Day November 19, 2008

World Vision

Sue donates to World Vision and asked me to listen in on a conference call by their CEO. I knew they fed the hungry, but I didn’t realize how much. They have 800,000 donors and feed several million people daily.…

Dow closes below 8000

Photo from The Brokers With Hands On Their Faces Blog Other major indexes besides the Dow got whacked, closing at multi-year lows. 8000 on the Dow was where major support was, and a battle had raged there for weeks between…

Live piracy map

This map shows all the piracy and armed robbery incidents reported to the IMB Piracy Reporting Centre during 2008. Click the icons for details on each piracy incident. You can also zoom in. The area off of Yemen has by…

Obama, Lieberman, and netroots

Jamie at Intoxination says, and I agree, why all the venom from netroots over Lieberman? I can’t stand Joe Lieberman, and I intend to watch his every move like a hawk from here on out, but there is a simple…