We watched Seaves' boss on C-SPAN tonight talking about the Michigan Recovery Office and how it's working to distribute the funds made available in the Recovery Act and all of the reporting and transparency issues that come along with that (the website is at http://michigan.gov/recoveryRead more... )

Can anyone explain in tiny little words that I am able to comprehend why it is that the auto industry is getting the big phat finger from the Feds while the banking industry, the airline industry, the insurance industry, and the mortgage industry all got ridiculously sweet handouts? I mean, if the federal government is going to take over ( Read more... )

Does anyone else have money in the financial markets currently ( Read more... )

Dennis K. lets people know what's what.

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THE DOW CLOSED ABOVE 12,000 FOR THE FIRST TIME IN HISTORY!

EVERYONE COMMENCE "MISSION: HOOKERS AND BLOW"!!!!

I seriously expected more from CNN. *sigh*

/rich people fellating themselves
//and on a side note, which part of "fondling" doesn't equal "abuse"?

I've been reading like a fiend lately. I guess I had forgotten how much I enjoy it. Here's what I've been working through:

Blink, Malcolm Gladwell.I enjoyed this one a lot. It's about how your brain works without you really knowing what your brain is doing, and all the good and bad things that happens because of it. It covers a bunch of ( Read more... )