Archive for July, 2008
Friday, July 25th, 2008
Interesting Idea: France Cuts Military by 15%…
France decides that it will close up to 83 of its military bases and reduce it’s estimated 350,000-member military force by approx. 54,000.
"Everyone understands that we don’t need as many tanks when we’re not facing an invasion." — Prime Minister Francoise Fillon
…So, France decides (like other nations), that it will cut its military and invest […]
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Monday, July 21st, 2008
Important Documentary — “Who Killed the Electric Car?”
Well, here’s the latest and greatest: The Sony Classics film, "Who Killed the Electric Car? ":
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Who_Killed_the_Electric_Car%3F
The film covers the GM car called the EV1, of which about 1000 were sold and driven from 1997 to 2003… They were owned by many VIP’s including Mel Gibson, Tom Hanks and Alexandra Paul of Baywatch fame.
In 2003, […]
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Thursday, July 17th, 2008
By The Numbers…
As a CPA, let’s take a look at some numerical comparisons:
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Thursday, July 17th, 2008
“Our long nightmare of peace and prosperity is over.” — The Onion Calling Out the Bushies… In January, 2001 !!!
Enlarge Image President-elect Bush vows that "together, we can put the triumphs of the recent past behind us."
"My fellow Americans," Bush said, "at long last, we have reached the end of the dark period in American history that will come to be known as the Clinton Era, eight long years characterized by […]
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Sunday, July 13th, 2008
July 12, 2008 — IndyMac Bank Fails… FDIC takes over the 2nd largest ever bank failure.
In this case, $19 Billion of its deposits are insured by FDIC and will be recoverable by depositors… About 5%, however was not. Those investors are out of luck on about $1 Billion of their deposits.
(CNN) — IndyMac Bank, closed Friday by federal regulators, will reopen Monday with a new charter and a new name […]
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Friday, July 11th, 2008
BBC: US Airstrike on Sunday Kills 47 Civilians, Including 39 Women and Children
US ‘killed 47 Afghan civilians’
Medical staff help a boy injured in Sunday’s attack
A US air strike in eastern Afghanistan on Sunday killed 47 civilians, 39 of them women and children, an Afghan government investigating team says.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7501538.stm
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Wednesday, July 9th, 2008
McClatchy: “In Reversal, Washington Now Seeks Greater Financial Regulation”
For more than two decades, Washington officials have expressed faith that financial markets were best left alone to regulate themselves. But that faith has been shaken by the collapse of the investment bank Bear Stearns, and a growing number of officials are calling for tougher government regulation. On Tuesday, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke […]
