-
“Damn” was her audible response
I recently heard a surprising story: A female CEO was briefed on a stellar candidate for a top job at her company. “Sounds ideal,” she said to the group in the room. “Male or female?” Male was the answer. “Damn” was her audible response. The guy wasn’t even interviewed. Why Are Men SilentSearch BIS
DuckDuckGoPrivacy
Goolag T Shirt
Men On Strike
- “This has been the coldest season with the most ice since we started Arctic Watch in 2000. Almost no whales. The NWPassage is still blocked with ice. Some of the bays still have not melted!”
Richard weber, owner/operater Arctic Watch Generation Screwed
And rather than follow the conventional path of indebting yourself for 13-years so that you can attend university for four, and then fork over the bulk of your pay to the government, instead focus on learning tangible, valuable skills overseas.Government Cheese
FIRM
Boulder County Fairness in Road Maintenance (FIRM) On November 5, 2013, residents and property owners of subdivisions in unincorporated Boulder County will go to the polls to vote on 5C. A group of your fellow citizens has banded together to provide you, our neighbors, with facts and information about why you should vote NO on this tax increase. To learn more, click on the button below.-
Recent Posts
Recent Comments
- Clifford Norman on Against Doomsdayism
- pushin p on
- Mark on
- ChrisA on
- Mark on
Archives
Author Archives: ChrisA
Live life
“You miss 100 percent of the shots you never take.” – Wayne Gretzky, Canadian hockey player (1961 – ) Hear Michael Covell of turtletrader.com expound on “The Great One’s” insight.
Posted in inspiration
Leave a comment
New Boulder County Land Use director
The Longmont Times Call reports that veteran planner Dale Case has been selected to head Boulder County’s Land Use Department. Case said in an interview that he’ll focus on county commissioners’ policy initiatives in his new land-use job — initiatives … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Leave a comment
Bueller? Bueller?
In the June 16th edition of Forbes magazine, publisher Rich Karlgaard describes former Microsoft R & D head Nathan Myhrvold’s startup called Intellectual Ventures in a column titled Math Boneheads. One of Intellectual Ventures’ inventions is a blood filter that … Continue reading
Posted in math
Leave a comment
Lieberman-Warner bill?
Is it out of touch with the people? Amy Ridenour investigates Rush Limbaugh’s reporting on the issue. It wouldn’t be the first time our government leaders, especially the liberal elite, knew what’s best for us common folk.
Posted in global warming
Leave a comment
City Council decides ballot measures
The Colorado Daily reports on possible November ballot initiatives that the Boulder City Council will discuss tonight. Mostly it’s about having enough money to keep Camelot running. There could be two sales tax extensions, a “de-Brucing” measure on property taxes … Continue reading
Posted in Boulder is stoopid, taxes
Leave a comment
Men prefer solo over bad marriage
Imagine that. Read what Dr. Helen has to say. No doubt, there are plenty of scumbag men, but there are a large number of scumbag women that have the power of the judiciary behind them.
Posted in Uncategorized
Leave a comment
Cap and Trade make believe
Robert Samuelson, writing in Reason takes on Cap and Tax, whoops, Cap and Trade on CO2 emissions. In one bill, the 2030 cap on greenhouse gases would be 35 percent below the 2005 level and 44 percent below the level … Continue reading
Posted in global warming
Leave a comment
Stop getting freaked out by Al Gore
That’s Kathryn Jean Lopez’s suggestion. I found this of particular interest… Little wonder that Gallup reports that a majority of Americans support “drilling in U.S. coastal and wilderness areas now off limits.” Unlike Congress, where Democratic California Rep. Maxine Waters … Continue reading
Posted in Boulder is stoopid, global warming
Leave a comment
Five myths: America’s Climate Security Act
Over at National Review, Ben Lieberman explores/exposes 5 myths of the “America’s Climate Security Act” authored by Joe Lieberman and John Warner. The myths are: Myth #1: LW wouldn’t be expensive.Myth #2: The costs fall on industry, not consumers.Myth #3: … Continue reading
Posted in Boulder is stoopid, global warming
Leave a comment
Buy one, get one free
House that is, with the usual caveat that price paid will be for the more expensive house. Here’s the deal… “Michael Crews Development is offering new, 2000-square foot cityscape row-homes worth $400,000 in Escondido for free — if you buy … Continue reading
Posted in finance, foreclosure
Leave a comment
Mainstream media: Look in the Mirror
Instapundit, with the help of Powerline sums up the state of affairs in the press nicely.
Posted in Uncategorized
Leave a comment
Mainstream media: Look in the Mirror
Instapundit, with the help of Powerline sums up the (poor and declining) state of affairs in the main stream media in his usual pithy fashion. Perhaps that’s why the Daily Camera has spare office space for the Colorado Daily. On … Continue reading
Posted in Boulder is stoopid, msm
Leave a comment
Global warming legislation
What a convoluted mess: Sen. Joe Lieberman, the Connecticut independent who is a leading sponsor of the bill, says computer studies suggest a modest impact on energy costs, with several projections for continued economic growth. Sponsors says the bill also … Continue reading
Posted in Boulder is stoopid, global warming
Leave a comment
Great investors, all three
That would be Warren Buffett, Jim Rogers and Mohnish Pabrai. Read the instightful analysis by Jeff Anello over at the Circle of Competence. I disagree slightly with Jeff’s comment that Rogers is usually “leveraged to the hilt”. I think that … Continue reading
Posted in value investing
Leave a comment
Priorities, Global Warming is 30th
Read Darren’s writeup on the Copenhagen Consensus Conference. Earlier this week I wrote about the Copenhagen Consensus Conference, and its attempt to determine the most effective way to expend limited resources (money) to solve the world’s biggest problems. The results … Continue reading
Posted in Boulder is stoopid, global warming
Leave a comment
Shuttle launch today at 5:02 EDT
STS-124 is scheduled to launch at 5:02pm EDT today. You can watch the live video feed here.
Posted in Space Shuttle
Leave a comment
Europeans unhappy about gas prices
Imagine that! From the Christian Science Monitor… London – Trucks blocking a main London highway, fishermen blockading French ports, Dutch drivers petitioning parliament, Spanish and Italian fishermen voting to strike – Europeans are becoming restless at relentlessly high energy costs. … Continue reading
Posted in energy
Leave a comment
Foreclosures: Colorado in top 5
According the Realty Trac in April, Colorado is one of the top 5 states in the nation when it comes to foreclosures. The other 4 are California, Florida, Nevada and Arizona.
Posted in foreclosure
Leave a comment
12 week high for Berkshire
Berkshire Hathaway stock has rallied 11% in the last 10 trading sessions. Look at the increase in trading volume over the last week, especially today.(click to enlarge)
Posted in Buffett
Leave a comment
Climate change legislation not likely to pass
Whoops, they must mean global warming. Whatever. Thankfully, according to this Fortune magazine article, the business coalition supporting the Lieberman-Warner climate change legislation jas splintered. Without widespread corporate support, passage of the bill – already a long shot at best … Continue reading
Posted in global warming
Leave a comment
