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From The Press-Enterprise in Riverside, CA The Inland Empire area of southern California has gotten clobbered by the real estate crash. Now unemployment benefits are about to run out for many. At the end of July there were just 121 people in San Bernardino County and Riverside County who had exhausted their benefits. That [...] Went for a drive yesterday in my 2001 Prius that I bought in October of 2000. Several warning lights came on. This was obviously something more serious than just the check light. I took it to the dealer. The main battery is gone. $3600 to replace. Ouch, It was a great car for a long [...] As mentioned, one of my arcane job specialties is programming in Clipper, a DOS database programming language that was big in the late 80′s – early 90′s. And while it may seem hard to believe, there are still about a zillion Clipper apps out there. I’m currently working with a multi-national client who has [...] A new record for the wind power industry was reached a couple of weeks ago when on Friday, July 31, output from Ireland’s wind turbines peaked at 999 megawatts – generating enough power to supply more than 650,000 homes. This represents 39 percent of the country’s demand for electricity. From his Ten Crack Commandments, about how to be a drug dealer. But the rules can apply elsewhere too. Here’s a few. Number two: never let ‘em know your next move Always good advice. Number six: that credit… forget it Don’t give credit. It’ll slow you down. Number ten: consignment [is] not for freshmen [...] The reports of the deliberate, repeated rape of prisoners in Iran to destroy them mentally and emotionally is now coming from multiple, reliable sources. What they were doing at Kahrizak, was they would choose the spirited detainees who were resisting them and by raping them they wanted to break them from pursuing justice and freedom, [...] The Bernanke Fed wants us to spend, spend, spend. Because that’s the only way it sees to bring us out of the downturn. The recession, which was triggered by the credit-abuse crisis, can only be cured by more credit. That sounds less like common sense than the logic of an addict: the only problem is [...] I was there. What can I say that hasn’t already been said? It was a peak experience of my life. We knew the whole world was watching. The freeway off-ramp getting to it was backed up for miles. There were no cops anywhere. 500,000 people took care of themselves, listened to amazing music peacefully [...] Yes, it’s real So, is FDIC still solvent? |  | ||||
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