Michigan’s staggering population losses continue.

By , on 3 April, 2009

Back in January of 2007 I wrote an entry titled Last person to leave Michigan please turn out the lights.

Things haven’t improved since then:

People are leaving Michigan at a staggering rate. About 109,000 more people left Michigan last year than moved in. It is one of the worst rates in the nation, . . . → Read More: Michigan’s staggering population losses continue.

14 comments   Economy, Rants, Stupidity in Action   , ,  

Rolling Stone’s Matt Taibbi on how fucked we are.

By , on 26 March, 2009

If you have problems with your blood pressure then you probably shouldn’t read Matt Taibbi’s essay for Rolling Stone magazine titled The Big Takeover. It’ll probably give you an aneurysm. It very nearly gave one to me:

In essence, Paulson and his cronies turned the federal government into one gigantic, half-opaque holding company, one whose . . . → Read More: Rolling Stone’s Matt Taibbi on how fucked we are.

7 comments   Politics   , , , ,  

This American Life: Bad Bank

By , on 2 March, 2009

Want to understand the whole banking crisis thing? Go listen to the most recent episode of This American Life:

The collapse of the banking system explained, in just 59 minutes. Our crack economics team—the guys who explained the mortgage crisis, Alex Blumberg and NPR’s Adam Davidson—are back to help all of us understand the news. . . . → Read More: This American Life: Bad Bank

6 comments   Economy, NPR Goodies   , ,  

Hollywood may set up shop in Michigan.

By , on 6 January, 2009

When I was younger I knew I wanted to be an actor when I grew up, but other than a small voice role in an anime dub, an impossible to see stint as an extra in Hoffa, and being cast as the lead in a community theater production of You’re A Good Man Charlie Brown . . . → Read More: Hollywood may set up shop in Michigan.

3 comments   Economy, Entertainment, Movies   , , , ,  

I have come up with a solution for fixing the economy.

By , on 13 November, 2008

It’s simple, elegant, and relatively cheap. Here’s my idea: The government should take a few million dollars from the $700 billion of Wall Street bail out money and give it to me. Then I will spend it and thereby help improve the economy.

I promise to spend it only on things I need rather . . . → Read More: I have come up with a solution for fixing the economy.

22 comments   Humor   , ,  

“People want the illusion of control.” Online psychics raking in the cash.

By , on 10 November, 2008

Fear makes people stupid. The fact that we re-elected George W. Bush is one form of proof for that theory and another is the fact that people worried about the stock market crash have been wasting money consulting online psychics:

While it doesn’t take a psychic to see that tough times lay ahead for the . . . → Read More: “People want the illusion of control.” Online psychics raking in the cash.

3 comments   Rants   , , ,  

A couple of blogging notes and WTF gas prices

By , on 5 November, 2008

I’ve updated my picture in the sidebar to something a little more autumn-ish as well as current (some of the other pics of me were a couple of years old) and I’ll be leaving the color scheme as it currently is as some folks seem to like it.

That pic was taken just this . . . → Read More: A couple of blogging notes and WTF gas prices

11 comments   Blogging, Life   , , , ,  

There’s a few Christians out there that need to read their Bible more.

By , on 30 October, 2008

What’s (amusingly) wrong with the following picture:

It’s a bunch of Christians praying fervently to God in front of a statue of a bull for his (God’s) help in fixing the financial market. This was apparently the idea of a noted Christian “leader” by the name of Cindy Jacobs who’s been hearing the voice of . . . → Read More: There’s a few Christians out there that need to read their Bible more.

8 comments   Economy, Religion   , , , , ,  

The Dow tanks again today to lowest level in five years.

By , on 9 October, 2008

The folks at CBS News didn’t pull any punches saying Dow Falls Off A Cliff:

(CBS/AP) The Dow Jones industrials plunged 679 points on Thursday, driving the blue chip index below the 9,000 mark for the first time since 2003. A steep decline in General Motors stock helped to fuel the decline.

The blue chip . . . → Read More: The Dow tanks again today to lowest level in five years.

11 comments   Ouch   , , ,  

Past 15 months have resulted in a $2 trillion loss on retirement savings.

By , on 8 October, 2008

The one upside to the fact that I still don’t have any retirement plan in place is the fact that I didn’t lose any money from it over the past year:

The stock market’s prolonged tumble has wiped out about $2 trillion in Americans’ retirement savings in the past 15 months, a blow that could . . . → Read More: Past 15 months have resulted in a $2 trillion loss on retirement savings.

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