Archive for the ‘General’ Category

OMG! What a circus this is turning out to be

Thursday, July 1st, 2010

With all the stuff coming out of Blagos trial, this is just incredible.

Blagos drop $400K on clothes

New laws for Illinois

Wednesday, June 30th, 2010

Okay, folks.  July 1 ushers in some new laws for Illinois.  Here’s a link to a partial list: http://tinyurl.com/3xl4fr6

More Toyota woes!

Wednesday, June 30th, 2010

If you or someone you know has a Lexus HS250h hybrid, better read Lexus recall

boycott BP?

Saturday, June 26th, 2010

Think hard about doing that.  BP is a huge multi-national corporation and won’t be hurt at all if you decide not to visit the local BP statoin.

What you WILL do is possibly cause a hardworking franchisee to lose business and possibly go belly up.  In this era of a lack of jobs,
the more viable businesses we have the better.  There are people who depend on that BP station for their ability to survive.
Consider that when you decide whether or not to boycott a BP station.  You could be screwing your neighbors.

Joe Jackson, slimebag

Friday, June 25th, 2010

Here’s a great example of this.

Slimebag

Snipes goes for new trial after financial advisor arrested

Friday, June 25th, 2010

Wesley Snipes’s attorneys are asking for a new trial on his tax evasion charges now that his ex-financial advisor has been arrested.

Here’s the USA Today article: New Sniopes trial

Slimebag Van Der sloot tries new tactic

Wednesday, June 23rd, 2010

This guy’s either very persistant or in his own little never-never land.

Van Der Sloot claims misconduct…again

Ace on Bear

Wednesday, June 23rd, 2010

If you know the name “Ace” Greenberg, then you know that his baby for a lot of years, was Bear Stearns.

Here’s an article from Newsweek where Ace answers some tough questions on Bear, the market and other things.

Newsweek article

Read on, gentle reader, and see what the (insert favorite adjective here) in Congress are up to NOW!

Saturday, June 19th, 2010

I ran across this post on the Dvorak.org/blog site. who’s backing it doesn’t surprise me nor the fact that it seems that they are

trying to slip this through without anyone catching them.

Link to the Dvorak post: Dvorak post

Link to the bill: Bill PDF

What’s next????

Friday, June 18th, 2010

First Campbells recalls spaghetti-os for under processing and now Marie Callendar is recalling frozen meals for salmonella! Well, at least they’re acting very quickly about this rather than sticking their coporate heads in the sand.

Marie Callender recall

Campbell’s recall