Day June 24, 2008

Don White

Don White, Los Angeles area activist for many decades, died recently from a heart attack. Everyone in the progressive community in L.A. knew Don and liked him. He was active in multiple organizations. I knew him a bit while helping…

Water buffalo kick lion butt

This is quite amazing. Several lions attack water buffalo and drag a calf into a river. A crocodile tries to grab it from them but they get it back onshore. The calf is still alive. Then the lions are surrounded…

Lock in heating oil prices

That’s what TheStreet.com says. Winter oil prices have declined only twice over the past 10 years. That means that 80% of the time, signing up for a fixed-price program was the right decision. Unfortunately that means locking in the price…

Hummer stops humming

Financially wobbly GM has hired financially wobbly Citibank to help it “review the options” for Hummer, whose sales have dropped so far off the cliff no one can even see the bottom. However, some might question the logic of hiring…