Monthly Archives: May 2010

M3 money supply at Depression-era levels. Is this as significant as the reporter thinks, or is Bernanke right? Friedman was always preaching on the importance of money supply, but I never quite grasped the concept and still don’t. Bet you … Continue reading →

Just in case you missed this: A SIGN OF OVER-INFLATED PROSECUTORIAL BUDGETS: Prosecution for truancy-related forgery. Shannon Anderson 27, along with her husband, William Anderson, were arrested March 8 and March 9, respectively, on felony warrants charging them with forging a … Continue reading →

This ill-fated spec house was built by amateurs back in 2006 by a nice couple who paid a builder to erect it for them and then, having paid him his profit, tried adding on a second slice and priced it … Continue reading →

This 2008 spec house has dropped its price again, down now to $5.495 from an original ask of $6.875 million. And that’s good, but the trouble lies with the recent sale of another equally nice if not better spec house … Continue reading →

  Look past the crummy picture because this house on Winthrop is a really nice place. It was blown out in back in 2004, so it has all sorts of nice, modern amenities while still retaining the 1954 charm of … Continue reading →

Two contracts, a couple of sales. This nice house in Riverside is in contract in under sixty days; asking $1.525. 33 John Street, great land, asked $3.125, Fudrucker nailed it for a builder/client. 41 Will Merry last sold for $1.425 … Continue reading →

No gas or oil escaping. Let us hope.

That’s according to the New York Times. My question for these alarmist is why, with new tales of toxic horrors publicized every day, does the average life expectancy continue to increase? Hogwash is the nicest term I can come up … Continue reading →

$24,000 Rolex stolen by TSA worker. You think they put a 63-year-old lady through two separate screenings so they could steal her watch? I do. And then there’s this: 7 out of 8 of all attacks on TSA workers are … Continue reading →

From InstaPundit: GOOD QUESTION: “If deficits didn’t matter as many like Economist James Galbraith argue today, why should citizens even pay taxes? It would make everyone happier if they didn’t.”

Solar plant workers sent home without pay so Obama could visit and praise his job program.

Art Linkletter dead at 97. Who knew? UPDATE: Cool video. Stick around for the end. Very touching tribute. UPDATE: From the comments: In recent years, Linkletter visited nursing homes, spoke to gatherings of residents. He told of one such visit, … Continue reading →

Shocking, and it certainly won’t help the Euro.

Keep our soldiers safe. And invented in a garage, as all great American technology is : Hewlett Packard, Apple, etc.

3 Clover Place, Cos Cob Clover Place, a nice five bedroom, came on back in 2008 at $1.749, sold today for $1.250. That’s a pretty good buy, I think. 9 Circle Wood sold for $1.700 in November, 2005, again in … Continue reading →

Bonnie and Yonni arrested for wire fraud, theft, from Disney NEW YORK (Dow Jones)–A former administrative assistant to Walt Disney Co.’s (DIS) head of communications and her boyfriend have been arrested and charged with trying to sell advance access to … Continue reading →

Texas cops mistake horse mint for marijuana, spend hours doing yard work at city park. The shame of it all is that, until someone with a little knowledge stepped in, the cops were touting it as “one of the largest … Continue reading →