Archive for March 7th, 2009
Geithner Gone by June?
That is the prediction from Chris Whalen talking to The Street.com. So caution is advised. Whalen is a principal of this place and his newsletter has been full of bailout discussions. What interests me here are two things: 1) that resolving AIG and Lehman rids the system of CDS and 2) Lehman is the model […]
Deep Home Project/Business Thought
I think a viable business could be built on a regular youtube show called, “The Half-assed Homeowner” which would show people how to do projects around the house in the ways that people REALLY do them and not the ways they are depicted on HGTV and DIY with all the right tools and planning. There […]
Domestic Terror Question of the Day
Where were all these chest thumping domestic terrorists wannabes who are so eager to revolt and break away from the United States when Bush was figuratively wiping his ass with the Constitution and wrecking the economy?
More Like This Please! — Factchecking Mike Pence
Rick Sanchez from CNN had on Eric Burns from Media Matters to fact check Mike Pence’s claim that he fought against both earmarks and excessive spending by BushCo and the Congress: Dear Liberal Media: Do way more of this. Thanks!
Delaware’s Slowness with ARRA
According to Recovery.org, Delaware is not certified for American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) funds nor do we have a website for transparency of ARRA funds. The following states are ARRA certified: Connecticut, District of Columbia (yes, I know they are not a state), Illinois, Kansas, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Ohio, Oregon, Texas, […]
House Races to Watch WikiPost: 3/7/09
Here are the Delaware house races to watch according to the DL contributors. We’ll be updating and reposting this throughout the year as political fortunes rise and fall. Let us know where we’ve screwed up in the comments. STATE REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT 2 Hazel Plant (D) has held this seat almost forever. Her strongest challenge came […]
Frugal Weekend Blogging — Fix Your Stuff, Don’t Replace It
redwaterlily has found an interesting project (via the GOOD website) promoting the idea of fixing our stuff, rather than replacing it. That can be a real challenge when so much stuff seems to be made to be disposable — finding someone or even a way to fix it can be its own labor. Anyway — […]
Late Nite Oddity: I’m Hooked on Steele Edition
Like everyone else I can’t get enough of the absurd Michael Steele. Tell me this does not sound like someone who is about to announce that he want’s to “spend more time with his family.” STEELE: It’s been a good week, it’s been an instructive week. That’s really what I take away from a week […]
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