Daily Archives: May 28, 2010

BP bused in temporary workers for Obama’s beach visit and bused them right back out when he left to play golf. Between our government and British Petroleum, we’re being fed a whole bunch of horse shit. Did you know that … Continue reading →

Very informative article on what they’re trying to do down there in Louisiana. There seems to still be hope that this will work, but it’s going to take some time to get it right.

Perhaps because he’s never claimed to be a Medal of Honor winner, Congressman Jim Himes is not abashed to show up at Memorial Day parades. In fact, he’ll be marching all weekend, poor fool, but not here. Bridgeport, Connecticut – … Continue reading →

46 Meyer Place This Riverside house with what could kindly be described as having “noise issues” was listed at $1.1 million originally and, almost two years later, has sold for $799,999 – someone obviously was determined not to go into … Continue reading →

Reader Bored at Work sent along this amazing letter: The following is an excerpt from a letter dated April 27, 1999 to Antonio Martino, a founding member of Forza Italia, from Milton Friedman “Your views and mine are currently very … Continue reading →

I’ve been down on Australia since they laid  a punitive tax on their major industry, mining. Immediately after that tax was hiked, all the major mining companies announced they were scaling back or canceling their expansion plans, so there goes … Continue reading →

Poll: 46% of Japanese think the United States sunk the S. Korean warship. They probably think we sank the Arizona, too.

The fellow organizing the Memorial Day ceremony in Greenwich has disinvited Linda McMahon, apparently because he’s miffed his own candidate, Dick Blumenthal, has decided to stay home and cook dogs that day. In Old Greenwich, anyone who wants to march … Continue reading →

From Bloomberg: May 28 (Bloomberg) – Spyker Cars NV, Saab Automobile’s owner, is in talks with automakers to share technology and an underbody for a new car based on a 1950s Saab model, Chief Executive Officer Victor Muller said in an interview. … Continue reading →

We’ll soon find out. Politico: There’s “top kill,” and then there’s overkill. The former may or may not plug the monthlong oil gusher deep beneath the surface of the Gulf of Mexico. But nothing, it seems, will stick a cork … Continue reading →

This is a nifty little (800 sq.ft.) cottage, built in 1895, with a decent yard. I liked it a lot when I saw it way back when, but it didn’t sell despite two years on the market and the reasonable … Continue reading →

This place in Riverside  – very nice inside but almost no back yard – sold for $1.6 million in 2008 and was relisted just a month or so ago at $1.798. It’s reported as under contract this morning which, assuming … Continue reading →

UN to call for end of CIA drone attacks on Taliban.