Post Pre-Budget Report Comment - It's All Over

Having slept on it, watched, and listened to the coverage of the Pre-Budget Report I think a conclusion I drew yesterday when the National Insurance ... on VAT exempt purchases for a family of four. What's more, the tax credit changes for those people, if they even choose to take them out represent little more than pennies in a month. This mini [more...]

Date: 2008-11-25 08:45:48

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New Czech move to block ratification of EU constitution

Flashback: Icelandic parliament rolls over, votes for EU membership | Ireland to hold second referendum on Lisbon Treaty | EU leaders reassure Irish in latest attempt to revive Lisbon treaty | Leaked 1955 Bilderberg Docs Outline Plan For Single European Currency | Iceland to be fast-tracked into the EU | Irish to vote on EU treaty again as experts warn Britain could be signed up within a year | You’re not doing it right: New Irish vote on EU integration ‘legal’ | Harper, Sarkozy [more...]

Date: 2009-09-29 20:25:00

Episode 5121 (9/23/2009)

EPISODE NUMBER: 5121 (September 23, 2009) GUESTS: A.J. Jacobs, Michael Moore SEGMENTS: UN convening in NYC VIDEOS: Wednesday, September 23, 2009 You know it’s going to be a fun episode when the show starts with a silly game, followed by a genuine smile. Stephen’s impression of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was so very adorable. Bring it on, Colbert, we can handle all the accents you can throw at us. Loved the “balloon” drop, and Stephen’s subsequent declaration that this balloon was his. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-24 11:29:49

Findings from Survey of Law School Legal Research Programs

« Securing the Federal Cloud | Main | Back Inside the Cave: Eyebrows Raised Over Shadows Presented in Boston College Law Prof's Anti-Gay Marriage Ad » First off, I'd like to thank Joe for this opportunity. Our library has recently been discussing the skills we'd like our students to have at different stages in their legal education. So, we decided to poll other law school libraries across the country to find out how their legal research classes were structured. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-21 07:50:00

Peter Pagge & Devlin Thompson

This is HATE comicbook #15 by Peter Bagge. I don’t know why it is called HATE because it is not hateful at all. It is sort disgusted with the human race in general because they are so self-centered. You might say his Hate is his humanism. The protagonist is a young man named Buddy. Buddy owns a used record shop and that is all he wants. He has a dysfunctional immediately family and friends that he seems to always be critical of. None of them sees things for what they really are. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-15 08:00:00

Beat Cop: It's a TV watch just for you, procedurals fans!

Our time has come, procedural watchers. This is Beat Cop, and it’s our TV watch. Well, it’s a mini-watch…in PopWatch…and we’ll cover lots of shows instead of getting all precious about just Lost or Fringe, but we’re doing God’s work here, ladies and gents.No really! The hallmark of the procedural fan is that we have an overdeveloped sense of justice. We seek resolution, answers. We like our bad guys nabbed, diseases diagnosed, cases closed. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-21 22:02:08

5 Reasons for Caution in the Stock Market and Housing Casino. Public Private Investment Program gives it a go. $64 Million Gives you Access to $1.3 Billion in Unpaid Principal.

It is official that the stock market has gone into full casino mode.  Since the March low the S&P 500 has rallied to the tune of 60 percent.  The only other time you will see such a fierce rally was during the Great Depression .  Yet what people fail to see in the current system is the massive amounts of government sponsored juice and housing-roids that are making the system act like it just drank 10 cans of Red Bull.  Ultimately after all this partying runs its course, another deep hangover [more...]

Date: 2009-09-17 05:21:08

Learning Forex – Forex Trading Guide

Forex is an abbreviation for Foreign Exchange, the system by which one currency is exchanged for another. For such reasons, an exchange rate needs to be established between currencies of all countries. Generally, all currencies are expressed in terms of U.S. dollars, while the U.S. dollar itself is commonly quoted in the Japanese yen, British pound and the Euros. Get Best Forex Automatic Trading Robots   Here is an example to depict why foreign exchange service is required. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-17 21:29:46

Is Obama Fulfilling ACORN’s Agenda?

Here is a copy of ACORN’s so-called People’s Platform , via the Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine, which we first posted back on October 16, 2008 . As is noted below, this platform was updated in 1990 in Chicago, which was just two years before Mr. Obama began to work for the organization via Project Vote and as a trainer for their "power" seminars. Note how many of ACORN’s demands are being accomplished by Mr. Obama since he has assumed office. [more...]

Date: 2009-10-01 04:00:00

Mega Collection of Top Applications (more than 80) - vinay

MEGA SOFTWARE COLLECTION ALSO SEE PAGE-6 CRAZY TALK 5 PRO DFX SOUND ENHANCER V8.403 BIT DEFENDER TOTAL SECURITY 2009 Unlike other security solutions, which rely heavily on a list of pre-existing viruses, BitDefender security solutions use proactive B-HAVE technology that identifies and blocks new and zero-day threats. Additionally, BitDefender Total Security 2009 Systemâ??s maintenance and backup tools keep PCs running at optimal speed and protected from data loss. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-27 07:20:53

Raw Food: The New Frontier

I can’t believe I’m actually saying this out loud, but one of my favorite movies is Justice League: The New Frontier.   It’s an animated film that aired just last year on Cartoon Network. If it helps my case at all, the film is rated PG-13. Okay.   Go ahead and laugh. Got it out of your system?  Good. Now I’m sure you’re wondering what an animated action flick has to do with raw food, so let me explain. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-16 21:01:26

1 Additions to Your Mortgage Business Card That Could Improve Your Business

There are many things you can add to your mortgage business card to create a greater awareness and generate the very best available marketing mileage. As you know, your business card could be an unusual shape, size, or color. It could be folded, printed on both sides, produced as a magnetic card or a see-through card. It could be a laminated card or even converted to a rolodex card. It could even be a miniature CD-Rom. Your choice s are almost as endless as there are grains of sand. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-14 07:12:02

10 Football Fatties: Highest-calorie appetizers at America’s top sports bars

What happens when appetizers at America’s top sports bar chains face off calorie to calorie… and fat gram to fat gram? FatFighterTV digs in to see which game day grub scores the most unhealthy penalties. First up – the calorie champ : 1. Champps Americana: Champps’ Mile High Nachos w/Chicken scored 3600 calories and 224 grams of fat – Even I’m guilty of indulging in these, and I only shared them with one other person. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-24 12:54:36

Are You Applying These 3 Easy Deflect Rule With Your Mini-Site To Increase Your Conversion Ratio?

Have you found the power of generating cash machine with creation of the mini site formula which helps to promote your nets job? These easy 3 block rule would make your website turn down into similar red-hot cash pulling machine with your comfortable time and place. 1. Website Automation Automate all and all section of your mini-site which would give you free time to build your nets business. You need these hard tools to make it done: a. Auto answerer – follow-up scheme b. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-23 09:48:10

I don’t get it.

Walk with me through this article from a newspaper in Alabama , the Montgomery Advertiser . Although she earned her master’s degree in elementary education from Alabama State University in May and has applied for three teaching jobs, Alexis Stanton has been jobless since May. And it is not because of the economy or fewer teaching jobs being available because the state is under proration. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-27 16:01:57

Are You Employing These 3 Plain Deflect Formula With Your Mini-Site To Growth Your Conversion Ratio?

Have you found the power of generating money machine with creation of the mini site formula review which services to promote your cyberspace business? These easy 3 deflect rule will make your site turn down into alike red-hot money pulling machine with your comfortable meter and site. 1. Website Automation Automate each and every section of your mini-site which will hold you free meter to build your cyberspace job. You take these hard instruments to make it over: a. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-23 09:46:36

Posts about Mobile Internet as of September 18, 2009

Information and communication technology:Role of war and pornography - rajeshkochhar.com 09/18/2009 Rajesh Kochhar DIMENSIONS of SCIENCE Lecture on 10 June 2003 at India International Centre, New Delhi War and pornography have played a significant role in the development of information and communication technology (ICT). Both war and porn are manifestation of baser instincts in man and therefore demand a certain degree of perseverance from their patrons. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-18 18:48:50

Reinventing America

America faces serious challenges to maintain its storied status quo. Hurdles include a sinking economy, wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the rising cost of education, global warming, a crumbling infrastructure and American workers with uncertain futures. Trendwatchers are more acutely aware of these issues than most, but they’re also more hopeful [more...]

Date: 2009-01-13 09:40:59

Let’s get real about dollar-equities causation

The following is a guest post from a market strategist at a major research firm . . . ~~~ The dollar rallied, did it? That was the “cause” of yesterday’s weakness in the energy and metals commodities, which in turn “caused” the related equities to sell off? Hogwash! Stocks are calling the tune here, folks. The bond market may have preoccupied U.S. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-23 14:15:20

My 2009 Mini Q

Over the last several weeks I???ve received numerous questions from Sovereign Society subscribers, including individuals who frequent this daily blog. As we start 2009, I thought this would be an ideal forum to collect some of these important questions and attempt to give you my best conclusions. I can???t reprint all of these inquiries; yet I?? [more...]

Date: 2009-01-05 14:43:07

CME Group Expands Legal & Regulatory Team With New Appointments

CME Group Expands Legal & Regulatory Team With New Appointments CHICAGO, Sept. 15 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — CME Group, the world’s largest and most diverse derivatives marketplace, today announced several new senior leadership appointments to its Legal & Regulatory Team. Ann K. Shuman, Managing Director & Deputy General Counsel, has been promoted to an expanded role that will include legal support for regulatory policy initiatives and key growth activities. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-15 19:23:28

or, Custer Used To Be a Hero, TooThe Pentagon honored George W. Bush today, putting him one step closer to being able to display a chestful of medallions at embassy dinners — and we all know how much Georgie likes to play dress-up, Cowboy hats, cowboy boots, flight suits, Commander in Chief leather jackets, you know [more...]

Date: 2009-01-07 06:35:19

Floatin' Powa News Service: The Stunningest Gunnists!

Hamas Seeks New Doctrine after Gaza War Failures It is too different than the old doctrine, you harram Zionist shoe, instead of Kill All the Jews we will now say Perish all the Juden! EU sued for funding Hamas air strikes on Israel Hamas slams Obama for backing down on demand for settlement freeze Palestinians want peace deal but don't reject Hamas Right. PEACE means DIE JUDEN DIE to them. Netanyahu: Israel seeks peace with Palestinians BiBi... [more...]

Date: 2009-09-26 19:08:00

Market snaps 5-day winning streak

The key benchmark indices snapped last five days' gains on fears a glut in share sales may suck liquidity from the secondary market. Profit taking emerged after a strong rally this month that took the market to a 16-month high on Tuesday, 22 September 2009. Volatility was the order of the day as traders rolled over derivatives contracts from September 2009 series to October 2009 series ahead of the expiry of September 2009 contracts on Thursday, 24 September 2009. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-23 13:21:00

Jim’s Mailbox

Dear CIGAs, While market players feel grip of the October selling fear, they fail to see the comparisons of 2009 with 2003. After the Japanese liquidity blast from 2002-2003, the dollar began to fall aggressively in 2003. Stocks soared. Today’s infinite QE of 2008-2009 makes the Japanese liquidity blast of 2002-2003 look like a mini sip from a Dixie cup. As a result, the dollar is falling aggressively. Like 2003, expect gold and equities to follow the lead of a lower dollar in 2009. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-25 18:02:16

What Not To Build

I get to play a government scientist on the internet. As a result, a large part of my work involves being exposed to new and interesting technologies, whether they are the latest military simulators, academic papers delivered at scientific conferences, or product proposals being promoted by aspiring developers [more...]

Date: 2009-01-04 19:18:00

Year 2, Week 15 Results: 1.3 oz of plastic waste. Plastic on TV.

Do any of you watch the Showtime TV show Weeds? Have you ever noticed that Mary Louise Parker has a permanent straw stuck in her mouth? ... . 1 expired Discover card. Hmm... I've seen compostable gift cards. I wonder if credit cards will ever ... think I can do anything about these. 1 plastic wrapper over a Financial West Group investment report [more...]

Date: 2008-09-29 06:36:29

Windows Azure and Cloud Computing Posts for 9/24/2009+

Windows Azure, Azure Data Services, SQL Azure Database and related cloud computing topics now appear in this weekly series. Note: This post is updated daily or more frequently, depending on the availability of new articles in the following sections: Azure Blob, Table and Queue Services SQL Azure Database (SADB) .NET Services: Access Control, Service Bus and Workflow Live Windows Azure Apps, Tools and Test Harnesses Windows Azure Infrastructure [more...]

Date: 2009-09-27 21:52:00

Weekend Conspiracy Theory - Can You Stomach It?

A: Are we all just pawns in a bigger chess game? I'm not one to buy into conspiracies, but this read is just too crazy, given what we know of today's credit/financial crisis and how it has evolved from dynamics/products such as counterparty risk, credit default swaps, complex derivatives - mortgage backed securities [more...]

Date: 2008-10-18 22:54:48

DrumBeat: December 4, 2008

The Peak Oil Crisis: July 2008 – A Month To Remember Most students of the subject at first thought that world oil production was going to peak for geological reasons --- the inability to find and produce enough oil to keep our annual consumption ... Lynch & Co. said in a report today. U.S. fuel demand during the four weeks ended Nov. 28 was down [more...]

Date: 2008-12-04 14:07:31

Dark Horse Preview Review for March

A little editorial prerogative to get out of the way first and that is a big THANK YOU to Gwen and Lee in covering the extra days this week. I was on both a business and mini vacation and with being as busy as I have been I could ... its 2007 Graphic Novel of the Year, and legions of devoted fans consistently report that it makes them [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 05:01:00

22 FHA Qualified Buyers Need Homes in Riverside County CA

I know, it sounds like a “Help Wanted” ad, but seriously, in this market where supposedly there is a multitude of homes available, I have 22 FHA qualified home buyers in Riverside County CA that are unable to retrieve an accepted offer on a purchase contract.  Several of these potential home buyers have made upwards of 20-30 offers on homes, being beat out by overbidding or cash buyers. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-15 23:20:17

That Other Failed War

By Dan Froomkin Special to washingtonopost.com Thursday, October 9, 2008; 12:37 PM With less than four months left in their tenure, White House aides are scrambling to come up with some sort of winning strategy for Afghanistan, the long-eclipsed war that’s looking increasingly like another major debacle for President Bush’s legacy [more...]

Date: 2008-10-10 18:35:17

Posts about Mobile Internet as of September 17, 2009

Insatiable demand for mobile data challenges industry - news.buysellrealestate.com.au 09/17/2009 Mobile Internet users are generating a tremendous and ever-growing demand for bandwidth and infrastructure performance, say speakers at the Linley Tech Processor Conference. Altair Semiconductor 4G Update - blog.tmcnet.com 09/17/2009 Altair Semiconductor is looking to provide the world with energy efficient chips for WiMAX and LTE. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-17 18:48:45

Five in the Morning 011309

Jason Falls brings us an interesting list of the Top 50 Educational blogs, with links aplenty. Nice.Busy, busy ... . Then, a summary of Forresters Wave Report on Social Media Platforms.In recent days, Fast Company ... in your hand. Or electricity without wires. And how does Sony’s new mini video cam match up against [more...]

Date: 2009-01-13 12:10:07

‘Young spenders will drive India’s economy’

As the Indian consumer goes all out to seek new experiences from food and wine, installs an in-home spa and holidays in exotic destinations, ... of the sources of credit available to them, says Hiscock. According to the latest research in the India Retail Report 2009, retail spending by Indian consumers is expected to rise from Rs.13.3 trillion [more...]

Date: 2008-09-29 05:17:26

DrumBeat: December 29, 2008

Gazprom, Once Mighty, Is Reeling MOSCOW — A year ago, Gazprom, the Russian natural gas monopoly, aspired to be the largest corporation in the world. Buoyed by high oil prices and political backing from the Kremlin, it had already achieved third place judging by market capitalization, behind Exxon Mobil and General Electric [more...]

Date: 2008-12-29 14:06:30

Gates of Vienna News Feed 11/16/2008

Don’t miss “Letter From Iceland” under the “General” heading. The most concentrated essence of the financial crisis can be found in Iceland, and the account of recent events there is fascinating — and sobering.Thanks to C. Cantoni, Conservative Swede, Diana West, Insubria, JD, no2liberals, RRW, TB, and all the other tipsters who sent these in [more...]

Date: 2008-11-17 04:57:00

The Press Gets It Wrong Again

So I’m scanning the Drudge Report, as I tend to do every couple of days, and spot a front-page article that claims, SPIDER-MAN creator Stan Lee is to unveil the world's first gay superhero. I just have to check ... came out in 1987 or 1988, so maybe Extrano didn’t quite make it first, but he usually gets the credit [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 08:45:37

Dealing With Income or Job Loss

by Doug West Multiple Income Streams Are More Important Than Ever The latest economy reports show more and more folks ending up on the unemployed ... areas that are available to most people: * Online Income - Many things fall into this category, affiliate plans, blogging income, Adsense dollars, online jobs, marketing your own products [more...]

Date: 2008-12-18 21:23:04

PC sales stank last quarter, but HP, Apple and a few others kept growing

No wonder there's been so much buzz about layoffs at Microsoft: PC sales just stank in the last quarter ... in the fourth quarter, according to a new report from research firm IDC. The holiday season drop pulled ... reduction in spending among both consumer and commercial segments amid tightening credit, eroding [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 21:20:33

Tomorrow’s Star Bloggers Talk About Blogging

When a blogger becomes famous, everyone wants to get in touch with her, asking for interviews, sharing their post ideas, ... bloggers who are on their way to building something big. Here’s how the study was organized: I sent ... of interesting bloggers. I contacted them to see how they would respond and asked each of them two interview [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 03:17:19

Another Bad Start to the Day in Asia (Update: Carnage!)

Mr. Market is in a very bad mood. From Bloomberg: Asian stocks fell, sending Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index below 16,000 for the first time in two years, on concern the credit crisis will topple more banks and slowing growth will cut demand ... , leading declines in Asia, as Hong Kong's monetary authority cut interest rates to keep a credit crisis [more...]

Date: 2008-10-08 04:28:59

Gates of Vienna News Feed 1/6/2009

Tuan Jim sends an string of important news articles about the gas pipeline crisis caused by the deadlock between Russia and Ukraine. He notes that the affected countries are dusting off alternative sources of energy — fuel oil and nuclear reactors — for electricity generation.Thanks to AA, Abu Elvis, C [more...]

Date: 2009-01-07 04:50:00

PhD summary

A Critical Study on Role of Gyandoot Intranet Project in E-governance in Madhya Pradesh Dr. Umesh Arya Twenty first century would be widely acclaimed as the era of Information Technology for India and most of the developing world. This was the time when the Information and Communication Technologies started making inroads into the hitherto [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 11:02:00

Red Carpet Report From The MTV Video Music Awards

Special Red Carpet correspondent Maria Diaz here of b5media blogs BravoFan and CelebTots , taking the stage from your regular blogger Lauren to give you some dish on what was going on at the Red Carpet of the MTV Video Music Awards , held last night at Radio City Music Hall in New York City! Credit: Maria Diaz w/ Creative Commons License First, let’s just discuss Kanye West . [more...]

Date: 2009-09-14 18:41:10

PayPal vs. Google Checkout and Why You Should Offer Both

By now, you’ve probably heard of this great “war.” Blogs have been written about it ... with promotions and credit card deals are any indication, they’re finding ways to try and recoup losses ... and navigation problems. 4. Linkable only to credit cards and debit cards: Google does itself an incredible [more...]

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

Debunking a Consumate Liar, Sen. Jon Kyl

Posted by AzBlueMeanie: On Sunday our local fish wrap, the Arizona Daily Star, turned over its opinion page to Arizona's "other" senator, Sen ... its report in 2008, A Feeble Recovery: The fundamental economic weaknesses of the 2001-07 expansion debunking this frequent conservative talking point. (This report was written before the National Bureau [more...]

Date: 2009-01-05 23:49:16

The Mini Depression and the Maximum-Strength Remedy

This is not the Great Depression of the 1930s, but nor is it turning out to be merely a bad recession of the kind we've experienced periodically over the last half century. Call it a Mini Depression. The employment report last Friday shows job ... now is not the supply of credit. Yes, Wall Street is paralyzed at the moment because the bursting [more...]

Date: 2008-11-09 15:02:00

Bill Ayers: “Don’t Demonize Me” Cause I Planted Bombs NYTimes Op-Ed Piece

Bill Ayers, a former member of the violent Vietnam War protest group, the Weather Underground, made a public plea to stop “demonizing” him via the New York Times, in an op-ed piece. Which after reading some the comments posted in Ayer’s windy city Chicago Tribune, Ayer’s plea has fallen on deaf ears [more...]

Date: 2008-12-07 13:19:10

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