Robert John Bowen

Robert John Bowen passed away January 9, 2009 in Riverside, California at the age of 80 years ... Employees Credit Union, serving on the Credit Union Board. Volunteer for AARP Tax Service for 17 years ... No. 6 at 2:30pm with Military Honors. Arrangements Entrusted To The Care Of Riverside, CA. (951) 785-4071 [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 18:48:16

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Headline News - January 14, 2009

Wall St. Journal: Bank of America to Get Billions in U.S ... AIte Group Report: U.S. Credit Unions: Seize the Opportunity Note: Throughout the day, as Payments ... Services Acquires Private Label Credit Card Program of Canadian Luxury Jeweler Birks Bank Systems [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 13:26:41

TARP "Reform" Act only makes things worse

By Matt Hawes Representative Barney Frank, chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, has introduced H.R ... and credit unions to 0,000 permanent, when it was enacted temporarily as part of TARP [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 04:23:08

Vantage CU’s Twitter 2.0 banking breakthrough

Every time you start to think the financial industry’s fixation with Twitter may be easing, something completely new comes along and shakes things up. Like this stunner: TweetMyMoney, a new fully-proprietary innovation from Vantage Credit Union that allows people to access account information and make transfers via Twitter. With the revolutionary new service, members can check their account balances, deposits, withdrawals, holds and cleared checks with simple commands. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-29 11:21:28

PIGS? omg! (FT/Aplphaville)

If it wasn’t so serious, this would be amusing. Except - it isn’t ... , a public service union leader has warned members that the International Monetary Fund could be brought ... . From FT/Alphaville What happens when a triple-A rated sovereign government’s credit rating [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 09:54:13

One more reason California is circling the drain

Institutional malfeasance? As regular state workers braced for unpaid two-day-a-month furloughs, ... . The deal provided two years of extra service credit to anyone who was at least 50 years old ... why the public isn't taking the state's budget crisis seriously or why state worker unions seem [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 14:29:02

Argument Recap: AT&T v. Hulteen

The second case argued on December 10, 2008, AT&T v ... other women who were denied full service credit for pregnancy leaves taken from AT&T between 1968 and 1976.  When the company calculated their pension benefits decades later, the women and the union [more...]

Date: 2008-12-31 18:48:06

ScamBuster 284

Hello friend, My name is Scott Whittington, I am an American soldier, I am serving in the military with the 1st Armored Division in Iraq , as you know we are being attacked by insurgents everyday and car bombs.We managed to move part of funds belonging to Saddam Hussein’s family in 2003. The total amount is US$12 Million dollars in cash, mostly 100 dollar bills,this money has been kept somewhere outside Baghdad for some time but with the proposed troop in increase by president Barrack Obama, [more...]

Date: 2009-09-27 07:53:34

Honduras suspends civil liberties as ousted President calls for resistance

StatismWatch can’t cover a lot of South American issues in-depth (sorry), but it’s worth noting here that Manuel Zelaya, the democratically elected Honduran leader, was arrested in his bed by the new military junta and deported some months ago. (Exhaustive detail may be found at Democracy Now! ) As Greg Grandin, professor of Latin American history at NYU puts it, “The Honduran military is effectively a subsidiary of the United States government. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-28 19:48:04

FBI wants records from travel data aggregators

Ryan Singel of Wired News has reported that documents (see the links to some of them at the end of the Wired story) provided in response to requests under the Freedom of Information Act show that the FBI’s National Security Branch “National Security Analysis Center” (NSAC) has obtained a variety of commercial travel records from hotel chains and franchisers, car rental companies, and the operator of the financial clearinghouse for most airline tickets (and some other travel services) issued or [more...]

Date: 2009-09-28 16:42:58

In The News Today

Dear Extended Family: Please watch the following video and keep these points in mind: 1. That it comes from CNBC. 2. That is was presented without the usual argumentation from interviewers. 3. That it errs only in saying gold is the enemy of all central banks which we know is incorrect for Asia and even the Germans who are now backing off selling. Better said, gold is the enemy of some central banks. 4. Its major reference is to the US dollar. 5. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-27 23:20:59

5 ways to cut the cost of using a mobile abroad

1. Text, don’t talk Try to avoid calling if you can – it could cost £1 a minute to call England from America. It’s expensive to receive calls, too. But it is free to receive a text and should only cost about 50p to send. Sending too many texts back and forth, however, is not a good idea. James Parker, mobiles manager at moneysupermarket.com, says: “A quick call can be cheaper than a series of texts.” So whichever mode of contact you are going to use, make it brief. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-28 14:39:26

Hundreds of L.A. County workers rally for contract support

Hundreds of L.A. County workers gathered outside the downtown county administration building this morning to rally support from leaders before their contract expires Wednesday. They arrived in half a dozen charter buses, wearing T-shirts and toting signs from Service Employees International Union Local 721, which represents about 55,000 county workers. “We’re not asking for a raise -- they’re trying to maintain their benefits,” said union spokeswoman Elizabeth Brennan. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-29 17:26:35

AEI Interns’ Transcripts in Date Order: Their Own First Draft of History

First of all, I want to reemphasize everything Laurie just said. This is not a new threat, and this is not a threat we did not know about. Saddam Hussein has, in many ways, openly dreamed of mass death in the United States. He has shared his dreams with his nation and the world many times. We also know he has actively planned to do so many times, and Laurie’s book is a rather convincing argument that he is active and successfully implemented plans to do so as well. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-28 08:30:21

Practical Internet Privacy-Privacy World

Practical Internet Privacy Paul Green & SR Privacy World: August 15, 2009 There are lots of reasons you might prefer not to have every website you visit and email you send logged and recorded for years to come. I can’t think of any why you would. In many countries, however, internet providers are required by law to do just that. According to the London Telegraph, from April 2009 that now includes all European Union countries. For the tech-minded, here are the gory details. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-27 05:04:37

Divinity, Love & Living!

Last week I announced that we were going to be embarking on a fabulous new adventure — & here we are! My amazing friend & psychic advisor Joycelle will be doing weekly readings right here! Am I on the right path & is this a viable career choice? I’m feeling as if the relationship I am in is falling apart, just wondering what to do & if the right person is ever going to come along. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-29 01:04:07

Frequently Asked Questions About Health Insurance

Author : Francis Lua There are many questions that people have regarding health insurance This is because the insurance purchasing process involves many people, from the customer and the agent to the underwriter and insurance company For the average consumer, it is easy to become baffled by the process; but, learning about the process, educating yourself, gives you much more purchasing power Below are some samples of questions, and answers, which are believed to be among the most common that [more...]

Date: 2009-09-26 22:46:33

Operation Rollback

Posted by Review-a-Day, September 29th, 2009 3 CommentsFiled under:Review-a-Day. The Retail Revolution: How Wal-Mart Created a Brave New World of Business by Nelson Lichtenstein Reviewed by Jefferson DeckerThe Nation In October 2003 employees at more than 800 chain supermarkets in California walked out of their jobs after management demanded pay cuts and a reduction in health insurance benefits. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-29 09:54:00

7 Questions for John Rowsell of Man Investments

Sep 27th, 2009 | Filed under: Hedge Fund Industry Trends, Today's Post By: Andrew Saunders, AllAboutAlpha.com Editorial Board.This summer, Man Investments, one of the world’s largest alpha hunters announced a strategic reorganization of its hedge fund investment business. Long associated with systematic trading – AHL was launched way back in 1987 – Man has built a significant fund of funds (FoF) business, with the acquisition of Glenwood investments in 2000 and RMF Investment in 2002 making [more...]

Date: 2009-09-28 00:00:43

Start Your Own Business Stuff – Tools, Resources, Money, Grants and Mentoring Resources – Applied Solutions and Innovation / Invention

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT OFFICE OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS Thursday, September 24, 2009 202-482-4883 Commerce Secretary Locke Announces New Commerce Initiatives to Foster Innovation and Entrepreneurship WASHINGTON— U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke announced today his plans to create a new Office of Innovation and Entrepreneurship within the Department of Commerce and launch a National Advisory Council on Innovation and Entrepreneurship. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-26 16:22:50

Paying Bills While Away and Other Sundry Tasks: Day 19 of 30w30d

This post is part of 30 Ways in 30 days to Redesign Your Life and Travel the World . This series seeks to give you the practical, real world steps you need to take to get from wherever you are, to exactly where you want to be– traveling the world and living the lifestyle you want. Ah yes, the little details that threaten to upend any good plan.  How will you get your mail?  Deposit checks?  Pay your cell phone bill?  Vote?  Renew your license?  Short answer: online. [more...]

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

No surprise here; FBI and likely other federal agencies abuse the use of National Security Letters. Support the JUSTICE Act unless the Republicans can do better.

I have been railing against the Patriot Act (which is anything but) since its passage and I physically protested same back when AG Ashcroft visited Salt Lake City in circa 2003. Numerous provisions of that Act signed into law by the SOB (Son Of a Bush) were and remain egregious. The Patriot Act assailed our rights on so many fronts, not the least of which was broadening the use of National Security Letters (NSL). [more...]

Date: 2009-09-28 19:56:34

Identity Theft – What You Need To Know

Identity theft is a crime used to refer to fraud that involves someone pretending to be someone else in order to steal money or get other benefits. Are you a victim of identity theft? If prevention works like a lock, identity theft detection can be compared to an alarm. Learn how to detect identity theft. Ben Bernanke is a victim of identity theft. This is proof positive that it can happen to anyone. This article and related links tell you what to do if you are a victim of identity theft. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-27 20:17:50

ScamBuste 286

NOTIFICATION OF PAYMENT VIA ATM CARD This is to officially inform you that we have verified your contract/inheritance file presently on my desk, and I found out that you have not fulfilling the obligations giving to you in respect to your contract payment. Secondly, you are hereby advised to stop dealing with some non-officials in the bank as this is an illegal act and will have to stop if you so wish to receive your payment immediately. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-29 08:54:51

Autumn PR

Naramata Heritage Inn Fall Winemaker’s Dinner Series; Araxi’s new cookbook sings of land and sea; Thanksgiving Dinner  at Elixr Bistro; Cabana Grille hosts second Terasen Gas Gourmet and Grapes Gala at the Okanagan Fall Wine Festival; De Dutch Customers Denounce the HST; Naramata Heritage Inn Fall Winemaker’s Dinner Series If you haven’t yet picked your pleasure for the 2009 Okanagan Fall Wine Festival, don’t delay! We have some exciting opportunities for your dining pleasure. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-29 06:35:07

Environmental justice is to justice as ...

The Senate Health, Education and Labor Policy Committee is the first committee out of the 111th Congressional gate to hold confirmation hearings on ... to the nominee about the Employee Free Choice and two pro-union, trial lawyer-supported bills to be voted ... ." Forced! Solis touts her advocacy for this legally couched form of class warfare, taking cred [more...]

Date: 2009-01-07 12:27:49

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

buy American

I have a lot of tools. I have more than a normal person should, I think.  My collection of tools is based on one part frugality (I can save money by fixing it myself!), one part wastefulness (I NEED a specialty picture-hanging hook that looks JUST so!) and one part optimism (I am going to be Mr. Family-Man-Fixer-Upper!) [more...]

Date: 2009-01-13 12:00:45

Is Bush Tanking Stocks to Grab the Remaining $350 Billion TARP? Remember the much decried end-of-Clinton- era pardons, the most controversial of which involved tax cheat and storied trader Marc Rich? Well, if I am reading the tea leaves right, those shenanigans pales compared to the nonsense Bush is trying to pull in his last week in office [more...]

Date: 2009-01-13 21:43:00

For Zimbabweans, A Cow Dung Christmas; AP Still Partially Deflects Blame from Mugabe

I held this item for a couple of days after I found it because I didn't want to spoil Christmas. Readers can fairly criticize me for waiting. It is truly astonishing how little attention this two week-old story has received (Warning: Very disturbing content; the underlying news at caritas.org is here; bolds are mine) [more...]

Date: 2008-12-26 05:18:16

For Zimbabweans, A Cow Dung Christmas; AP Still Partially Deflects Blame from Mugabe

I held this item for a couple of days after I found it because I didn’t want to spoil Christmas. Readers can fairly criticize me for waiting. It is truly astonishing how little attention this two week-old story has received (Warning: Very disturbing content; the underlying news at caritas.org is here; bolds are mine) [more...]

Date: 2008-12-26 05:01:08

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

Bank of America smashes Acorn

Acorn has taken some huge hits from the money givers that fund their activities legal and otherwise.   The next after Census Bureau, Senate, House of Representatives and other Governmental Organizations, now have Bank of America who apparently used them or worked with them in predatory loans that were such a problem for the country that caused the collapse of U.S. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-29 06:05:34

Kenya Airways 2009 AGM

Kenya Airways (KQ) is the cradle of blogging for me – one of their annual general meeting's (AGM) is the place it all started, the place where the inspiration for blogging, since then it’s been a ritual to attend because I like planes and investments similarly. This year’s AGM, held on September 25, was the first I’ve attended at Kasarani sports gymnasium; previous ones were at their Embakasi HQ, Carnivore and Bomas grounds. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-29 09:46:00

Transcript of Mayor Michael Nutter’s budget update

Date: Jan 15, 2009 Location: Philadelphia City Hall Speaker: Mayor Michael Nutter (transcript provided by Mayor’s Office of Communications) Good morning. I appreciate everyone being here today on what I’m sure was relatively short notice.  I’ve asked you all here today because we need to share some information regarding some serious concerns [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 19:01:46

Essential Credit Repair You Need Know For Successful Self Credit Repair

Credit Repair The DIY Way . Credit repair is a great way to improve your credit scores and get a fresh financial start. However many people cannot afford the cost of a credit repair service. The good news is that you can do credit repair yourself and get the same results as a credit repair company would, you just lose the convenience of not having to do anything. This article will discuss a few important DIY credit repair tips that you can use to get started. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-28 06:50:28

Time to Refinance?

It’s a good thing I don’t have a job! Or else I’d be refinancing again… I think in the past 7 years, we’ve had 3 houses, and at least 8 mortgages! ... d break even in about 16 months. More about our mortgage is described in The Perfect Ten Year Mortgage. Here’s another good break even calculator. Where to Look for Best Rates If you are shopping [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 14:29:45

Gates of Vienna News Feed 1/5/2009

Read through the official European reactions to Israel’s ground offensive into Gaza: Zapatero, the Vatican, the Italian government — all are pressuring Israel for a ceasefire. The surprise is Dutch Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende, who states that it would be pointless to condemn Israel without addressing what Hamas is doing [more...]

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

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

Things I Learned When I Refinanced My Home

Some days I feel like a home refinancing expert. I’ve refinanced my home twice in the last three years to take advantage of attractive interest ... , I called my local banks, credit unions, and savings and loan companies. I also checked interest rates ... to the interest rates on many credit cards. In addition to looking for a lower interest rate, people [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 01:31:07

Emotional, financial and legal advice on surviving redundancy

Keep calm Remember you're not alone Redundancy can be a devastating, sometimes brutal, experience but it's not your fault. "You aren't responsible for the vagaries of the western economic cycle. You didn't start the credit crunch in your own backyard," says Phillip Hodson, a fellow of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 14:45:20

Gates of Vienna News Feed 1/3/2009

The situation with the Russian gas pipeline through Ukraine is interesting. The new pipeline through the Baltic — which will allow Russia to cut off supplies to Eastern Europe without disturbing the flow of energy to its reliable Western European customers — is not ready yet, so the cutoff of gas to Ukraine is having effects further west [more...]

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

Sarah Palin: COMMON SENSE CONSERVATISM

tothepointnews.com Written by Sarah Palin Thursday, 24 September 2009 You can call me a common-sense conservative. My approach to the issues facing my country and the world, issues that we’ll discuss today, are rooted in this common-sense conservatism… Common sense conservatism deals with the reality of the world as it is. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-27 17:28:31

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

Military Retirement - Special Tools for Planning

by Michael Geoffrey People in the military usually have a much different retirement plan than ordinary civilians so they should use a special ... . Most people in the military are members of a credit union and that is always a great source of information. Getting help at your credit union is a good idea because they have years of experience [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 23:55:06

Information Is Power 1_ EU Funding Orwellian Technology…

Information is Power 1 – EU funding Orwellian technology by IanPJ on Sun 20 Sep 2009 12:00 BST This morning the Telegraph tells us that the EU is funding an ‘Orwellian’ artificial intelligence plan to monitor public for “abnormal behaviour” The European Union is spending millions of pounds developing “Orwellian” technologies designed to scour the internet and CCTV images for “abnormal behaviour”. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-26 09:44:36

Battle of the Titans

For those of you that prepare yourselves, the OPPORTUNITIES will be abundant and limitless; for those that don't it could be a very difficult period ... as they BELIEVE they have the ability to print money and create credit out of thin air endlessly. In reality ... to print wealth through monetary and asset inflation for decades. The first law the G7 is [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 00:00:37

A “MISSOURI PLAN” TO CONTRACT THE DEBT BUBBLE PART 1 and 2 By Dr. Edwin Vieira, Jr., Ph.D., J.D.

January 12, 2009NewsWithViews.comAs complicated and confusing as are America’s present financial woes, her fundamental problem is simply stated: This country is staggering towards economic perdition under a gargantuan load of debt that is unpayable in terms of real wealth. ( [more...]

Date: 2009-01-13 13:39:18

Hillary Clinton Re-Imagined

Hillary Clinton Re-ImaginedHillary Rodham Clinton will serve in a non-partisan role as secretary of state, which may provide her an opportunity to recast her legacy.Hillary Rodham Clinton's confirmation hearing today in front of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee marks a turn in the legacy of a family that has dominated Democratic politics for [more...]

Date: 2009-01-13 20:05:21

Transcript: DICK Cheney on Fox News Sunday | The Exit Interview | December 21, 2008

(Source: CQ Transcriptswire) Editor’s Note: This portion of the show transcript contains only the Cheney interview. Mr. Chris WALLACE: Mr ... s package basically extends a line of credit to the companies for a specified period of time and also ... that’s a target. That’s not a restriction. The bond holders taking equity instead of debt — that’ [more...]

Date: 2008-12-21 20:13:21

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