Headline of the Day. 8/12
Hedge funds sue businessman who put their money into porn and prostitutes
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 August 2009
Jerry Brown orders mortgage foreclosure consultants to post $100,000 bond or face prosecution
From the California Attorney General Threatening possible criminal and civil prosecution, Attorney General Edmund G. Brown Jr. today ordered 386 mortgage foreclosure consultants to post $100,000 bonds and register with his office. He also ordered more than two dozen companies…
Wind power makes electricity cheaper in Texas
Wind power is steadily replacing more expensive forms of power generation, essentially natural gas. The more wind power there is—and Texas is the sixth-biggest wind power country in the world–the less need there is to turn to gas-fired turbines to…
CalPERS actuary: pension costs unsustainable
The CalPERS chief actuary says pension costs are “unsustainable,” and the giant public employee pension system plans to meet with stakeholders to discuss the issue. Translation: CalPERS, which has suffered near-catastrophic losses due to the market decline and their own…
Quetzal and Hummingbirds. Prison art by Jack Morris
I bought this some years back at a prison art show at the late, lamented Midnight Special bookstore in Santa Monica, CA. It was done by Jack Morris (no relation) while he was in one of the dreaded Special Housing…