Boom. Was that another bank imploding?
Bob Morris @ Feb 14th 2008 22:23 - Category: Credit crisis ;
From the fine folks who brought us Mortgage Lender Implode, Hedge Fund Implode, and Home Builder Implode comes the big dog, The Bank Implode-o-Meter
Archive for February 14th, 2008
A friend of Sue’s says
Bob Morris @ Feb 14th 2008 20:53 - Category: Election 2008 Tags: Bill Clinton;
“Can you imagine Bill Clinton in the White House with nothing to do?”
Lock up the interns!
Open national antiwar conference
Bob Morris @ Feb 14th 2008 19:14 - Category: Anti-war ;
On behalf of the Coordinating Committee of the National Assembly to End the Iraq War and Occupation, we are pleased to announce an Open National Conference to Stop the War in Iraq and Bring the Troops Home Now, scheduled for Cleveland, Ohio, June 28-29, 2008. The purpose of the conference is to to place on the agenda of the entire U.S. antiwar movement a proposal for the largest possible united mass mobilization(s) in the future to stop the Iraq War and end the occupation
This seems to be a new group, has a long list of endorsers, many from United for Peace and allied groups, don’t see any from ANSWER et al.
Yes, the antiwar movement needs to unite into a mass coalition for a massive mobilization. We don’t have to agree on everything (and probably won’t!) but hey, imagine a day with thousands of protests, teach-ins, flash mobs, demonstrations, podcasts, lobbying of Congress, videos on YouTube, speaking to churches and community groups - all with the aim of ending the war. Let every group do what it does best with the sole theme being Bring the Troops Home Now.
GE wind turbines
Bob Morris @ Feb 14th 2008 16:13 - Category: Wind turbines ;
General Electric expects to wind turbine sales to be nearly $6bn this year and is booked with orders until 2010.
HRC
Bob Morris @ Feb 14th 2008 13:19 - Category: Election 2008 Tags: Hillary Clinton;
“She’s behind. Make no mistake. If she lose either Texas or Ohio, this thing is done.”
– James Carville, quoted by the Orlando Sentinel, on Sen. Hillary Clinton’s prospects.
Meanwhile the Hillary Denial Syndrome continues, as she says all these defeats were expected and are just part of the grand master plan.
March 19 Iraq War blogswarm
Bob Morris @ Feb 14th 2008 10:16 - Category: Anti-war ;
This blogswarm will promote blog postings opposing the war in Iraq and calling for a full withdrawal of foreign occupying forces in Iraq. Five years of an illegal and catastrophic war is five years too many. On the March 19 anniversary of the conquest of Iraq by the Bush Administration, there needs to be a loud volume of voices countering the pro-war propaganda from far too many politicians and corporate media outlets.
NBC on wave and tidal power
Bob Morris @ Feb 14th 2008 07:15 - Category: Renewable energy Tags: tidal power, wave power;
Tip: Treehugger
February in New England
Bob Morris @ Feb 14th 2008 03:32 - Category: Unfiled ;
This is the time of year in New England when it becomes clear the natural order has been upset and that winter will, in fact, never end.
Growing up in Connecticut as a kid, February was usually snowy and cold. Now with climate change and the somewhat warmer winters, the snow has been replaced by an exciting variety of rain, freezing rain, sleet, slush and, oh yeah, some snow too. Freezing rain is the worst as it takes down trees and power lines. Online traffic maps here helpfully note downed trees on major roads.
The perky euphemism that forecasters use for this wretched weather is “wintry mix.” Sounds positively festive doesn’t it?
Well, at least the drought is over. The aquifers are refilling and Spring really will be here soon.
The bogus economic stimulus tax rebate
Bob Morris @ Feb 14th 2008 00:19 - Category: Unfiled Tags: economic stimuls, tax rebate;
You didn’t think the government was going to give us $600 each, did you? Not hardly. Instead, the amount credited to your 2007 taxes will be added on to your 2008 taxes. Or some weaselly variant thereof.
The [unusually complicated, intelligible only to tax lawyers]wording of the bill appears to indicate that if, for example, you qualified for a $1,200 rebate based on 2007, but in 2008 you earned more income and your credit got phased out because of AGI limitations, you would owe that money back. Ouch!
