Bob Morris on Jan 20, 2009, 4:26 pm The chart is in descending order by %Chg. Note that these are one day changes in price. State Street announced a 71% drop in quarterly income and got decimated. Bank of America and Citigroup are both on life support and probably bankrupt. Nationalization is coming. [...] Bob Morris on Jan 20, 2009, 3:21 pm San Francisco Federal Building today, from SFist Bob Morris on Jan 20, 2009, 10:47 am Colin McEnroe I don’t know about you, but I feel like I’m getting my country back in the space of 15 minutes. I feel like my patriotism suddenly has some soil in which to take root. TPM reader Lowery was more lyrical than the poet, more sincerely pious than the celebrity pastor, and more moving [...] Bob Morris on Jan 20, 2009, 10:12 am The tone of President Obama’s speech was that of an adult to adults. What a nice change that is. Bob Morris on Jan 20, 2009, 4:30 am Socialist Unity The electors of America put in George W Bush’s place someone promising greater social justice, more compassion, more intelligence and less war. There is great expectation that the corner has been turned. Everyone in America who wants greater social justice should ask themselves whether they are able to use the opportunity of [...] Bob Morris on Jan 19, 2009, 10:32 pm Peter Dreier in HuffPo documents the amazing life of Pete Seeger, and says he deserves a Nobel Peace Prize. A few excerpts. Since the late 1930s, Seeger has been a political activist and a troubadour for social justice in the U.S. and human rights around the world. He has used his remarkable talents as [...] Bob Morris on Jan 19, 2009, 6:08 pm Dilbert cartoonist Scott Adams engages in irrational exuberance If you went anywhere this weekend, you probably found yourself in conversations about this pilot and this event. And the thing you probably talked about was his outrageous level of competence. You might have gotten chills when you heard about it. Maybe you teared up. At [...] Bob Morris on Jan 19, 2009, 2:45 pm A new machine from IST Energy converts trash into electricity in the parking lot of a business and only takes up three parking spaces. For large businesses, it could pay for itself in 3-4 years, with the major savings coming from trash disposal fees. [...] Bob Morris on Jan 19, 2009, 10:35 am The Royal Bank of Scotland Group just said, whoopsie, we might lose as much as 28 billion pounds, so the government is bailing them out. Again. Bob Morris on Jan 19, 2009, 6:30 am Counterterrorism blog: Gaza conflict provokes anti-Jewish violence in Europe From Starbucks: Facts about Starbucks in the Middle East (after several Starbucks in London were trashed, firebombed, and vandalized) Is it true that Starbucks provides financial support to Israel? No. This is absolutely untrue. Rumors that Starbucks Coffee Company provides financial support to the Israeli government [...] | Independent Voter NetworkArticles by Bob Morris on California and Arizona renewable energy, budget and border issues |
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