Boycott Hate

If the white right, and its country music fan base, can go crazy at the thought of the Dixie Chicks for saying what nearly 80% of Americans today think of the village idiot-in-chief, then it is time we take a stand against bigotry in California. I do not live in the state (I wish I did, just for this) [more...]

Date: 2008-11-13 23:45:00

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10 of the World’s Most Dramatic Financial Crises, and Their Lessons

Financial crises are consistent in one way, and one way only: They’re far more sexy when your neighbors are wearing them. When you suffer your own, runaway inflation becomes infuriating rather than exotic, and bogus bank scams go from intriguing to fist-clenching. It’s all fine and well until it hits you squarely across the jaw [more...]

Date: 2008-09-25 00:06:51

Equality

Isaiah's The World Today Just Nuts "Ghosts of Network Bombs Past and Present" Last Monday, I noted:That is part of a series and I am so looking forward to one of the planned comics in the series. Isaiah's not sure if he can draw the guy but he thinks he can and, if he can, there will be a very funny guest star and a reference that people my age ( [more...]

Date: 2008-11-18 04:00:00

A Probably Incomplete List Of California Businesses Which Supported Prop. Hate

Here is a list (via MSOC's MLW) of businesses who have endorsed / donated to Yes on 8 that you can boycott ... , CA); Curry Copy Center of Hemet; Cyrus Tree Service (location unspecified); David Smalley MD ... (Poway, CA); GFBB Benefits and Insurance (Roseville, CA); Golden Door Press (Santa Rosa, CA); Guy [more...]

Date: 2008-11-13 17:28:45

57 Ways To Increase The Value Of Your Home In A Tough Market

Beautiful Brick Home With Great Curb Appeal For many Americans, their home is their most valuable asset and, unfortunately, for many that asset has been losing value over the last few years.  While real estate agents and mortgage lenders are trying to kick-start their business by selling this as a “buyer’s market” [more...]

Date: 2008-09-22 05:23:25

Quarterly Window Dressing - A Recurrent Wall Street Scam

Quarterly Window Dressing - A Recurrent Wall Street Scam "The time has come the walrus said, to talk of many things": ... the granite canyons of the Manhattan triangle, sending inappropriate signals to unwary investors ... . Long lasting investment portfolios are consciously asset allocated between high quality income [more...]

Date: 2008-06-25 19:16:29

Letters: airport referendum question (Oct. 23, 2008)

Correcting letter writer’s ‘mistakes’ Editor: The following is a response to Phil Gadbois Letter to the Editor dated Oct. 16 ... of the taxpayers, if the airport management and greedy pilots had kept their mouths shut and their heads down, keeping a low profile none of this would be an issue today, but bad management and leadership forced [more...]

Date: 2008-10-23 15:05:06

The companies that Gays want you to blacklist:

God bless them all. Considering how violent the gay cabal has gotten, these people are bravely risking everything. Please be sure to patronize them if you live in California:John Griffiths / Dentist, John C. Griffiths, Dds, Mds, Pc /Las Vegas, NV / $1,000 Anne-Marie Anderson /Consultant, Cps Human Resource Svc [more...]

Date: 2008-11-19 04:11:08

La Bubble Epoque

"It was horrible! Horrible! Like lightning had struck. No one was prepared. "You cannot imagine the rapidity with which the whole thing happened. The shelves in the grocery store were empty. There was nothing you could buy with your paper money." In 1993, Friedrich Kessler, law professor at Harvard, [more...]

Date: 2008-12-15 00:35:11

"Oh no, there goes BTE radio, Go Go Toddzilla!" Bigfoot Researcher Todd Neiss joins us Friday night!!!

Beyond The Edge Radio kicks off a brand new year as Sean and Eric welcome Bigfoot researcher Todd Neiss. Our good friend and colleague, Todd hails from Oregon and is affectionately known by his friends as "Toddzilla!" Todd has been investigating the phenomenon ever since his fateful sighting in the Pacific Northwest in 1993 [more...]

Date: 2008-12-28 02:25:00

Sales Management Myths: Entrepreneurial Salesperson

I just had a phone conversation with a client who had a familiar story to tell ... salespeople reduces the demands on sales management so that the company’s executives can focus on building ... for most of the previous decade. By shifting the responsibility for sales management unto [more...]

Date: 2008-12-24 07:58:08

Tips to Impressive Internal Designs

Tips to Impressive Internal Designs Posted By Ada Denis on @ 2: ... of your home. For kitchens and bathrooms, use of several shades of Granite is very popular. In fact using Granite and Beize Marble for such places are a well-known style. It is always best to beginning any [more...]

Date: 2008-10-08 19:26:55

Know Thine Bigots, Boycott Thine Bigots...Hold Pro Prop 8 Bigots Accountable For Their Sins

As many know, Washington Scandal supported the DEFEAT of Prop 8, supports the right of gay, bi, lesbian and transgendered couples to wed...it is called Equal Rights. I further support holding the Black and Mormon Communities accountable for their BIGOTRY...even though so far the gay community has only targeted the Mormon Church Community [more...]

Date: 2008-11-14 03:40:13

SEC Bans Short Selling

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) bans short selling in 799 financial stocks through October 2, 2008. The SEC has this authority under Section 12(k)(2) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.Just to demonstrate how quickly the order was prepared, they included National Atlantic Holdings Corp (NAHC) [more...]

Date: 2008-09-19 07:06:00

Debt Rattle, October 21 2008: Diving For Dear Life

Lewis Wickes Hine Paper Boy 1908 John Howell, Indianapolis newsboy. Makes 75 cents some days. Starts 6 AM, Sundays Ilargi: Yes, they are back ... involving two terms we thought we’d never see again. They're going to buy asset-backed commercial paper [more...]

Date: 2008-10-21 18:27:27

January 5 - No Layoffs at Microsoft? - IBM Mass Layoff Rumors - Orange County Jobs Crushed - Precoat Strips Jobs of 100 - Amsted Derails 363 - Cigna Ensures 1100 are Jobless

Mike: I hope you all had a fine holiday season. The layoff announcements should begin anew as companies realize that the holiday shopping season wasn’t as good as they had hoped. Also,  the bad PR with laying off at the holidays past and companies no longer feel that pressure [more...]

Date: 2009-01-05 00:33:58

U.S. Financial Companies Whose Shares Can't Be Shorted

MarketWatch | The following is a list of the U.S. financial companies whose shares cannot be shorted under emergency rules imposed by the SEC Friday. AAME ATLANTIC AMERICAN CORP AANB ABIGAIL ADAMS NATL BANCORP INC ABBC ABINGTON BANCORP INC PA ABCB AMERIS BANCORP ABCW ANCHOR BANCORP WISCONSIN INC ABK AMBAC FINANCIAL GROUP INC ABNJ [more...]

Date: 2008-09-19 16:14:25

SEC Halts Short Selling of 799 Financial Stocks — Here’s the List

the list of 799 financial stocks which were banned from shorting I was surprised that the financial ETFs, both long and short/inverse, were not of the SEC’s list. It struck me as very odd that the inverse instruments were still trading yesterday (they were halted for some time) and that I was still able to borrow XLF. If they continue to trade ( [more...]

Date: 2008-09-19 08:45:32

President sees new risks and threats, Banks guaranteed, Foreign investment, NATO, EU, Abkhazia, S.Ossetia, Russia, Ukraine and Scandalous Poland

From the Top...#353President Participates in Security Council MeetingFrom: BelTA and the Office of the PresidentPresident of the Republic of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko during a meeting of the Security CouncilGiven today’s new risks and threats, there is an urgent need for a new treaty on security in Europe, [more...]

Date: 2008-10-18 21:01:00

New world for financial services

New world for financial services September 29th, 2008 ‘The Golden Age for financial services is over’ The new most powerful man in finance, ... , hop a cab to La Guardia, board a flight for Charlotte, stride into a beige granite tower, go past [more...]

Date: 2008-09-29 14:48:27

local stuffs

Date: Sat, 13 Sep 2008 20:31:32 -0700From: Kathy Roberts <weerkhr@pacbell.net>Subject: Air Car: Zero Emissions by Next Summerhttp://globalartistvillage.blogspot.com/2008/09/worlds-first-air-powered-car-zero.htmlWorld's First Air-Powered Car: Zero Emissions by Next Summer: Gasolinefossil fuel cars may soon become a thing of the past [more...]

Date: 2008-10-02 07:00:00

Mass extinction on Planet Finance

(After the post bubble revulsion, asset holders are awakening from the the dream that the moneyness of credit is 100% ... . What the market seeks is a divisable asset with no counterparty risk that is impossible to counterfeit [more...]

Date: 2008-11-26 23:37:53

List of Company Stock Symbols Where Short Selling Has Been Banned

The following list of stock symbols contain the stocks that you cannot short sell for the immediate future. The S.E.C. announced that 799 financial stocks will no longer be allowed to shorted. The ban is immediate and follows one already done in Britain [more...]

Date: 2008-09-19 17:39:27

799 Companies on SEC Naked Short Selling Ban List

These are the 799 companies that are on the SEC naked short selling ban list: AAME: ATLANTIC AMERICAN CORP AANB: ABIGAIL ADAMS NATL BANCORP INC ABBC: ABINGTON BANCORP INC PA ABCB: AMERIS BANCORP ABCW: ANCHOR BANCORP WISCONSIN INC ABK: AMBAC FINANCIAL GROUP INC ABNJ: AMERICAN BANCORP OF NJ INC ABVA: ALLIANCE BANKSHARES CORP ACAP: [more...]

Date: 2008-09-22 03:41:24

No Short List

AAME ATLANTIC AMERICAN CORP AANB ABIGAIL ADAMS NATL BANCORP INC ABBC ABINGTON BANCORP INC PA ABCB AMERIS BANCORP ABCW ANCHOR BANCORP WISCONSIN INC ABK AMBAC FINANCIAL GROUP INC ABNJ AMERICAN BANCORP OF NJ INC ABVA ALLIANCE BANKSHARES CORP ACAP AMERICAN PHYSICIANS CAPITAL INC ACBA AMERICAN COMMUNITY BNCSHRS INC ACE ACE LTD ACFC ATLANTIC [more...]

Date: 2008-09-19 14:43:53

The Bailout Legislation Ought to Be Called the Failout Platypus Bill

Someone once described a Platypus as an animal designed by a committee, ... -$250,000), Fourty-Five Belden Corporation ($1-$5 million), Granite Ventures ($250-$500,00 [more...]

Date: 2008-09-29 17:40:33

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