Month August 2008

If so, then thousands of state employees will be paid $6.65 an hour rather than their regular pay. It doesn’t look good for a budget plan before then either, the Democratic Party is telling legislators to not spend the entire…

Did you try Experian’s FreeCreditReport.com only to find out it wasn’t free after all? Lots of folks are complaining. The NY Times has more. “It’s what I call a protection racket; the companies are charging you a fee and they’re…

China’s economy is slowing down. So says the NY Times, Calculated Risk, and Clusterstock, citing a number of indicators, like less exports, declining real estate prices, and collapsing stock market. Given that China has no experience with the bust part…

The Times of London ponders the lessons Obama needs to learn from Deer Hunting With Jesus by Joe Bageant, a redneck socialist, about the hardscrabble redneck town where he grew up and lives today. It’s partly a scathing portrait of…

Our cat Bandit likes to snooze in unusual places and in unusual positions. Here she happily naps halfway under the bed.