform bills would change current abortion restrictions. (I’ve summarized her report in the table below). Democrats have argued that health care reform would preserve the status quo. [more...]

Date: 2009-10-01 19:45:06

New Study in UK: High Prices for Music Downloads Account for Piracy

photo credit:www.bu.edu If you want to expand your music collection and illegal downloading just doesn’t suit you, CompareDownload might be a good place to start. It offers plenty of useful info about artists and bands, reviews, concert tickets, and best of all, how you can buy their music and what’s the best price you can hope for. Recently, the site has also conducted a survey that shows more than 60% of people living in the UK would buy music using online services if it was cheaper. [more...]

Date: 2009-10-01 13:06:15

PERSS ENCOUNTER WITH PM HIGHLIGHTS, DIRE NEED FOR NEW VISION FOR ETHIOPIA - By Genet Mersha

In the wake of his ‘involuntary anointment’ as chief executive of the state and the ruling party, Prime Minister Meles Zenawi has once again shifted to a high gear with a new five-year term securely under his belt. Although his decision was not unexpected, the 360 degrees shift of from the spring, winter, summer and beyond of his oft-expressed decision to quit his job as prime minister has not gone unnoticed. Owing to that, the prime minister has encumbered himself with expectations. [more...]

Date: 2009-10-01 14:45:04

Posts about Obama Health Care Failure as of October 1, 2009

Conference call: Tim Pawlenty and the Freedom First PAC - hotair.com 10/01/2009 We had an opportunity to talk with Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty to discuss the launch of his Freedom First PAC.  Pawlenty says that he’s worried that freedom is being corroded by a “tyranny of a creeping bureaucracy.”  Pawlenty wants to re-elevate the principles of freedom and liberty, including an effort to educate people on their value and to impact current policy.  Pawlenty plans a particular effort to [more...]

Date: 2009-10-01 12:59:05

A Guide To Travel Insurance

Travel Insurance Guide is a need to know? Travel insurance protects against free vacation adverse events such as cancellation and interruption, and has paid medical expenses, loss or damage to property and transit times. Millions of travelers and vacationers buy some form of insurance – each year, but few know what it is and how it can be defined. If you know what is covered and what you do and not be able to get the most out of your coverage and be reimbursed fairly. [more...]

Date: 2009-10-01 14:24:18

Online Business � 10 Steps To Setting Up Your Business Online

An online business will extend a business’ reach to more prospects they can market to. Entrpreneurs realize that there is a huge opportunity on the internet to market to their prospects � it’s also cheaper. However, this no small project. Creating a professional online presence requires planning and organization. Here are 10 steps you need to follow to launch a business online. 1. Domain Name Register a name for your website. Choose a name that is short and easy to remember. [more...]

Date: 2009-10-01 23:17:28

Would You Like To Find Out How Airmiles Creditcard Can Help You Fly For Free!.

In the midst of the growing costs of airfare, the having a airmiles credit card that earns airmiles with purchases appeals to several people. Both American Express and Discover own such products. Any product spoken about in this commentary has an online application form, which helps speed your way into enjoying an air miles credit card. American Express airline rewards programs include such features as: The ability to earn travel miles on all you buy with the Card. [more...]

Date: 2009-10-02 00:15:12

Exceptional results from biochar experiment in Cameroon

Key Farmers Cameroon's coordinator, Etchi Daniel-Jones, at a plot in Ediki, in which the difference between char and non-char maize was exceptionally big. In this case, the plants on the control (left lower corner) were barely in thir 8th leaf stage, whereas the plants on the char-plots (right, upper corner), were already tasseling. Photo credit: Laurens Rademakers, Etchi Daniel-Jones. Biochar Fund has reported extremely encouraging first results from its field trials in South West Cameroon. [more...]

Date: 2009-10-01 17:11:44

Senate Climate Battle Is On

Progressive Breakfast: Senate Climate Battle Is OnProgressive Breakfast10/1/09 7:11 AM Isaiah J. Poole Health Care for All An Economy for All 501c(3) Progressive BreakfastThe legislative battle to lower greenhouse gas emissions is finally getting into full gear in the Senate with Wednesday’s introduction of a comprehensive climate change bill.McClatchy News Service reports:The landmark legislation — called the Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act — would force the U.S. [more...]

Date: 2009-10-02 00:03:18

Sinowal trojan: Three years old and just plain nasty

Sinowal is a dangerous piece of malware. Security analysts are just beginning to realize how much so. That’s because the Sinowal trojan is unique in its attack vector, and we need to understand what’s different about it. ——————————————————————————————————————- I want to share my close encounter of the third kind with a trojan called Sinowal, [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 12:05:25

In The News Today

Dear Extended Family, Well here we go again. The Wave of Fear is breaking but one more and unnecessary time. The Gold banks do everything possible to hammer gold on even a hint of an intraday dollar rally. Under $1000 she goes and off goes the community into deep depression. You need to understand you did nothing to put it above $1000. Most of the community are observers only, but make sure you understand what you are observing. [more...]

Date: 2009-10-01 20:12:00

Text of Kerry-Boxer Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act, The Senate's Cap-and-Trade Climate Legislation

A SUMMARY OF THE CLEAN ENERGY JOBS AND AMERICAN POWER ACT AS INTRODUCED September 30, 2009 SECTION 1 . SHORT TITLE ; TABLE OF CONTENTS . This Act may be cited as the “Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act”. Sections 2. Findings. Describes the impacts of climate change and the benefits of transitioning to a clean energy economy. Section 3. Economywide Emission Reduction Goals. Establishes targets for reducing global warming pollution. Section 4. Definitions. [more...]

Date: 2009-10-01 12:11:00

The Complete List Of Round 2 Magnificent 7, Head To Head

10 Frugal Steps To Help You Survive A Tough Economy by Digerati Life A buyer’s right to do “an additional inspection” by Ardelle DellaLoggia Click ... BUYERS by Roberta Murphy  Credit Scores - Why Your Number Matters by Salt Lake Real Estate Blog: 10 Laws of Moving for Aging Parents and Their Families by Real Sage Advice How a Buyers Agent Can [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 19:06:17

BAILING OUT A LIFESTYLE?

I need to admit from the get-go that my understanding of economics is best exemplified by the look on my accountant's face sometime between his ... sheet, bring a film in under budget and discern that a financial report from a Canadian producer ... as smart as the guys on Wall street who thought up all kinds of fancy debt instruments and easy credit [more...]

Date: 2008-11-13 06:22:41

Eventbrite integration with MailChimp

Ever since we launched MailChimp in 2001, our customers have been asking us to build an events management tool for MailChimp. Thing is, we’d rather focus on what we do best: making email marketing awesome . “Events” is not our specialty, so we felt we’d never be able to make it awesome enough. Then we discovered Eventbrite , which is the best events management tool we’ve ever used. And it just so happens they also have an API. [more...]

Date: 2009-10-01 17:29:31

December 16 roundup

“The Boston Public Health Commission has just banned the sale of all tobacco products at colleges. Not high schools. Colleges.” ... ), slip-fall on snow and ice Consumer complaint site Ripoff Report is magnet for lawsuits Citizen ... ; now just watch how many folks on both sides flip their opinion of judicial activism AP/WHEC [more...]

Date: 2008-12-16 05:34:39

Stores cut prices to entice post-holiday shoppers

Two hours before the doors were set to open Friday morning, a Miami-area Wal-Mart parking lot was full of cars - and possibility ... - which typically account for 30 percent to 50 percent of a retailer’s annual total - have been less than ... to preliminary data from SpendingPulse, which tracks purchases paid for by credit card, checks or cash [more...]

Date: 2008-12-27 04:39:41

Chasing A Moving Target

A: A post for the sellers out there after getting some calls recently about this topic. If I had one piece of advice to Manhattan sellers, especially those who own properties that have few special resale features to offer (amazing park or river views, large outdoor space, fireplace, roof rights, amazing location, etc..) [more...]

Date: 2008-12-11 14:25:31

ADP, Time Warner, Intel Point to a Rough Open

The market looks set to endure its first tough day of the year, what with a shockingly bad jobs number from Automatic Data Processing, ... , but what will drive the market in coming weeks is how close investor perceptions of the economic difficulties match ... for building reserves for credit losses, and it also admitted that the economic environment has [more...]

Date: 2009-01-07 14:15:28

Experts Gather at McGill University to Address Food Security Challenges

Photo by by TRO Kilinochchi Staff of IDPs in the Vanni. TRO is providing humanitarian assistance to the 200,000 internally displaced persons. The Govt. of Sri Lanka is restricting international humanitarian assistance and access to these IDPs, resticting food, medicine, fuel, building materials for temporary shelters and other essential items.Leading experts from international agencies, NGOs, the food industry and academia will meet at McGill University, in Montreal, Oct. [more...]

Date: 2009-10-01 23:21:40

Another Quasi-Nationalization, House Debuts Obama Stimulus, Russian Resource War Approaches, Prices Fall and More!

by Addison Wiggin & Ian Mathias Congress unleashes remainder of TARP… another $350 billion into the void Treasury wastes no time… Bank of ... and hawing on how “It’ll be different this time,” the rest of the bailout went straight to the Treasury ... and Merrill in less than 12 months. Today we learned Lewis has been pleading with Uncle Sam [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 20:25:19

The Fed Translated…..

Release Date: December 16, 2008 The Federal Open Market Committee decided today to establish a target range for the federal funds rate of 0 to 1/4 ... . No arguments there. Financial markets remain quite strained and credit conditions tight. I’m not sure ... . Let me rephrase that, in light of the Consumer Price Index report this morning, it’s pretty [more...]

Date: 2008-12-17 04:47:10

Credit Crisis Sequel, Global Bank Bailout, Emerging Markets Still a Buy?, Gas Wars and More!

Ghosts of the fourth quarter haunt global financials… so begins the second act of the credit saga… Even the IMF needs a loan… $150 billion to back ... and notprofitable) segments of the business. Robert Rubin, who among other things helped create this “ ... predicted today. According to Morgan’s report, profits at HSBC will decline “sharply” this year [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 15:28:24

Learn How Credit Report Companies Obtain Your Payment History

Learn How Credit Report Companies Obtain Your Payment History by Andy ZainIf you’ve ever applied for a loan before or if you have credit accounts and credit cards, you may have knowledge on credit report companies. Many businesses rely on information from credit reporting agencies to supply them with up to date and past information on your finances so they can make a decision on extending credit. Here are a few insights into how credit report companies operate.The top credit report comp [more...]

Date: 2009-10-01 19:53:36

Blocking, Tackling & Running: Leveraging a Crisis Into Real Change

There's a fairly well known cartoon of two scientists working out a problem on a chalkboard covered with complex equations and down in the circle is a little circle with the key step inserted in small print - "and then a miracle occurs". Wouldn't it be nice if we could take the same short-cut to fixing the horrendous shopping list of significant [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 20:07:11

Anything That Could Go Wrong Did Go Wrong

The Gazette Times reports from Oregon. “After a months-long struggle to move through the city’s planning department and overcome objections by wetlands advocates, Ashwood Preserve is up for sale. The 9.52-acre parcel, which became a test case for a provision which allows a land owner to build on property even if it is mostly covered by natural [more...]

Date: 2008-12-29 17:24:14

Fixing Credit Report – The Good… The Bad… And The Truth

Fixing Credit Report – The Good… The Bad… And The Truth by Tim BeachumYou are moments away from understanding the process of fixing credit. It’s really not important what your reasons are for wanting to repair your credit the fact is you have made a good decision. Repairing your credit is well worth the effort, and depending on your current situation repairing your credit can lower your monthly bills, open a bank account, rent an apartment, and even purchase a car. [more...]

Date: 2009-10-01 15:25:39

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