New Zepplin NT04Attribution: Airship VenturesSeventy one years since the last call from a Zepplin (the last time was the Hindenberg and that didn’t turn out so well,) I saw the one in this picture off the coast this morning. At the time, I didn’t know anything about it. Now, I know that Airship Ventures has […]
Well, it’s Blog Action Day and the subject this year is poverty. If you’re world-aware, you’ll know that the United States is phenomenally lucky in terms of our standard of living and the number of opportunities available to residents, legal or illegal. (Thus, the reason so many risk the law to come to our country.) […]
Dow Industrial Average over three years. This is one UGLY chart! There’s an old saw that’s used when talking about the stock market, it goes something like this: “When everyone is scared, be greedy. When everyone is greedy, be scared.” About this time last year when the DOW hit 14,000+ points, everyone was feeling pretty […]
Gekko as Candy Man I’ve been a long-time reader of Rondam’s Ramblings and this is one of his best posts. It is well worth your time to read this tome and get a nuts and bolts understanding of what’s really happening in the economy. Here’s an excerpt: All of the events of the past year […]
Attribution: https://www.hairyfishnuts.com/ Well, it happened the way our forefathers intended. A corrupt Administration wanted to push something through without thinking and the House flipped them the bird, in a bi-partisan manner, sending the $700 bailout bill down in flames. It’s interesting, and somewhat ironic, that the House could have, and I’ll argue should have, sent […]