Monthly Archives: August 2006

Preventing, or highly regulating Internet access in the workplace apparently is NOT a good recruiting tool. When I graduated from college years ago I didn’t even consider IBM as a potential employer. White shirt, tie…. absolutely no way. I suspect … Continue reading →

From Instapundit on Republican’s and the Porkbusters project: House Republican leaders promise that even if lobby reform stalls – as it has – they will do something to rein in earmarks when they return to Capitol Hill next month. The … Continue reading →

If the price of gold is related to increasing inflation, than inflation must be increasing. If it’s not, the price of gold is definitely increasing, at least as measured in US $’s.

Peter Schiff of Europacific Investments outlines how inflation measurements have been tampered with over time to reduce the CPI and PPI inflation readings. The first step was convincing the markets that hedonic adjustments were okay. Next came the legitimization of … Continue reading →

The global warming advocates are having to reload their ammunition for this years hurricane season. Now they are hoping the real hurricane season, that begins in August will show up. Perhaps yes, perhaps no. Unlike the global warming advocates, I … Continue reading →

The Power Line blog has a great post Joe. If you don’t know, and I didn’t, Joe Rosenthal took this famous picture (among others). To bad it’s so easy to believe this comment from a Powerline reader… As soon as … Continue reading →

Brett Steenbarger claims trading teaches many life lessons. Trading is a crucible of life: it distills, in a matter of minutes, the basic human challenge: the need to judge, plan, and seek values under conditions of risk and uncertainty. In … Continue reading →

The article says California is on the brink of a global warming breakthrough. Made me think they had some great new technology or something. Not to worry, they are simply passing a law. I suppose “a breakthrough”, at least to … Continue reading →

For you non-financial types, Bill Gross of PIMCO investments is considered “the Bond King”. Dan Fuss from Loomis Sales has easily beaten Gross at his own game over the last 15 years. To be successful and perform as Gross and … Continue reading →

The city of Chicago passed the new super minimum wage law. The results, according the the Wall Street Journal (paid registration required) are… Target was the first big chain to react, recently canceling plans to open a new superstore in … Continue reading →

Apparently creating a Horse Co-op is a solution to the problem. County land use director Graham Billingsly seems quite pleased a solution has been found… Billingsley said the boarders may have brainstormed a viable loophole. “As far as I know, … Continue reading →

From today’s letter to the editor… Are land sales open to everyone? Doesn’t it strike anyone as being a little questionable when Boulder County open space sells 32 acres of sacred open space to a private company to develop as … Continue reading →

Thanks to Ann Althouse, via Instapundit, I found this posting on boys going to a private NY City school, who spend 9 hours a day memorizing the Koran. The reward is (apparently)… The young boys are taught that if they … Continue reading →

The Boulder citizenry, in an effort to alleviate their guilty, SUV driving conscience, are getting ready to tax themselves to follow the Kyoto protocol. Vote this November. Fortunately I live in the County, but I’m sure they won’t be far … Continue reading →

Thailand Plans 1 Free Laptop Per Child: Financial News – Yahoo! Finance Oh THIS is really stupid. There’s a difference between learning knowledge and using a computer. Technology can be a tool or a crutch. Without proper knowledge, it’s a … Continue reading →

Ed Quillen of the Denver Post whines about his voting experience. First he complains that in Chaffee County (Salida area) a Democrat rarely wins… The 5th has never elected a Democrat in its 35 years of existence, and this one-party … Continue reading →

There’s a reporter, Kevin Corke that works for ABC, who seems to have trouble understanding why the Bush administration maintained the secrecy of the recent British (and US) investigation of the terrorists that wanted to blow up multiple international flights … Continue reading →

Hillary Hall sent Linda Salas packing. The non-official tally 8395 to 5824. The Daily Camera captures the reason Salas was sent home so convincingly… The tally showed citizens’ dissatisfaction with the county’s recentelections and current voting process, Hall said. No … Continue reading →

Linda is the present Boulder County Clerk and Recorder and has done a pathetic job. Here’s an experience from an early voter in the letters to the editor section of today’s Boulder Daily Camera (free registration required)…. Having responded to … Continue reading →