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Did JP Morgan secretly bring down Lehman Brothers
The London Times has a whiff of a scandal and is all over it. Apparently JP Morgan withheld $17 billion from Lehman, causing their financial crisis last month that led to their collapse. Bankruptcy hearings are underway and the details are expected to be brought up in open court. Of course, they were asked to [...]
No job for you! Mr Prime Minister / TV soup chef.
Thailand has forced their Prime Minister to resign after he hosted a cooking show. Thai Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej has been ordered to resign after being found guilty of violating the constitution over a TV cookery show. His entire cabinet has also been ordered to step down. Snap elections will be called, and yes, he [...]
Found a boat in my backyard
Well, this was odd. Woke up this morning after a night of rough seas to discover this little thing stuck on my seawall. Called the Coast Guard who had no reports of a missing boater, but still did a yucky hike through the water and shore to look for any other things (lifejackets, paddles, bodies). [...]
CNN to use Skycam for Obama speech.
Sparing no expense for the coronation. CNN is ready to splash out $100,000 for a NFL quality “SkyCam” that their going to use to swing in over Barrack Obama when he accepts the Democrats nomination. As if the media needs another example of sparing no expense to making Barrack Obama more king-like. And they say [...]
Henry Cejudo, son of illegal immigrants, wins wrestling gold for USA
All-American boy wins gold The LA Times is reporting that the son of a some former undocumented immigrants has won gold for the USA. Henry Cejudo was born in the US and became a citizen by birth, eventhough his parents were not ‘in status’ as they say with the immigration folks. Henry Cejudo, the son [...]
Raj Bhavsar Olympic dream shows the value of never giving up.
Raj Bhavsar has a nice story. He was an alternate in 2004, and when the 2008 trials came he was named alternate once again, thinking his Olympic dream was over. He almost was ready to pack it in after 2004 but some self-reflection brought him around to thinking he should try again. When Paul Hamm [...]
Hong Kong – Macau Bridge gets funding boost
China, Macau and Hong Kong have come to some agreements on the proposed Hong Kong – Macau Bridge. The HK Standard is writing that the final agreements on who is going to pay what bit of the approximately $3 billion in costs has been hammered out recently. Guangdong and the central government will put 7 [...]