Monthly Archives: June 2009
Unemployment
This chart speaks for itself. Yeah, I know unemployment is supposed to be a lagging indicator.
Thoughts on healthcare
Finally cost numbers are coming out for government sponsored healthcare. Current estimates indicate there are 43 million uninsured Americans. The government is proposing to spend $1 Trillion over 10 years to insure 27 million people leaving some 16 million still … Continue reading
Three Guantanamo inmates released to Saudi Arabia
In Washington, the Justice Department said Friday that three more Guantanamo detainees had been transferred. The detainees were sent back to Saudi Arabia, their home country, where officials will review their cases before sending them to a rehabilitation program. One … Continue reading
The new waterboarding
Hot Air » Blog Archive » Ramirez: The new waterboarding So 19 UIghers to Palau for $200 million, 4 Uighers to Bermuda….Wow, diplomacy in action. Wonder if Hillary can make the same deal for the rest of us? Do you … Continue reading
Just running to the bank honey!
Milan (AsiaNews) – Italy’s financial police (Guardia italiana di Finanza) has seized US bonds worth US 134.5 billion from two Japanese nationals at Chiasso (40 km from Milan) on the border between Italy and Switzerland. They include 249 US Federal … Continue reading
U.S. Money May Have Swayed Palau
Two U.S. officials reportedly said that the U.S. was prepared to give Palau up to $200 million in development, budget support and other assistance in return for accepting the Uighurs and as part of a mutual defense and cooperation treaty … Continue reading
Big Labor Bankrupt?
Alarm is coming even from inside the AFL-CIO — specifically, from Tom Buffenbarger, president of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, who sits on the AFL-CIO’s finance committee. Bloomberg News reports that he is circulating a report claiming … Continue reading
Rising Oil Prices – What do they mean?
Oil prices are behaving like the global economy is getting set to race higher, leaping into the $70-a-barrel range. via Rising Oil Prices: Speculation vs. Demand – MarketBeat – WSJ. Well, it looks like the market was not as happy … Continue reading
Futures Cheer Jump in Oil Prices
Stocks are expected to open sharply higher, tracking an overseas rally on a surge in crude-oil prices. Dow futures added nearly 100 points. via Business News, Finance News, World, Political & Sports News from The Wall Street Journal – WSJ.com. … Continue reading
People should control their healthcare
Americans need to ask a basic question: Why are they rushing into a system of government-dominated health care when the very countries that have experienced it for so long are backing away? via Canada’s ObamaCare Precedent – WSJ.com.