Monthly Archives: May 2007

Chavez and Radio Caracas Television

Posted on May 30, 2007 by ChrisA

Dictator Hugo Chavez defends his decision to take over Radio Caracas Television: Chavez said his refusal to renew the license of Radio Caracas Television, which went off the air at midnight Sunday, is “a sovereign, legitimate decision in which there … Continue reading →

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Not in the Top 2000

Posted on May 29, 2007 by ChrisA

The Daily Camera reports that the Bolder Boulder results are stalled due to “technology overload”. The Top 2000 results are in the paper. It appears the other 48,000 of us will have to wait until around lunch time on Wednesday. … Continue reading →

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Server is too busy

Posted on May 29, 2007 by ChrisA

The message I got today at 11:09am when trying to access www.bolderboulder.com

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No Earmarks??

Posted on May 29, 2007 by ChrisA

Sure, right. John Murtha, one of my favorite Democrats is at it again. From Powerline

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No Earmarks??

Posted on May 29, 2007 by ChrisA

Sure… right. John Murtha, one of my favorite Democrats is at it again. Paul Mirengoff of Powerline nicely summarizes a Robert Novak column regarding the Democrat’s penchant for Earmarks. Here’s a nice highlight (i.e. an excerpt of an excerpt…) Murtha … Continue reading →

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Bolder Boulder

Posted on May 29, 2007 by ChrisA

I “waddled” thought the Bolder Boulder today in 73+ minutes. The official results will be out later tonight or tomorrow morning if they can keep the web site up. My goal was under 70 minutes, but too little training and … Continue reading →

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Alas, Jimmy and Warren not related

Posted on May 29, 2007 by ChrisA

According to 23andMe, a biotech startup, Jimmy and Warren Buffett are not related. Just in case you haven’t heard of 23and Me, it is run by Ann Wojcicki who recently married Google billionaire Sergey Brin. Interestingly enough, Google has invested … Continue reading →

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Chavez’s way or the Highway….

Posted on May 27, 2007 by ChrisA

Chavez shuts down an opposition broadcaster…. The government is not renewing RCTV’s license after 53 years on the air because of accusations that the broadcaster participated in a bungled 2002 coup against Chavez, incited violent demonstrations and aired immoral programming. … Continue reading →

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Charlie Munger USC Law School Commencement Speech

Posted on May 26, 2007 by ChrisA

Charlie’s pearls of wisdom on succeeding and living a full life. I tried to copy this and lost all the formatting. I’ll try again when I’m not so tired.

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Hurricanes and global warming

Posted on May 26, 2007 by ChrisA

The simplest model that works is the best. Unfortunately, the global warming supporters have simple ideas that don’t work. Does global warming cause strong, frequent hurricane’s? As Instapundit himself says, “There seems to be a lot of complexity involved”. …and … Continue reading →

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Value of the dollar

Posted on May 25, 2007 by ChrisA

In an earlier post I mentioned the deteriorating value of the dollar during Greenspan’s tenure. Here is an example using a calculator from the Measuringworth.com website. Using the period from 1986 (Greenspan took office in August of 86) until 2005 … Continue reading →

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Senator Inohfe on global warming

Posted on May 25, 2007 by ChrisA

In his opening statement on “The Issue of the Potential Impacts of Global Warming on Recreation and the Recreation Industry” Senator Inohfe touches on weather occuring this winter and even present when he says… There are winners and losers as … Continue reading →

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UN/North Korea

Posted on May 25, 2007 by ChrisA

Fox news poll: I couldn’t find an article referring to this. I’ll keep an eye on it.

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Yes, but….

Posted on May 25, 2007 by ChrisA

Yes, I said Greenspan is an idiot. That doesn’t mean there won’t be a bad stock market sellof in China, or the housing market won’t implode and a multitude of other financial issues.

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Global Warming….

Posted on May 25, 2007 by ChrisA

Yep, most snow on Pikes Peak in the last decade. Barr Camp, which is 4000′ lower than Pikes Peak, recorded 260″ of snow this year vs. 50″ last year. Yes, of course the amount of precipitation is not indicative of … Continue reading →

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Greenspan deflates stock market rally

Posted on May 24, 2007 by ChrisA

From AP/Yahoo… Stocks initially rose, lifting the Dow Jones industrials briefly above 13,600 for the first time, after the market got a fresh load of deal-related news that included a possible bidding battle over aluminum producer Alcan Inc. But the … Continue reading →

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Paris “traumatized”

Posted on May 15, 2007 by ChrisA

According to Fox news, Paris is traumatized about spending time in jail. I suppose I would be traumatized too, but I don’t have an attitude that I’m above the law. LOS ANGELES — Paris Hilton is “emotionally distraught and traumatized” … Continue reading →

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Cry me a river

Posted on May 14, 2007 by ChrisA

Joanne Jacobs reports on a student suing his teacher for making it too easy to cheat. In Ohio, Shi Huang is suing his AP bio teacher, administrators and the Kent Board of Education for making it too easy to hack … Continue reading →

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Say it ain’t so

Posted on May 14, 2007 by ChrisA

From Betsy’s blog… Al Qaeda starts to wear out its welcome Al Qaeda’s effort to create its own territory of terror in Sunni areas of Iraq is running into difficulties: the tribes there, which at first were willing to accept … Continue reading →

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Crocs, the stock

Posted on May 14, 2007 by ChrisA

Local shoe company Crocs seems to be taking the world by storm. In the last year, the stock has risen from a low of around 25 to near 70. The last 10 points were due to a great earnings report. … Continue reading →

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