Daily Archives: February 28, 2009
Obama – no coal, no nukes, it’s propeller beanies for all!
Obama cut off all funding for the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste depository. Harry Reid is delighted as will be anti-nuke activists. If there’s no place to remove waste to, it will be that much easier to stop nuclear power plants. My … Continue reading
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The Media and soldiers’ corpses
Defense Secretary bowed to his new boss’s pressure and this week modified the Pentagon’s ban on photographing the coffins of soldiers brought back to our country. The New York Times and other scum trumpeted this as a triumph of their … Continue reading
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The scourge of adjustable rate mortgages
Just heard from a borrower whose adjustable rate mortgage was reset today. His is set to the T bill rate plus 2.375% so his new rate is … 2.875%. He’s probably entitled to sum dat dare stimmulus money, huh? I’ve … Continue reading
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Lenin predicted it but Wall Streeters don’t read history
Some Obama supporters on Wall Street are beginning to see what they voted for and aren’t all that happy. Lenin also said: “The way to crush the bourgeoisie is to grind them between the millstones of taxation and inflation.” I … Continue reading
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Just as long as they don’t supply pine cones as TP
Ryan Air to charge for use of toilets? It’s “under consideration.” I suppose guys like me can just open a window but it seems harsh for the ladies. Discrimination!
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Staging a house – worth it?
Stagers insist that it is and here’s another success story. I remain skeptical; I’ve seen plenty of houses sell that were staged and plenty that were empty and I’ve never noticed a difference in the prices they fetched or the speed … Continue reading
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Chavez seizes rice factories
First he killed the oil industry, now he’s going after food. Poor Venezuela. All they’ll have left to look forward to are visits from Jimmy Carter and Sean Penn.
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Rant at my boss! I’m letting my puppet indulge in negativism!
Warren Buffet speaks – at my command, of course. In his eagerly-anticipated annual letter to Berkshire shareholders, Buffett also offered a gloomy economic outlook, saying “the economy will be in shambles throughout 2009 — and for that matter, probably well … Continue reading
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Anyone this stupid shouldn’t be armed
Seattle cop caught on video beating the bejesus out of a 15-yearold girl. One of the more amusing parts of my past life was viewing videotapes of my drunken driving clients who swore to me that they were cool, sober and … Continue reading
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Late Friday afternoon developments in market
This Old Greenwich house sold for $1.810 million in April, 1999. The buyers renovated it and added on, then sold it for $2.860 in January ’07. Those buyers tried reselling it for $3.095 but were unable to find a buyer … Continue reading
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Hey, Kids, try this at home!
How to turn a Sharpie into a liquid-fueled rocket. Impress your friends, terrorize your sister. Cool!
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Who will finance our borrowing?
We were already pretty much dependent on the Chinese to loan us the money needed to carry our debt. We’re proposing to quadruple that debt and I wonder, who can afford to fund it? Europe’s in the tank and about … Continue reading
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When to turn state’s witness
Before you spend several hours lying to the S.E.C. This young woman could probably have skated from her close association with our latest recent Ponzi, Stanford Financial, but thought she could lie her way through. That’s usually a poor decision. You can … Continue reading
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