Month September 2006

California sues carmakers over global warming

California Atty Gen. Bill Lockyer yesterday filed suit against GM, Ford, Chrysler, Toyota, Honda, and Nissan charging that emissions from their vehicles have hurt the environment and economy of California by contributing to global warming. This will be real interesting…

Move over, Mafia loansharks

Capitalism makes the gouging interest rates of 50% a year charged by organized crime of yesteryear seems puny, as loan stores near military bases charge 400% interest or more, impoverishing soldiers, sometimes ruining their careers.

Thailand coup

Is it not contradictory that a miitary coup in Thailand was done supposedly in support democracy? It sure seems contradictory to me, yet the populace mostly appears to support it, as there’sbeen no street protests, no media outrage. Of course,…

Quote of the Day

Hugo Chavez speaking at the United Nations about George Bush being there the day before. “Yesterday, the devil came here,” Chavez said, drawing giggles from the audience as he crossed himself, looked toward the heavens and said the podium “still…

Another one bites the dust.

Broadcom CFO resigns abruptly over options probe An internal investigation at Broadcom shows 1.5 billion in backdated options, the largest amount found at any company so far, something that will force them to restate their income massively for the past…