With my recent vacation I watched a few rentals along with many DVDs from my library, These are the movies I’ve watched recently that are worth mentioning. So in no particular order. Salt [2010] (4 Stars) One of the three movies I’d never seen before. I have a bias for Angelina Jolie action movies and [...]
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The Video Festival Continues
The DVD viewing continues with Kiss Me Deadly, The Tourist, Sons of Anarchy, Breaking Bad and my favorite Stargate SG-1.
Weekend DVD Festival
I woke up Saturday morning feeling a bit under the weather and it got worse as I got my morning coffee ready. I was back in bed before the coffee was finished and slept until late afternoon. That pretty much killed off my planned errands and chores, setting the stage for lazy weekend. Despite feeling [...]
Questions
Why will the debt limit cause a default and financial calamity this time when it did not when it last occurred in 1996? Why will social security checks stop if we reach the debt ceiling? Isn’t social security a separate fund? Is social security truly smoke and mirrors and IOU’s? Is President Obama lying when [...]
American Icon Dies
Walter Cronkinte, the iconic anchorman, has died at age 92. The New York Times recaps his career. Again showing my age, my memories of Walter Cronkite are mainly about watching him describe the moon landings and other space flights. The New York Times has a quote by Mr. Cronkite that our current news givers should [...]
More Votes Bought
My previous post was about the influence of money on politics. This is along the same lines but is a case of Democrats customizing the tax code to benefit their union base. Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus has been advocating taxing our health plans in order to pay for universal health care, or at [...]
Is This What Ironic Means?
Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae have bid to manage the toxic home loans that the Treasury will buy in its bailout program. James Lockhart, the chief regulator for the companies said: They … have some skills in this area… via Planet Money
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