General Electric: Not Quite a Value Trap, More Like a Value Pit
This weekend, Barron's published its annual market prediction survey (subscription required) open to its readers. #11 is always a tough one for me: Which Dow Jones Industrial Average member will perform the worst in the coming year? I said JP Morgan (JPM) last year, and it wasn't even close. The biggest loser was American International Group (AIG) [more...]
Date: 2008-12-29 07:52:55
Blog posts
(94) |
Videos
(163)
The most reviled and beloved advice of the year.
This year, Dear Prudence letter-writers had questions about everything from diaper fetishes to food-spitters to self-mutilation. But the answers that got readers most riled up were those in which you felt I unfairly maligned three already outcast groups: supercilious boyfriends, smokers, and pit bulls. (Photograph [more...]
Date: 2009-01-08 11:04:55
Gossip Break: Cute Pets Make Everything Better
Prince Harry reminds us all that royals - when vacationing on a beach with their shirts off - are damn hot. DListed ... This video of a pit bull cuddling with a kitty cat is sure to erase your back-to-work blues. Buzzfeed J.Lo and Marc Anthony are supposedly planning on breaking up right after Valentine’s Day [more...]
Date: 2008-12-29 21:46:51
Fight Breedism!
Even though most veterinarians would never think of discriminating against a person because of race or nationality, a surprising number don’t hesitate to openly practice breedism or one of its variations. In addition to those who dislike rottweilers, Dobermans, pit bulls, Siamese or Persian cats, quarter horses [more...]
Date: 2009-01-08 05:47:08
Birth Story
I finally wrote my birth story! Here it is:Short Story:Water broke unexpectedly 16 hours after my version to flip baby from breech position. He did flip during the version and thus we tried to continue with our unmediated birth plan. However the cards were stacked against us because at 36 weeks 1 day my cervix was shut tight and not effaced at all, [more...]
Date: 2009-01-08 03:35:00
Monsanto: Profiting Without Conscience
“Monsanto is big. You can’t win. We will get you. You will pay.” –Seed Police agent Monsanto had a big day on earnings news and people were clamoring to jump on board. Prime example of a dangerous Wall Street philosophy: "Hey, we're making tons of money so we don't care about the consequences of what we're doing [more...]
Date: 2009-01-08 07:16:00
We're all racists. Lefties just lie about it.
As more and more black renters began moving into this mostly white San Francisco Bay Area suburb a few years ago, neighbors started complaining about loud parties, mean pit bulls, blaring car radios, prostitution, drug dealing and muggings of schoolchildren. Like many commenters, I'm not sure [more...]
Date: 2008-12-31 13:22:50
Where Only Smiles Should Have Domain
Beyond the factual reports there are the personal stories – the stories of those enduring catastrophe. Reading them produces a pit in my stomach, my hands to hover above my keyboard shaking, as sympathy, confusion, and sadness creep into my heart. The world spirals a little further down the drain [more...]
Date: 2008-12-29 20:42:11
Предсказания Кюнстлера на 2009 - США, Нефть, Геополитика, Путин
Спонсор месяца - #1 RX pharmacy affiliate program!Сайт дня (как попасть) - http://www.business-magazine.ru/There are two realities "out there" now competing for verification among those who think about national affairs and make things happen. The dominant one (let's call it the Status Quo) [more...]
Date: 2009-01-01 07:59:00
what are your home-related new year’s resolutions?
We’re taking the rest of this holiday week off, but before we go, how about a couple resolutions for the new year? This one’s not about weight loss or exercise, but your home. I have a few: - Organize my closets - Turn my front yard from a mud pit (compliments of the puppy) into a dog- and people-friendly [more...]
Date: 2008-12-31 22:24:48
Countdown to 2009! 10..9..8..
Tonight may be like any other night with a drink in your hand, gossip to chatter, and friends by your side. Yet tonight something different is going down, literally a giant crystal ball in Times Square, but more specifically the end of the year 2008! So now is the time we make resolutions that we'll (undoubtedly) [more...]
Date: 2008-12-31 19:16:00
Young Hero
I am really proud of 9 year old Drew Heredia, who after taking jiu jitsu classes for only 2 months, jumped on the back of a pit bull and applied a rear naked choke to save his younger sister ... that most adults would have run from an attacking pit bull. And even though talk of breed bans brings [more...]
Date: 2009-01-08 07:25:00
Forecast for 2009
Introduction There are two realities "out there" now competing for verification among those who think about national affairs and make things happen. The dominant one (let's call it the Status Quo) is that our problems of finance and economy will self-correct and allow the project of a "consumer" economy to resume in "growth" mode [more...]
Date: 2008-12-29 03:33:57
Gates of Vienna News Feed 1/6/2009
Tuan Jim sends an string of important news articles about the gas pipeline crisis caused by the deadlock between Russia and Ukraine. He notes that the affected countries are dusting off alternative sources of energy — fuel oil and nuclear reactors — for electricity generation.Thanks to AA, Abu Elvis, C [more...]
Date: 2009-01-07 04:50:00
Year-end list: My favorite TV shows of '08
Can you handle another list? I hope so, though I have a feeling this one will get more attention for the items I omit than the ones I include. Compiling my top 10 TV shows of 2008 was no easy task, mainly because I watch way too much television. Some series have fallen several slots since last year; [more...]
Date: 2008-12-30 19:25:31
My Day in Court by CDW
My appointment with the municipal judge was scheduled for five-o-clock in the afternoon. Right around four, I started to get jittery. I worried that I wouldn't be able to find my tag receipt which was my only proof of having paid for my expired tag. I worried that I wouldn't be able to find the ticket the officer had given me which I needed to [more...]
Date: 2009-01-08 11:00:00
Five-Game Road Trip is Perfect
Even though the trip was broken in half with the holidays, the recent success of the Boston Bruins can not be overlooked. On Tuesday night, the Bruins completed a perfect 5-0 road trip by defeating the Pittsburgh Penguins 5-2 at Mellon Arena. For some reason, ever since the brief holiday break, first periods haven't been the kindest to Boston [more...]
Date: 2008-12-31 07:32:05
Tight budgets and corrections priorities
Federal budget numbers are always flabbergasting to me and I can only react with awe to the news that the 2009 federal deficit totaled $1.2 TRILLION, with a big, fat, capital "T."Most state budgets including Texas, OTOH, must balance themselves or else request specific debt approval from voters in bond elections, [more...]
Date: 2009-01-07 17:34:00
Tyler Perry Trading Up Outside Atlanta
SELLER: Tyler PerryLOCATION: Cedar Grove Road, Fairburn, GAPRICE: $3,695,000SIZE: 17,252 square feet, 6 bedrooms, 6.5 bathroomsDESCRIPTION: ...An unbelievable foyer with marble floors, two vast sitting areas, a floating mahogany staircase, leading to an exquisite grand salon, all with dramatic ceilings over 20 feet high [more...]
Date: 2009-01-07 16:58:00
On being a flight attendant...
There are so many things I miss about it, and so many times I wish it paid as well as my current job does so I could quit and go back. The poverty is honestly the worst part, when you can no longer enjoy what layovers and days off you have because you don’t have the money to buy groceries, [more...]
Date: 2009-01-08 08:43:00
Nothing Says They Have Learned A Lesson Like GMAC Lowering The Credit Requirement From 700 To 621
As we are still reeling from the subprime credit crisis, GMAC said it would relax credit requirements to allow loans to 80 percent of U.S. [ ... bangheadagainstwall Linked with: The bottomless UAW money pit The You Fat Bastard Tax ... Me 2008? Not So Great… | America Needs Me ButAsForMe! » The bottomless UAW money pit When is it okay [more...]
Date: 2009-01-01 04:34:18
9 year old rescues girl from dog using jiujitsu
Youngster rescues girl from dog - Today's Paper > Local News | Bakersfield.com - Kern County news, events, shopping & search. It's the same thing Drew did last week when he saved a 12-year-old girl from being mauled by a pit bull. Using a tactic he learned in class, he put the attacking dog in a chokehold and held [more...]
Date: 2009-01-08 07:34:39
Curbed Awards '08: Architecture Part I
As is our wont this time of year, it's time for us to hand out metaphorical hardware to the most deserving and important people, places, and things in the real estate, architecture, and neighborhood universes of New York City this past year. That's right, it's time for the Fifth Annual Curbed Awards! Strap in and enjoy. [more...]
Date: 2008-12-30 16:22:02
Obama Visits High School Friend in Hawaii
The president-elect, his wife and kids as well as close friends Eric Whitaker and Marty Nesbitt travel two hours from their vacation compound to just west of Waialua, Hawaii. They're said to be visiting the home of Bobby Titcomb, a high school friend of Obama's. Pool report here. Earlier: The Obamas take a bathroom pit stop [more...]
Date: 2008-12-28 23:17:37
It's not like this at home!
How cool is this toilet? No roof , no floor, just a toilet sitting in the sand. And not just a toilet – a whole bathroom! We thought it might just be a pit toilet, but it flushed and everything. We’ve seen lots of amusing signs in Namibia. It’s not often [more...]
Date: 2009-01-08 17:58:34
Editorial 15
While the u.s is dealing with a economical bailout crisis from the car industry to the porn business, ... that neighbors the american people, has wooed a past u.s president, to many famous actors. The money pit, some may call this the ultimate u.s bailout handout packages, but, the money pit; I am talking [more...]
Date: 2009-01-08 03:27:00
Top 2009 Stock: The U.S. Treasury Bond Bubble
Attempting to escape the clenches of the credit crunch, nervous investors ran screaming toward Treasury bills. So much so, they drove the three-month Treasury bill rate to negative territory for the first time since 1929, creating an over-inflated bubble set for failure.Yep, the next bubble is here.. [more...]
Date: 2009-01-08 09:09:00
World’s Largest Fossil Site Unearthed
World’s Largest Fossil Site Unearthed December 31, 2008 “Scientists claim to have uncovered the world’s largest haul of dinosaur fossils in China. They recovered some 7,600 fossils from a 980ft-long pit near Zhucheng city in the eastern province of Shandong in a dig lasting seven months. The finds at the site - dubbed ‘Dinosaur City’ [more...]
Date: 2008-12-31 13:35:43
It’s Only Money, After All
After our series of unfortunate events, we’ve been thinking about what our 2009 financial goals are and how debt elimination factors into that. Although I planned (and pre-wrote) a 2009 goals post for today, the last day of 2009, the events of the past week and a half has made that largely irrelevant [more...]
Date: 2008-12-31 14:59:05
Gotta love liberal “social engineering”
The AP reports that tensions are rising in the SF Bay area over low income renters that some say are disturbing the peace and creating a general ... property. Forcing the issue, of course, brings exactly the kind of problems seen today in bigger cities [more...]
Date: 2008-12-31 03:27:18
Eagles, Giants, and the NFL
1) Not a complete surprise that a ny giants blog would have ~80% of its respondents lining up to vote for them to win the Super Bowl. But how biased is this group? The online odds to win the Super Bowl paint a different picture, one where essentially the Steelers, Panthers and Giants are viewed almost equally [more...]
Date: 2009-01-08 11:00:00
Fab houses and props
Have you guys seen the Yes magazine January edition wherein they feature Willie Revillame's high end properties? Everything is so expensive! ... , it is not impossible for him to have all of it. I wonder if the houses have fire pit or something, and while reading [more...]
Date: 2009-01-01 13:55:27
OSCARS 2009 PREVIEW: "The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button"
*Thank you ABS-CBN for inviting me to your special advanced screeningTHE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON is a film which you will either hate or like. As for me...uhm...(pause)...uhm...(pause)...ok...LIKE!It was a well crafted film. But since it got the most number of Golben Globe nominations (tied with FROST/NIXON) [more...]
Date: 2009-01-08 08:29:00
Jan 3-4 2009 Jolly Mountain and Diamond Head Ski
We wanted to ski New Year's Day through the weekend. However, high avalanche danger, which included closed passes made planning difficult. Sort of at the last minute we decided to base ourselves out of a motel in Cle Elum to ski out of Salmon Le Sac and Blewett Pass [more...]
Date: 2009-01-08 03:26:05
Do yourself a Favor, Don’t Buy this Bed ! Simmons Beautyrest Exceptionale
Do yourself a Favor, Don’t Buy this Bed ! Simmons Beautyrest Exceptionale Mattress Reviews This mattress was great… for about four months. I looked forward to hitting the sack and I felt like we had made the right choice. And then, much to our regret, the bed began to sink. Within six months, we each had a pit in the middle of the bed [more...]
Date: 2009-01-08 16:10:04
Things I’d Like To Post About Today ….. (122808, Morning)
….. But I Don’t Have Any Time For: Thomas Sowell has a great column (actually, that’s a redundant statement) at IBDeditorials ... and that will create annual bottomless pit operating deficits. This is just one project in the bidding for a piece [more...]
Date: 2008-12-28 13:40:27
call from the ex - UGH
call from the ex - UGH I had a weird fucking weekend. See the ex on the caller ID. There’s that feeling in pit of my stomach when I see it, and involuntarily mutter, “What the fuck…?” That’s never good news, to see that name on the caller ID. However, knowing she’d have some kind [more...]
Date: 2009-01-08 08:43:58
Tower 111 is Busy for the Holidays, But About Its Neighbors...
Click the image above to view the full photogallery ... and West 32nd Street might end up as something more than another rubble-filled pit. This 47-story ... signs of development on the lake-filled lot is a log-encircled fire pit which, in these cold days [more...]
Date: 2008-12-31 14:51:25
Can I take a break yet?
Nary a chance! Last night, some friends of ours, Chris and Kira, came in from Newman, so we had a nice get together with them, ... do it all again soon! On the way home, pit stopped at Bunnings to get a water feature water pump [more...]
Date: 2009-01-08 07:17:34
Sholai School: In Harmony With Nature
Nine children sit in a circle in one of the several one-room structures at Sholai School. Rodney Walker, an environmentalist from Chile, is taking class. Opposite him, his partner of many years and Sholai teacher Viv Macadam distributes masks to the children [more...]
Date: 2009-01-08 06:57:08
Mid-City bonfire organizers setting up
Mid-City bonfire organizers setting up by The Times-Picayune Wednesday December 31, 2008, 1:51 PM Photo by Stephanie StroudCharlie Blanque, left, husband of Mid-City Neighborhood Organization Vice President Virginia Blanque, and Joe Laura, set up a fire pit and two layers of barricades for the Orleans Avenue bonfire Wednesday morning [more...]
Date: 2009-01-01 01:34:49
My First (Con)Test
Today I found a contest to win a trip to London, England. My first thought was WOO HOO! Your chance to enjoy high tea in London! ... in me desperately wanted to enter, but I just couldn’t bring myself to do it. The knot in the pit [more...]
Date: 2009-01-08 17:15:31
Real Wedding: Erin and Seth, IV
Thank you so much to Jenne Hohn for sending us pictures from today’s featured wedding! It’s that splash of warmth and summertime that we SO needed! ... of both families.?? Chocolate and port were served around a fire pit for guests taking a break [more...]
Date: 2008-12-29 18:17:37
‘Diva’ has new African-American cookbook
by Jim Vertuno, Star News OnlineAngela Shelf Medearis sees big changes in African-American cuisine over the last decade or so ... they thought I’d be frying up a chicken or doing something with a barbecue pit … I think we’ve progressed [more...]
Date: 2009-01-08 03:25:13
Matching wits with my daughter
Margo and I were watching a TV show about tigers in the jungles of Asia. They are very fearsome beasts and you don’t want to mess with them ... s fangs seem as if they were filed down to the gum line. His massive head can hold a pit bull’ [more...]
Date: 2009-01-08 13:30:10
Transcribe 1-5-2009 Sherry Talk Radio
Sherry Talk RadioAired on 1-05-2009Sherry Talk Radio1-05-2009Transcribed by Liz Pattonhttp://www.sherrytalkradio.com/And hello everybody. Yore live; its Monday, January 5th, 2009. It’s finally here; the year from Hell. I’ve been warning about this year for years and its now upon us. So fitting [more...]
Date: 2009-01-08 10:01:00
To all my commenters, the best commenters in the blogosphere.
Yesterday, the day I saw "The Curious Life of Benjamin Button" and wrote that post, I conked out early.Oh, I don't know if it was from the movie or from the pizza and one glass of wine I had afterward or just from being somewhat old. Most of the people in the movie audience were old, so old, [more...]
Date: 2008-12-30 14:03:00
Pajiba Love 12/29/08
The Guy Almost Definitely Probably Had It Coming, Is All I'm Saying Pajiba Love / Stacey Nosek I don't think there's a single critic at Pajiba ( ... of the year: What happened to Michael Vick's dogs. Via TK and my pit bull-owning roommate who showed [more...]
Date: 2008-12-29 17:01:05
Birthday Parties
This past weekend we had 2 special birthday parties to go to.Ella turned 1!! YAY Ella!! Her party was at her house and everything was perfect! ... well, except they kept peeking around the corner...Owie in the ball pit!Price being a monkey!!I bet [more...]
Date: 2009-01-08 03:51:00
What IS an avocado anyway? Fruit, veg?
I've successfully made it through four days of my 5 a day challenge. Like many things, it's a lot harder than I anticipated ... anyway? Yep, it's a damn fruit...the pit gave it away. I eat them all the time. I guess [more...]
Date: 2009-01-08 11:59:00
