Month January 2009

Less than 100 hours left for The Idiot

The Economist on Bush in an article titled The Frat boy ships out. “Most notable characteristics of the Bush presidency: partisanship, politicisation and incompetence.” This just in: “Mr. Bush [said] he was considering several options for his retirement, including a…

That didn’t take long

From Harry’s Place in the UK With still four days to go before the presidential inauguration the toytown revolutionaries of the Communist Party of Great Britain are the first ultra-leftists to publicly name Barack Obama the world’s number one terrorist.…

Economy dropping off cliff

Foreclosures up 81% from 2007 U.S. industrial production down 2% in Dec., down 11.5% in Q4 Shipping collapse. Traffic at Los Angeles and Long Beach harbors is dropping fast. down. Circuit City is closing. 34,000 will lose jobs.

Single stream recycling

No need to sort recyclables into paper, plastic, and glass anymore. This Single Stream Recycling machine does it for you. GoodCleanTech has more.

Madoff, money laundering, and cooked books

Daniel Finnegan, a former fraud investigator, left a comment to our post about Madoff not having made trades. He has a wealth in information to share, so I’m reposting it here. As a former fraud investigator with over 25 years…