I was right - again. Oil price was another bubble, after housing

Occam's Razor - the simplest answer is usually the best. AmericanGoy: So why are gas prices rising? , dateline May 27, 2008. The answer ...

Is this country run by idiots? Bailout of whom, exactly?

Rhetorical question. On October 18, 2008, I read an interesting article in the Guardian. It was so interesting that I blogged about it that ...

There is no law barring felons from serving in Congress

Associated Press article , dated October 27 2008: WASHINGTON (AP) -- Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens was convicted of seven corruption charges Monda...

Pushy Israelis in Every American Mall

I was familiar with the strange phenomenon of the ever present Israelis manning their posts at kiosks at American malls. Thing is, this was...

Which one is the true face Israel?

Vision One: an israeli volunteer and a palestinian farmer working together during the olive harvest. volunteers from rabbis for human rights...

Daily Kos' reaction to my posting "rednecks" as a DKos diary

Update: DKos has deleted my comments (and of course left all those calling me an idiot). The comments I made were basically this post: comp...

10% of bailout money goes to... bankers' pockets

Surprise! Well, not really. Guardian article , Saturday October 18 2008, by Simon Bowers: Financial workers at Wall Street's top banks a...

Obama will not win. Why? Rednecks.

The real America Do you think that America is what you see in the big cities, with educated, centrist elite who are smart, erudite and surf ...

Israeli companies spy on Americans at AT&T and Verizon

The BOMB SHELL part of this article comes right at the end, but I urge you to read the whole. These are excerpts from the interview of James...

Palin Comedy Gold

We all need some laughter as we watch the stockmarket go crazy and supposedly march off to Armageddon, Mad Max beyond Thunderdome and Raptur...

How much is a dollar really worth? How much are you really making?

Quickly and off topic a bit, but this has to be said... What is lost in all this brouhaha about bailouts, criminal banks and CEO's who, ...

No one is guilty.... Again....

Everytime in every American election I cringed and was very uncomfortable when the phrase "the blame game" was uttered by one of t...

More accounting rule changes

As you may recall, I reported on accounting changes before . Here is the gist: With little notice, regulators at four agencies that oversee ...

I have had enough of Miss Sarah Palin

I have said it before and I will say it again: "Palin. This woman is trailer trash gold, and in my opinion she is very fit to accuratel...