Month October 2007

U.S. “undoubtedly in recession”: Jim Rogers Rogers co-founded the Quantum Fund with George Soros in the 70’s and is a legendary investor. Here’s the kicker, Rogers said “he was switching out of the dollar and into yen, the yuan and…

In poorer parts of L.A., the County sets a fixed budget in advance for fighting fires. Yet fire budgets in wealthier areas have no such limitations. Why is this?

This law enforcement agency is so computer-phobic that only one-third of employees have Internet access at their desk while 100,000 tips in a sniper case were distributed by fax. In 2002 no less. And I believe computer crime is one…

While the ocean in Bangkok is rising 1/10 on an inch a year, about the global average, the city itself is built on clay and is sinking up to 4 inches a year. This is seriously problematic considering the city…

Just heard a Marine interviewed on NPR about how they had planned to bring “democracy” to Iraq and thus needed to get rid of the tribal structures that have been there for hundreds of years. But they soon discovered the…