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 October 2008
Targeted advertising
From a Silicon Valley Insider post about the effect of the stock market crash on online advertising.
Syria attack as partisan Republican election tactic
Juan Cole It seems to me more likely that the attack was aimed at making sure that what the administration calls “al-Qaeda in Iraq” did not have the means to mount a spectacular bombing or assassination campaign that would hurt…
Foreclosures soar despite government programs
2,800 homes a day were lost to foreclosure during July-Sept 2008, up from 1,200 a day in the previous year. Yikes. One bright spot: The BofA / Countrywide settlement takes effect Dec. 1 and 400,000 homeowners will get much lower…
Obama stocks?
Maybe it’s time to think about what stocks might be good to own when (and it is “when” now) Obama wins. Renewables, cleantech, etc. could all take big jumps. While thinking about this, I discovered MEMC Electronic Materials (WFR). They…