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I woke up this morning to the news that Dubai had basically defaulted on their debt.  I expected a market crash as the result.  So far, that hasn’t happened.  It’s been a bad day, but not all that bad.  But, to me, something just don’t feel right.

Late June, California announces it’s basically bankrupt and starts [...]

While worrying about everyone else, Nancy Pelosi has apparently forgotten about problems in her district.  After undergoing a patch repair a month ago, the Golden Gate Bridge is falling apart again and has been closed.  Accordingly, several community activist groups are demanding the bridge be fixed immediately.  Everyone has a right to safe bridges, it [...]

Michael Duvall was busted for sleeping with a lobbyist.  No big deal.  In fact, at least one of his conquests was pretty smoking hot.  That would have bought him a pass most likely.  However, he didn’t do it in the normal fashion.  According to him, he made a mistake.  However, I think most people saw [...]

MADERA, Calif. —  A 37-year-old Madera County woman is facing criminal charges after she allegedly planted a passionate kiss on a 6-year-old boy and then spat on the deputy sheriff who arrested her.
Oakhurst resident Krista Arceneaux remained jailed Sunday on $100,000 bail following the incidents Wednesday outside a Bass Lake bar.
Madera sheriff’s spokeswoman Erica Stuart says [...]

A few people over at my favorite conspiracy board noticed this little line from the most commonly accepted health care reform legislation:
National Medical Device Registry
‘‘(g)(1) The Secretary shall establish a national medical device registry (in this subsection referred to as the ‘registry’) to facilitate analysis of postmarket safety and outcomes data on each device that—
‘‘(ii) [...]

Recently about six peeps decided to go hang out in the forests of Santa Barbara County, California. For most of us, that’s not much of a big deal. However, for these peeps, the story is a little different:
Investigators said Tuesday they believe marijuana growers with possible ties to Mexican drug cartels caused an 88,650-acre in [...]

All I’ve heard since last week was how the woefully underfunded Cash for Clunkers program needed another $2 billion to keep it going.  This had to be done RIGHT NOW since it was such a wildly successful program.  I heard more than one analyst tell me it was a key cog to kicking the economy [...]

 Apparently some guy named Chris Steiner wrote a book called $20 Per Gallon: How the Inevitable Rise in the Price of Gasoline Will Change Our Lives for the Better.  It’s gathering some chatter from peeps I enjoy and occasionally respect.
Andrew Sullivan loved it:
$20 a gallon is about the only thing that could unleash the genius [...]

I receive several newsletters in regards to what I do at work.  This is one I received this morning.
Kentucky lawmakers discuss possible effects of federal energy bill
FRANKFORT – State lawmakers shared comments and concerns about a federal bill that proposes, among other changes, a three percent cut in U.S. greenhouse gas emissions by 2012 and [...]

OK, so we’re no sooner finishing Obama’s reform of the housing, banking, and automakers industries, than we’re apparently ready to do the same to the energy industry.  Now, as with the other situati0ns, you’ve got two very different prevailing thoughts going apparently.  On one side, is the keep it simple philosophy.  In the other debates, [...]