Classified: 500,000 More Troops for Afghanistan

Classified McChrystal Report: 500,000 Troops Will Be Required Over Five Years in Afghanistan by Tom Andrews - The Huffington Post/Common Dreams Embedded in General Stanley McChrystal's classified assessment of the war in Afghanistan is his conclusion that a successful counterinsurgency strategy will require 500,000 troops over five years. This bombshell was dropped by NBC reporter Andrea Mitchell on MSNBC's Morning Joe on Wednesday: "The numbers are really pretty horrifying. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-25 03:02:00

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Words from the (Investment) Wise (Sept. 27, 2009)

After hitting its best levels of the year on Wednesday ahead of the Federal Open Market Committee’s (FOMC) communiqué, the S&P 500 Index ran into heavy weather on the realization that the Fed could start scaling back on emergency support of the economy. US equities dropped further later in the week on renewed concerns about the state of the troubled housing market and weaker-than-expected durable goods orders. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-27 14:33:29

So What If People Make Fun Of Our Frugality!

There's been many a times I've been picked on for being frugal. Mostly during my prepubescent years, but even now I've been known to give a few of my friends a good laugh. I'm sure they were all just jealous (at least that's what our mothers always says, right?) but either way I say who cares. Who cares if our frugality and craftiness distracts people? Are they the ones saving a few dollars? Anope - we are. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-28 11:25:00

E. Online Resources

If you have access to the Internet, there is a good deal of information you can find using your computer. But you can’t do it all—not every court decision or state statute is available online. Furthermore, unless you know what you are looking for—the case name and citation or the code section—you may have difficulty finding it. Still, there are a number of useful sites: • Nolo.com’s Legal Research Center . [more...]

Date: 2009-09-27 02:04:59

Bachmann, Paul Criticize "Out of Control" Spending in Forum (from John Hageman's happenin blog)

Reps. Ron Paul and Michelle Bachmann blasted the current administration's spending plan at a forum at Northrop Auditorium at the University of MInnesota Friday, according to the Pioneer Press. Over 2,000 people attended the event, and met the representatives with support. "You are the generation that will inherit increasing debt from out-of-control spending," Bachmann said. Paul also warned that further government expansion will undermine personal liberty. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-26 20:53:18

10 Green Energy Gambles for 2009

The credit crunch made me reassess my investing strategy last September. First, my expectation of the lack of availability of credit for companies without reliable cash flow led me to sell several early stage and troubled companies. Second, my experience of attempting to re-orient my portfolio in a hurry convinced me that I simply own too [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 01:55:04

Words from the (investment) wise for the week that was (September 21 – 27, 2009)

After hitting its best levels of the year on Wednesday ahead of the Federal Open Market Committee’s (FOMC) communiqué, the S&P 500 Index ran into heavy weather on the realization that the Fed could start scaling back on emergency support of the economy. US equities dropped further later in the week on renewed concerns about the state of the troubled housing market and weaker-than-expected durable goods orders. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-27 07:51:48

Words from the (investment) wise for the week that was (September 21 – 27, 2009)

After hitting its best levels of the year on Wednesday ahead of the Federal Open Market Committee’s (FOMC) communiqué, the S&P 500 Index ran into heavy weather on the realization that the Fed could start scaling back on emergency support of the economy. US equities dropped further later in the week on renewed concerns about the state of the troubled housing market and weaker-than-expected durable goods orders. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-27 07:51:48

T3Leads - CPA Network Review

In the ‘make money online’ realm, there are literally hundreds of ways to do so, whether it be through blogging, e-commerce, affiliate marketing, ... ? T3Leads currently deals mostly with the following types of companies: debt settlement, credit cards, home improvement, insurance, tax debt, mortgage loands, payday loans, auto loans, and foreclosure. [more...]

Date: 2009-01-11 09:00:42

Credit Card Minimum Payments, More or Less

I have been a member of the Dave Ramsey Total Money Makeover forums for over two years now, and in that time I’ve made several virtual friends, and read many inspiring stories of families who clawed their way out of debt.  I recently read a comment from a new member working their way through baby step two–the dreaded debt snowball [more...]

Date: 2008-10-07 11:00:37

NEW Continental Congress for “The People” to Restore Individual Freedom, Protect Property and Earnings

Please be so kind as to disseminate this information down through your organizations, associates and colleagues, if you haven’t already done so.  I believe this NEW Continental Congress is the best way to retrieve and restore our individual God given Constitutional rights, powers and authorities, which have been usurped by both parties and all three branches of the U.S. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-29 16:52:37

Do New Year Resolutions Work? Parents? Kids? Teens?

There’s nothing more silly to me than reading TEEN resolutions that ADULTS have written…I mean, c’mon, folks, let’s resolve to get real, shall we? Kids and adults may collaborate on what they’d like to see shift in their relationships, compare notes, strategize, or navigate personal goals, but trying to cram adult needs into kids’ heads ( [more...]

Date: 2009-01-09 09:33:21

A stiff premium for false choices

At a Thursday public forum in Louisville, Gov. Steve Beshear's Chief of Staff Adam Edelen elevated the government hysteria for higher taxes by saying ... involved improving our future and that of our children?The problem is that this overblown rhetoric simply ... and that of our children more than they did their ability to win the next election, we [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 12:36:00

Gates of Vienna News Feed 1/2/2009

In tonight’s news: Israel is poised to send ground troops into Gaza.A Muslim family was removed from a plane before takeoff, and is being compensated by the airline for the error. CAIR is in high dudgeon about the incident.Thousands of shoes were dumped on a Miami expressway — is that a message for President-eject Bush? [more...]

Date: 2009-01-03 04:42:00

The Brakes Are Not Working In California

The LA Times reports from California. “A record 10% of the nation’s mortgage-burdened homeowners fell behind on their loan payments or were in foreclosure during the third quarter, according to a survey released Friday by the Mortgage ... driven by these job loss factors,’ said Jay Brinkmann, chief economist for the Mortgage Bankers [more...]

Date: 2008-12-06 18:15:59

Global Corp/ Group

Once upon a time thee was a UK based company called Global Corp that provided a service for DS who were self-employed. Global would charge a monthly fee by Standing Order and deal with all the invoicing, NI contributions, tax etc. However a few clients were not very happy with their service. They moved to the US and are now called Global Group Inc [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 10:54:05

Monday's Instahoglets

By Fester: As we run more 'Hoglets, I'll be very curious to see what my colleagues are reading and flagging as 'interesting but not something I can ... to read any more.... let's just look at the issue at hand of setting aside cash to pay off debt ... down municipal debt. The defeasement of municipal debt happens all the time and is a well understood [more...]

Date: 2008-12-15 18:39:01

"A visceral fear of the word "tax" has impeded any efforts to keep up with Texas' burgeoning traffic demands."

The proof will be in lawmakers' funding plans1/12/09EditorialThe Lufkin Daily NewsCopyright 2009Perhaps we should take heart that several local "mobility advocates" came home from Austin after a three-day forum buoyed by what they described as a fresh atmosphere for Texas transportation planning.Former White Oak Mayor Tim Vaughn and SWEPCO [more...]

Date: 2009-01-13 00:34:00

Daily Tidbits: Delicious gets some 'intelligent' competition

ZigTag, a social bookmarking tool that has been in the works for years, has finally launched to the public ... with debt create and manage a plan to pay it down. According to the company, DebtGoal.com allows users to enter debt information, interest rates, and payment schedules into the app. Once input, it delivers [more...]

Date: 2008-12-29 17:28:00

Gates of Vienna News Feed 1/8/2009

The latest word is that an agreement with Russia has been reached, and the flow through the gas pipeline will resume.Also, look for the storming of the Israeli consulate in Montreal, as well as other Gaza-inspired violence around the world.Thanks to AA, Abu Elvis, Insubria, JD, Tuan Jim, Vlad Tepes, and all the other tipsters who sent these in [more...]

Date: 2009-01-09 04:49:00

Some sense on stimulus

Apparently to some people, intellectual disagreements are intolerable, and those who disagree intellectually can only be the most pathetic, worthless thing on the planet: Republican hacks (of the “ethics-free” variety).  I’m talking ... , and elegant argument in defense of the position that DeLong tars as held only by “ethics-free [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 00:30:39

WALL STREET BAILOUT OR WORKERS ACTION PROGRAM??? by Marty Goodman

New York right now is a rather amazing mirror of national developments. The first African American governor sits in Albany [more...]

Date: 2009-01-10 04:36:23

DrumBeat: December 23, 2008

Steve LeVine - Blunder: A New Age for Russia In August, Putin’s Russia seemed unstoppable, specifically after its five-day war with Georgia punctured the appearance of a new era of U.S. power in the former Soviet Caucasus and Central Asia. Georgia seemed the crowning achievement of a several-year-campaign of projecting Russian power over its [more...]

Date: 2008-12-23 14:14:56

Bailout Fatigue Sets In

attorneygeneral.utah.gov Just as troubled borrowers are poised to become the next likely recipients of government help, bailout fatigue seems to have set in. Since the government began inching toward offering homeowners more help — calling for a holiday foreclosure suspension and launching a plan to streamline [more...]

Date: 2008-12-09 18:38:11

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

Holocaust in Gaza

By ROHINI HENSMANIn February 2008, Israel’s Deputy Defence Minister Matan Vilnai warned that if Hamas continued firing rockets, they would bring upon themselves a ‘bigger shoah,’ the word used by Israelis to refer to the Nazi genocide or holocaust. This statement came in the wake of attacks on Gaza which left 32 Palestinians dead, [more...]

Date: 2009-01-11 17:22:00

Should You Ask Your Credit Card Company NOT To Raise Your Limit?

One of our readers, Lisa, had this question: My card company just keeps increasing my credit limit- can I call and ask them not to increase it ... increases are a huge benefit to your credit score. Your debt to credit ratio (How much you have charged vs ... s never good financial sense to go deeper into debt just because more credit is offered. Thanks [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 06:20:42

Cause and Effect

Earlier today in the feed, I had commented on an item I shared: Unemployment Hits 7.2%, 16-Year High (January 9, 2009).Back in September and October, as Obama was looking more and more likely of becoming the next president, I was forwarding material about businesses getting cold feet over an Obama administration ( [more...]

Date: 2009-01-10 03:15:00

TEN THOUGHTS DARWINIST’S NEED TO PONDER BEFORE BREAKFAST

As we head into the new year and the impending Darwin bi-centennial on February 12th, we’re sure to be regaled with story after story of the wondrous things that Darwinian evolution hath wrought.  A friend e-mailed the following to me, and with his permission, I reproduce it here below the fold [more...]

Date: 2008-12-23 17:40:17

UnitedHealth “praised for major leadership effort”

Big Health Insurer Agrees to Update Its Fee Data By Danny Hakim and Reed Abelson The New York Times January 13, 2009 In a settlement with one of the nation’s biggest insurers, New York’s attorney general ... , to be announced Tuesday, is part of a settlement with the insurance giant UnitedHealth Group, which operates [more...]

Date: 2009-01-13 20:09:36

The Prince Unconstrained: A Response to Michael Taft

Here’s a piece I wrote in the Irish Left Review responding to Michael Taft’s article in the ILR a few weeks ago. Full text is below, but check out the discussion on the site itself also. The late, great monetary economist Hyman Minsky (1986:110), quoting Nobellist James Tobin, once wrote of economics theory that: [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 20:38:55

Polychrysos - The Illusory Game Of Exchange #

The Illusory Game of Exchange, the Giant Poker Table where our Realities are determined...In the previous post in our seasonal triptych, by focusing on the gathering Depression from the perspective of hedge-funds, Dark Pools, Behaviouralism, Darwinism and climate change, we outlined some of the reasons why a Deep Depression is our future [more...]

Date: 2009-01-13 12:47:00

links for 2008-12-26

In Hard Times, Houses of God Turn to Chapter 11 in Book of Bankruptcy - WSJ.com Church Mortgage & Loan Corp. of Maitland, Fla ... $18 million it owes, says company lawyer Elizabeth Green. Church Mortgage filed for Chapter 11 ... to Getting Out of Debt 9. Tools for a Frugal Life 10. Resources The *Official* Guitar [more...]

Date: 2008-12-27 07:01:05

Gail The Actuary Presents Her Outlook

Gail the Actuary on the OilDrum presents a thoughtful, well-organized piece on economic prospects for 2009. She outlines levels of debt resting on actual income. The economic outlook is not rosy. Below ... to loosen up credit after being given loads of money? You betcha. But forget about them. We failed [more...]

Date: 2009-01-06 20:34:00

Mystery: Luxury Newseum condos became rentals

Al Neuharth started Freedom Forum in 1991 with $650 million provided by Gannett stockholders after his retirement as chairman and CEO. Employees built the fortune over 50 years in the original Gannett Foundation. This is part of a series on Neuharth's stewardship of that money, now held in his Freedom Forum foundation [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 16:22:00

Comment Spam Fighting Technique

Comment Spam when looked from slightly different perspective can be an indicator of your blog popularity! So I guess we all should rejoice when our SPAM queue filled with dozens of comments from spam-bots. Luckily that is easily killed by simply taking advantage of the options provided by Akismet [more...]

Date: 2008-12-18 12:40:31

25 Hottest Women of Business

For many, the word “businessperson” connotes men in white shirts and stranglehold neckties. That stereotype may have held true in the 1950s, but since then, the appearance factor of the business world has evolved substantially. Take women. Hot women have always populated the business world in some shape or form [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 14:31:00

Deficit projection ’stuns’ Congress

Stunned at the prospect of a $1.2 trillion deficit this fiscal year, ... Hill was how big the recovery package needs to be to reverse the economy’s slide. Now, there’ ... of borrowing and debt that’s too much for future generations to bear? “There’s a consensus among [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 21:06:36

Five alternatives to 0% yield U.S. treasuries

By Xin Lu This week the 4 week T-bill rate was driven down to 0% and the demand for these treasuries was astounding ... with yields higher than 0%. The Fatwallet forums maintains a good list of the current rates ... above 2% and they are FDIC insured up to $250,000 per account. 4. Pay off debt - Instead of buying [more...]

Date: 2008-12-12 01:10:37

Another Year : New cast of characters, new problems, same old politics

Unexpected Good News in 2008 The Olympics and the haul of gold won by our athletes The wonderful celebrations of Independence Day The Riu Hotel ... , son of a West Indian immigrant to the UK, becoming the youngest ever Formula One World Champion ... implodes under the weight of debt and the global econo [more...]

Date: 2009-01-13 03:29:05

Fascists and Trots Debate at Hizb Conference

Over at Socialist Unity, Derek Wall has uncovered a conference, run by an outfit called Global Vision 2000. The speaker who worries him most is this chap: In particular I noticed Alistair McConnachie. McConnachie has two faces, one is as an alternative economist, [more...]

Date: 2008-12-08 00:17:54

January 10 2009: Hornswoggled Absquatulation

Russell Lee Tobaccy Candy 1940 Pool hall, Shasta County, California Ilargi: The revolving doors between Washington and Wall Street are swinging like never before. Lawrence Summers and Robert Rubin are the finance powerhouses in the upcoming Obama administration. They were in the exact same place 10 years ago [more...]

Date: 2009-01-10 16:28:00

Voddie Baucham on Getting One's Ticket Punched, Round Two?

A few weeks ago, I mentioned a program called "College Plus!" that is endorsed, most notably, by Doug Phillips ... non-academic coaching to those who enroll in their program. They also offer a core curriculum ... Plus!, those students who are enrolled are actually studying non-Christian curriculum [more...]

Date: 2009-01-10 01:49:00

Add Your Comment:

« PreviousHarry Reid: Trigger Happy Next »Barack Obama, Olympic (Committee) Bound Latest Lie: "Death Panels By Proxy" Posted by Karen TumultySunday, September 27, 2009 at 12:17 pm 56 Comments • Trackback (0) • Related Topics:Max Baucus, congress, health care, senate, death panels, death panels by proxy, fear-mongering, medicare There they go again. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-27 16:17:24

"A Line in the Sand"

If you look on the sidebar, you will see a link to "Bailouts and Stimulus Plans - Fama/French Forum," at least until it rolls off the list ... ) CS , and government savings GS .... (1) PI = PS + CS + GS.... The problem is simple: bailouts and stimulus plans are funded by issuing more government debt.... The added debt absorbs savings [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 08:24:00

Personal Finance Money Tips Q&A #1

This is the first post of the regular questions and answers series. If you have any question, please try our forum. If you are concern about private information, you can contact me using the contact form. Please note that you agree that our email may be published here (without disclosing identity) [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 23:00:50

The New York Times to the Atlantic: Kiss My Grey Pucker

Did Michael Hirschorn's article for The Atlantic on the fiscal disaster perhaps awaiting The New York Times hit some kind of nerve? ... (never mind the fact that the debt is at the corporate level). We disagree ... we need it. We repay what we have borrowed as cash comes in and the amount we can borrow [more...]

Date: 2009-01-13 19:18:00

HelpingKind.org: A Pay It Forward Marketplace

Beside being a rather forgettable Kevin Spacey film, ... the Debt by a like operation, when he shall be able, and shall meet with another opportunity. I hope ... recently struck long-time SitePoint Forums member Dave Dalton, and drove him to create [more...]

Date: 2008-11-19 19:19:01

The CFR….Expecting An Obama Regime To CHANGE - Only what the CFR Allow…..Joe Biden and Co Are CFR Guys!!

The Council On Foreign Relations (CFR) And The New World Order- By William Blase For those who may be confused by the controversies surrounding the “New World Order”, a One-World-Government, and American concern over giving the UN more power; those unaware of the issues involved; and those wishing more background, I offer the following [more...]

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

MCEA Sets its Annapolis Agenda

Following are the remarks of MCEA President Bonnie Cullison at the union's legislative breakfast this past Saturday. In attendance was the vast majority of Montgomery's statehouse delegation. Note the union's positions on the state school aid miscalculation, GCEI and teacher pensions [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 19:00:00

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