Archive for January, 2009

Das Full boot

Posted: January 31, 2009 in personal
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Well the latest batch of acceptance letter has come in and now a big decision has to be made. Anna Maria is the #1 choice of the kid at the moment. That would leave us counting the college fund with about 9k to come up with. Fitchburg State College however has offered him a full [...]

It’s that time of year: scam time

Posted: January 31, 2009 in tech
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Actually every time of year is scam time but with tax time approaching and various stimulus programs being talked about its a good time to think about the many online scams out there to nail you One example: Economic Stimulus Payment Scams Perpetrated via a phishy email or a fraudulent phone call, these scams capitalize [...]

…to that paragon of the left George Soros. I want to quote something from Jay Nordlinger’s Davos Journal part 2: Lunch is with George Soros. He speaks to a group of journalists in a Davos hotel. His subject is the financial crisis, and he is very good on it: sober and analytical. I must say, [...]

Yeah this will work

Posted: January 31, 2009 in opinion/news
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CNN seems to think that democratic attack ads featuring Rush Limbaugh are going to scare republican Senators into voting with Obama: The commercials blast House Republicans for refusing to vote for Obama’s stimulus proposal this week, claiming that the GOP lawmakers took marching orders from conservative radio talk show host Rush Limbaugh not to support [...]