Nobody deserves to live more than Steve Jobs.
Wednesday, August 24, 2011
Tuesday, August 23, 2011
Whole lotta...
Well... not really that much shakin. But enough to get 10 million people talking about one subject.
Monday, August 22, 2011
See No Evil
Lloyd Blankfein is being brought up before the Justice Dept. to defend himself against leading investors to selling short against mortgage securities. Maybe the real bad guys in the financial debacle will finally get what's coming to them.
Friday, August 19, 2011
Little League -- Ugandan players denied US visas - ESPN
Little League -- Ugandan players denied US visas - ESPN: A youth baseball team from Uganda has lost its bid to become the first team from Africa to play in the Little League World Series because of discrepancies over players' ages and birth dates.
Sidelined
The Ugandan kids were denied visas to play in the Little League World Series.
it harder.
“I keep wondering why things are happening to us this way,” one player said. “Is it because we are black? Is it because we are poor?”
He added: “You know, some people told me: ‘Let’s take the gloves, the bats, and burn them. The Americans brought the game
to us and now they’re stopping us.’ ”
A very tough call.
But Mukhobe let cooler heads preva
it harder.
“I keep wondering why things are happening to us this way,” one player said. “Is it because we are black? Is it because we are poor?”
He added: “You know, some people told me: ‘Let’s take the gloves, the bats, and burn them. The Americans brought the game
to us and now they’re stopping us.’ ”
A very tough call.
But Mukhobe let cooler heads preva
Thursday, August 18, 2011
No, No, Rachel
I can no longer listen to Rachel Maddow. She relentlessly attacks O. for being conciliatory. Well, let me tell you, if you keel pushing O. leftward, you are helping the Right. And let me tell you further, I swear to you that this is the kamikaze Right. They will self destruct. Trust me. Watch for the Truth.
Wednesday, August 17, 2011
Lone Star, Shooting
The advent of Rick Perry is startling. Cable talk hosts have already anointed him as the candidate presumptive; the liberals among them simultaneously dis the prez into early oblivion. This a year before any debates, polls or primaries. Perry has eons to make any number of catastrophic errors. And Obama has time to get himself on track. It's not as if he has an easy path. And liberal shibboleths have the odor of lazy thought.
Sunday, August 14, 2011
Don't count out Bachmann
Think 1964. Substitute Michele Bachmann for Barry Goldwater; Tea Party for John Birch; Obama for LBJ. Fluoride for light bulbs. A landslide. Afghanistan. Hold for Nixon. History can repeat itself only to a point. Ho Chi Minh was not a Moslim.
Thursday, August 11, 2011
The Crazies
Except Romney, who remains starchy. They voted unanimously against any ever taxes.
None of them has any chance. Whatsoever
None of them has any chance. Whatsoever
Sunday, August 7, 2011
Blood on the Water
Headline in tomorrow's paper: A Second Recession Could be Much Worse Than the First.
Today, the article points out, the economy has 5 percent fewer jobs than before the last recession began.
Personal income -- down 4 percent. Industrial production 8 percent. And the economy taken as a whole is smaller.
An economist is quoted by The Times as saying that "there is no approachable precedent, at least in the postwar era, for what happens when an economy with 9 percent unemployment falls back into recession. Except maybe 1937!
The only factor on the other side of the ledger is CORPORATE PROFITS,which are at record highs. But corporations are sitting on all that cash.
Investment, by companies and governments, is in fact the only way out. But, believe me, republicans don't see it that way, so don't hold your breath. We've got to spend our way out of this, which means Obama has to mount the battlements and stay there from now till November next year.
Today, the article points out, the economy has 5 percent fewer jobs than before the last recession began.
Personal income -- down 4 percent. Industrial production 8 percent. And the economy taken as a whole is smaller.
An economist is quoted by The Times as saying that "there is no approachable precedent, at least in the postwar era, for what happens when an economy with 9 percent unemployment falls back into recession. Except maybe 1937!
The only factor on the other side of the ledger is CORPORATE PROFITS,which are at record highs. But corporations are sitting on all that cash.
Investment, by companies and governments, is in fact the only way out. But, believe me, republicans don't see it that way, so don't hold your breath. We've got to spend our way out of this, which means Obama has to mount the battlements and stay there from now till November next year.
Saturday, August 6, 2011
Bad Credit
I've had bad credit a couple of times; it stinks, it makes you nervous, insecure. Now the entire nation must feel that way thanks to S&P. The fact that it may be based on a mistake doesn't really change much. Nor the fact that it's Congress's fault, nor that it's a very small change.
The world's most powerful country is standing on shaky ground, a fact already well-known to the millions of citizens looking for jobs, if they haven't already given up.
No longer Major League nor even Triple-A, and it's past the trading deadline.
The world's most powerful country is standing on shaky ground, a fact already well-known to the millions of citizens looking for jobs, if they haven't already given up.
No longer Major League nor even Triple-A, and it's past the trading deadline.
Friday, August 5, 2011
Malaise
Watching my Mets getting beat by the Braves at home. 5-game losing streak, not long after registering a 5-game win skein.
It's like watching the economy. A little (very little)hope in this morning's jobs numbers, but by late afternoon, the markets had the blahs, and talk of double dip recession increases.
None of this is any fun.
It's like watching the economy. A little (very little)hope in this morning's jobs numbers, but by late afternoon, the markets had the blahs, and talk of double dip recession increases.
None of this is any fun.
Thursday, August 4, 2011
Plunge
The market lost 512 points today amidst fears of Europan bond hoarding and the after effects of the putrid US debt limit deal, the one where John Boehner says he got 98% of what he wanted, only to to awake today to see his popularity dive with the Wall St index. In fact the polls show Obama making out better than the Republicans.
The numbers will almost certainly ger worse when the jobs figures come out tomorrow.
The supercommittee established by the deal is the opposite of what's called for. We need a jobs program but we won't get one.
Mike Bloomberg is giving a lot of his own money to education and youth programs. Maybe private capital can make a difference wwhen governmant can't or won't.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)