Articles (page 34 of 50)
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The Bailout Law of 2008, The Federal Reserve, and the Destruction of The United States of America
Benjamin Franklin : “In the colonies we issue our own money. It is called Colonial Script. We issue it in proper proportion to the demands of trade and industry to make the…
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The Bailout Law Explained
Take 700 bajillion dollars, add 150 bajillion dollars in pork to get the House to pass it, subtract 600 bajillion dollars of market reaction being taken out of your 401(k)/IRA…
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The Daily Show explains the nuances of the swing vote
Article by Joe Levi: The Daily Show explains the nuances of the swing vote.
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Annoying and/or Harassing Phone Calls
Today I got a 1-second voice message from 9733028801 (973) 302-8801 on my work number, they left no message and no name came through on called ID. Doing further research it looks…
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No Gas in September
I just filled up with gasoline in my Prius yesterday. The time prior to that was 8/29/2008. That means I drove a solid month without putting fuel into my vehicle! Woot! You can…
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How to Draw an Igloo
Those Eskimos know how to build igloos, but have you ever stopped and asked a 7 year old how to draw one? Follow along as my daughter teaches you how to draw your very own igloo…
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Team Building Activity
As a reward for meeting specific goals and with the hope to foster inter-discipline relationships our team will occasionally participate in a team building activity. This time we…
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Microsoft Right-hand, this is Microsoft Left-hand
All the other blogs are going to be talking about how the US Government just upped the “bailout” from $700 bajillion to over $900 bajillion and how the DOW just fell about 500…
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What “Pork” is in the Bailout Barrel?
The Bailout Bill, also known as the “Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008’’.” has some very “interesting” pork built into it. For example: The Senate added a provision…
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Operation Bullhorn
I wanted to write a quick “keep this in mind” note from @FairTaxWriteIn : The Impetus- For over a decade the FairTax bill (H.R.25) has been parked in the House Ways and Means…
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Principal Financial Group 401(k) “Black Tuesday” Restrictions
Like most 9-to-5ers, I contribute to my company’s 401(k) retirement program. My employer has a matching plan to match 50% of my investments up to 4% of my wage. That means for…
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Policing Behaviors in Aspergers Children
We recently had an episode with our Aspergers child that I’d lake to share. I use the word “episode” to describe something that took place in the context of a larger story, not…
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A deeper look into Fannie Mae
Here is a quick look into 3 former Fannie Mae Executives who have played big on Wall Street. Franklin Raines was a Chairman and Chief Executive Officer at Fannie Mae. Raines was…
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Flooding in Mid-West versus Flooding in New Orleans
The rising Mississippi River has broken high-water records up and down the Iowa and Illinois shore, cresting as high as 12 feet above flood stage in some places. Estimates place…
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Tuesday’s Song: Forever Yours, Sunrise Avenue
Heavy on the guitar, heavy on the drums, with an interesting a cappella harmonic near the end. Sunrise Avenue has done and outstanding job with Forever Yours .
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DRM’d Music/Videos bad for the Environment
Hank Green wrote a very good article over at www.EcoGeek.org that anyone that’s ever purchased digital music should read. We saw the MSN Music store tell customers they were…
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Your Dollar is Worth 50 Cents, Part 1
That’s what you will be hearing in 1 to 3 years if the government can reach a compromise and pass the $700 billion bailout bill. Actually, you won’t be hearing that, because the…
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Bailout Failure Wreaking Havoc on DJIA
Shortly after the Bailout vote failed in the House, the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA, DOW) becan to plummet and bounce around spasmodically. Nothing says it quite as well…
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Hope-ocracy Created Financial Problems
If you wonder what really caused the economic problems we’re facing today, this video digs into history and finds out the truth.
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The House is under “Martial Law”
At 1:20 seconds into this video, Rep. Michael Burgess (R, Texas) makes the following comment: “Mister Speaker, I understand we’re under Martial Law as declared by the Speaker…
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Backyard Wind Turbine, Part 2: City ordinance and neighborhood considerations
Project Table of Contents What kind of energy should I harvest? City ordinance and neighborhood considerations (this article) Installing the tower base Building and securing the…
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Ron Paul responds to the President’s Plan
Dear Friends: The financial meltdown the economists of the Austrian School predicted has arrived. We are in this crisis because of an excess of artificially created credit at the…
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Interesting Dialog Box on Twitter
While refreshing my replies page I got the following dialog box… interesting…
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Syracuse Mayor
I’ve been doing a little more research into what happened in last night’s Syracuse City Council Meeting with regard to the selection and appointment of Larry Shingleton as the…
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Backyard Wind Turbine, Part 1
About 4 years ago my friend Mook and I thought it would be cool to research and build “something” together. We didn’t know exactly what to build at the time. We knew that it…
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Syracuse City Council Citizen’s Report for 09/23/2008
(This is a “local politics” post. If that doesn’t interest you, move along to the next or previous posts.) Last night the Syracuse City Council held their regular City Council…
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Tuesday’s Song: Little 15
Today’s Song of the Day is Little 15 , originally by Depeche Mode, and covered by (amongst others) Between the Buried and Me and Audio Science. Enjoy! Between the Buried and Me…
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T-Mobile @Home Service Problems
My friend, Brett, and I both traded in our Vonage service for T-Mobile’s new @Home VoIP solution. How could we not? Vonage was running about $30/month for their unlimited…
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Bailout = No Oversight, No Court Review, No Administrative Review
The “bailout package” proposed by the Bush administration has thus far been hailed as the “saving grace” of the current faltering economy. The market initially reacted favorably…
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Obama to blame for Fanny/Freddie Failure?
A group called the Center for Responsive Politics keeps track of which politicians get Fannie and Freddie political contributions. The top three U.S. Senators getting big Fannie…
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FOR SALE: ETEN G500 Windows Mobile GSM Phone with GPS
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Which Presidential Candidate foresaw the bubble bursting?
This morning the conversation around the proverbial water cooler has been about the effect of the mortgage crash and how it’s pulling down the markets, and subsequently our…
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Not Hyper enough to be a HyperDriver? Try EcoDriving!
Those of you that have been following my blog for any reasonable amount of time know that I have more than a passing interest in the American Native (or is that Native American?)…
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Quote of the Day
“…after all the great religions have been preached and expounded, or have been revealed by brilliant scholars, or have been written in books and embellished in fine language with…
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100th anniversary of "Clean Water"
I’m not a fan of adding man-made chemicals to anything, especially not anything a person would normally consume internally, but in the case of drinking water, the last 100 years…
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Sex Sells
I went to my credit union’s website today and found this: Looking closer at the picture on the couch one sees this: Does anyone else see anything “inappropriate” here?
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Test your ability to “see” Color
Sure, most people know that red, yellow, and blue are the primary colors; that black is the absence of color, and white is the presence of all colors; that printers use four…
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Wendie Dodds
It was brought to my attention that no one has blogged about Wendie Dodds. Now someone has. Carry on.
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Tuesday’s Song: Libra, by Mucc
Today’s song cross the pond once again, this time to the island nation of Japan and a band called Mucc. Wikipedia says Mucc (ムック, mukku ) is a Japanese rock band formed in 1997…
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FOR SALE: Intel Celeron 2.4GHZ/128/400 S478
I upgraded my Dad’s computer from his Celeron 2.4GHZ to a Pentium 4 2.8GHZ. Sale includes heatsink/fan. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=190252405592
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Twitter Updates for 2008-09-11
@overheard You know, I have a small item in my cude that makes noise when you squeeze, but nobody... uh... nevermind. # @nprpolitics 9/11 memory: the majority of the airline…
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This 9/11, Remember the War
No one likes war. War is a horrific affair, bloody and expensive. Sending our men and women into battle to perhaps die or be maimed is an unconscionable thought. Yet some wars…
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Twitter Updates for 2008-09-10
Looking to flash my AT&T Tilt (unlocked) with the HTC TytnII WinMo6.1 rom, anyone got it (or a S/N I can use)? # Currently Browsing: http://tinyurl.com/6rfd6u # @DLB777 I'm…
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Two New Categories
I added two new categories to my blog today: Projects: Inspired by folk such as Bree Petis and MakeZine and projects in PopSci, here’s I’ll be detailing projects that I undertake…
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Happy birthday to me!
Thirty-two years ago today I was born. Now you know. Here’s my shameless plug for you to get me stuff. ;)
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Twitter Updates for 2008-09-09
Currently Browsing: http://tinyurl.com/6qkfp5 # @overheard "It's that GUID... when we restored it the GUID changed..." # @overheard I'm going to get all the SEO terms for…
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Adventures building a backyard wind turbine
It all started years ago with a broken treadmill I’d read stories of people who would “harvest” the motors from treadmills and give them another life by building backyard wind…
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Wikipedia has a problem
I’ve never seen a Wikipedia “FAIL!” before today… wow… Can we blame this on the LHC ?
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Helium and Sulphur Hexafluoride
File this under “Don’t try this at home.” Remember how when you inhale helium your voice gets really high-pitched for a while, and it sounds really funny? That’s because helium…
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Hybrid Bengal House Cat
A co-worker of mine has set up a blog all about her hybrid Bengal house cat and is planning on conducting an SEO/SEP experiment with its content. This is my attempt to beat her…