Bob Morris @ Jul 19th 2008 20:23 - Category: Unfiled ;
We spent an enjoyable morning in Kona at a farmers market and viewing coffee farms. Kona coffee is highly prized for its mellow non-acidic taste. I drank so many samples I’ll be vibrating for a week.
The Kona Coffee Farmers Association has listings of their members, many of whom have mail order via websites.
Bob Morris @ Jul 19th 2008 13:23 - Category: Credit crisis ;
Are they really this clueless? After the housing market collapses in part because of no doc loans, the Fed finally decides they should take action. No little. No late.
But they sure moved swiftly to bail out the investment banks with the temporary ban on naked short selling, didn’t they?
Why didn’t they just enforce the already existing ban on such trading from th beginning? This ban simply guarantees those financials will soar for a while. Free money for traders, is what it is.
Pakistan recently tried such a desperation scheme. When they lifted it, the market plummeted and investors stoned the stock exchange. Hmmm.
Bob Morris @ Jul 19th 2008 12:10 - Category: Unfiled ;
Bob Morris @ Jul 19th 2008 07:38 - Category: Unfiled Tags: Hilo, tsunami;
Hilo nearly got hit with a major lava flow in the 1840’s and has been walloped twice by tsunamis. We went to the Pacific Tsunami Museum there, which is often staffed by people who survived them.
Hawaii now has buoys in the Pacific which can provide multi-hour early warnings. Plus they have a sophisticated evacuation system and building and flood plain codes. Of the two worst tsunamis, one came from Alaska in 1946, the other from Chile in 1960. They are caused by earthquakes in the ocean, and can sometimes generate as many as ten walls of water.
Best advice: If you are in a tidal area and feel an earthquake, evacuate immediately.
Between the Goddess Pele sending down lava and the ever-present possibility of tsunamis, perhaps it’s understandable why some might wish to partake of cannabis.
Bob Morris @ Jul 19th 2008 02:38 - Category: Climate change ;
One-third of Conservative MPs don’t accept climate change.
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