So what happened to Obama’s 10 pt poll lead in NH?
Just when some thought it all over, in reality, the race had just begun.
Politics in the Zeros
"A republic, if you can keep it." Vegas, taxes.
Politics in the Zeros
"A republic, if you can keep it." Vegas, taxes.
Month January 2008
How twitchy is the stock market?
There we were, enjoying a calm afternoon, erasing the memories of a crappy first week of 2008, and AT&T’s CEO singlehandedly goes and clobbers the stock market. The economy’s so bad, he said, that consumers aren’t paying their phone bills.…
Credit default swap losses may reach $250 billion
Bill Gross of giant bond management company PIMCO says losses on credit default swaps could reach $250 billion based on historical default rates. To put that number in perspective, many Street estimates ascribe similar losses to subprime mortgages, a derivative…
Energy islands
Archipelagos of artificial islands [could] produce electricity, clean water and even food in the belt of warm water that passes from the Caribbean across to the south China Sea, the Indian Ocean and west Africa. They would produce energy from…
Anti-zionism and anti-semitism
An anti-Zionist speaker who is also clearly anti-Semitic has been forced to cancel a speech in Britain after pressure from Left groups. From Another Green World Criticism of Israel is one thing, anti-semitism is quite another. So I am glad…