Oct
25
Off to Dubai (UAE), Hyderabad, Vijayawada, and Goa (India) for a couple of weeks. This will be the first time in my life I’m out of the country for both an election and my birthday. Not to worry, my absentee ballot in this critical swing state of California was dropped in the mail earlier this [...]
Oct
21
for so many reasons. Must read new yorker on obama, ohio, and the election. Yeah, I call a lot “must read”. Sorry.
Oct
17
The below note is the greatest thing I’ve read in a while. It brings tremendous happiness to me. Dude who wrote it, Andrew Lahde, is the manager of a small California hedge fund, Lahde Capital, who made 866 percent betting against the subprime collapse. That’s a lot of money.
Dear Investor:
Today I write not to gloat. [...]
Oct
15
Candidates have become a necessary evil. Issues are what matter. I’ve blogged about this, and I’ve prattled on endlessly on this since the 2004 lesson. (It was in that brutal, painful election that I saw how pointless the candidate-focused type of campaigning was. I’ve since reformed, and now spend all my time discussing the issues, [...]
Oct
14
Wow. Conservative William F. Buckley Jr’s son, Christopher, endorsed Barack Obama. And then, shortly after, resigned from The National Review, the journal his father founded, over the outcry. Good stuff. Quoted are some of my choicest bits.
McCain rose to power on his personality and biography. He was authentic. He spoke truth to power. He told [...]
Oct
05
The Economist (apparently Palin’s favorite magazine) has a good, short article on the credit crisis.
This is why those politicians who set the interests of Main Street against those of Wall Street are so wrong. Sooner or later the money markets affect every business. Companies face higher interest charges and the fear that they may one [...]
Oct
02
Since the post on RNC coverage via my friends’ facebook status was such a big hit…here ya go.
Thanks to my friends for being so damn clever!
A is thinking it’s time to get out the wallet for Obama, the alternative is just too scary.
B is a maverick! We are all mavericks!!!
C is CBS: 46% of [...]