Unusual name
We were at a funeral today for a relative of Sue’s who died at the age of 100. Her birth name was Faire Virgin. She married a man named Sax. Thus her name became Faire Virgin Sax. I am not…
Politics in the Zeros
"A republic, if you can keep it." Vegas, taxes.
Politics in the Zeros
"A republic, if you can keep it." Vegas, taxes.
Day July 3, 2008
Wave power snake reduces costs
Treehugger has news of a potentially new way to do wave power with far fewer moving parts and thus way less maintenance costs.
The terrible jobs report
Total job losses since the first of the year are now 438,000. That’s a loss of 73,000 a month. The economy needs to CREATE 125,000 jobs a month just to keep up with population growth. In other words, this hole…
Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman strongly opposes any attack on Iran
Mullen’s remarks are jaw dropping because they expose the unwillingness of the Pentagon to support an attack upon Iran. I think the Bushies have been sending up trial balloons to see if there is support for their insane plan. The…
It’s now officially a bear market
An attempted stock market rally yesterday failed. An analyst said a bankruptcy of GM is possible. Oil hit another all time high. Bad moon rising. Disclosure: I own puts on financials.