Bernard L. Madoff pleaded guilty in Manhattan federal court to 11 felony counts related to a massive, $64 billion Ponzi scheme that could land him 150 years in prison. Madoff pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Denny Chin to securities fraud, investment adviser fraud, mail fraud, wire fraud, three counts of money laundering, false statements, [...]
Entries from March 2009
Madoff Pleads Guilty, Goes to Jail Without Bail
March 12th, 2009 · No Comments
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Personal Opinion: Popular Science Not So Popular
March 12th, 2009 · No Comments
Growing up in the home of a petroleum geologist, I enjoyed reading a variety of magazines — many of them scientific. As the magazines arrived in our mailbox, I would consume them immediately. One of those I always enjoyed reading was Popular Science. Emphasis on past tense. These days, I’m less inclined to read the [...]
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Obama Proposals Put Six Million Jobs at Risk (Updated)
March 12th, 2009 · 1 Comment
President Barack Obama will increase U.S. reliance on foreign oil by eliminating the deduction for drilling in the U.S. and put at risk up to 6 million jobs directly and indirectly reliant on the industry. That’s the message being delivered to all who will hear it by official and unofficial representatives of the American Petroleum [...]
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Obama Gets Failing Grade in MSNBC Survey (Updated)
March 12th, 2009 · 2 Comments
Though a March 6 poll by NEWSWEEK garnered him a 72 percent favorable rating, President Barack Obama is getting a failing grade in an MSNBC online poll today. Oh, how things change quickly! After casting my vote this morning as one of nearly 175,000 cast in the liberal cable news network’s “unscientific survey,” the graphic [...]
Tags: · Barack Obama, Chris Matthews, doug ross, Keith Olbermann, MSNBC, Newsweek, Obama, obama failing grade, olbermann, Poll, president barack obama, unscientific survey
Study: Optimist Thinking Can Harm Markets
March 11th, 2009 · No Comments
Especially during the first 50 days of his presidency, President Barack Obama has taken a lot of criticism from me and other conservatives about his gloomy outlook on things. If, however, a new study is on target — and I’m going to hate myself for writing this — being gloomy all the time might mean [...]
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Redneck Bank Paying 5.25% APY on Checking
March 11th, 2009 · 2 Comments
Lately, it seems a lot of big banks have been horsin’ around with our money supply. So when I came across a humorous article on the virtual pages of The Oklahoman newspaper, I couldn’t help but think it might help my readers feel better. The article appeared today under the headline, “Redneck Bank offers fun, [...]
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Proposals Place Lives of Young and Old at Risk
March 11th, 2009 · No Comments
Providing what blogger Wesley J. Smith describes as “your 24/7 seminar on bioethics and the importance of being human,” the Secondhand Smoke blog covers a wide range of life-and-death topics. Recently, he published two posts about proposals by people in the medical community that put young and old alike at risk. In a post published [...]
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