The Thanksgiving Richmond trip is nothing spectacular at all. The apartment is simply too expensive for this short exploration. The Three chopt area is still hustle bustle as before. The Center is known as Hollarbrook of some kind. It is a strip mall like shopping area. This area also known as Glenn Alan area of [...]
November 27, 2008. Obama for Change?
The reading of counterPunch.org piece by Michael Hudson reminds me the fact that so many people already show sign of disgusting for the promise made by him during the election campaign.
Michael Hudson has a book on global finance, the meaning of dismantling of Breton Wood accord, the forcing of all trade surplus coming back to [...]
November 24, 2008. Ascend of the Money?
“The ascend of Money” really has nothing new to say about the history of the capitalism in the west at all. Niall Fergurson comes out with a new book on the history of money class in light of the current finance system meltdown.
He is backward looking person, a historian. This is what they do [...]
November 23, 2008. Cold Sunday
don’t feel like putting any down today after a long night reading the contract of mortgage. This is such a mode killing task. The arcane language in this legal document is what turn me off. They serve only the lawyer who is fluent in these legaleses. This is one way the profession protect their turf. [...]
November 22, 2008. Crowd sourcing?
Larry Lessig has a new book entitled “Remix” out and he is on Charles Rose show tonight.
The way he explain the read-write culture is much better than that of the “crowd sourcing” book by Jeff Howe. The Howe book is more of a cheer leader book for this phenomenon. The Lessig book is more practical [...]
November 21, 2008. Auto industry monopoly?
It crosses my mind that the word “lack of innovation” is just a red herring of the “monopoly” in the auto industry. How in the world that all the cars made in USA by Japanese car manufacture have a similar price like those of US auto makers? The fact that they have so wide a [...]
November 20, 2008. Auto bailout, Wall Street bailout?
Auto maker (big three) bailout is a controversial as the Wall Street bailout. The pro and cons at congress is not very helpful to the plight of the workers. The cooperation is not there during the discussion as with the G20.
International effort or coordinated effort from the government is a must. Instead we see more [...]
November 19, 2008. Iphone?
The outing of Jerry Yang of Yahoo finally comes to fruition. I was wondering how long can he hold on to the post for a long time. The king makers can make and break the king any time they want.
Steve Job has been ousted once and many other CEOs have been ousted [...]
November 19, 2008. Iphone?
The ousting of Jerry Yang of Yahoo finally comes to fruition. I was wondering how long can he hold on to the post for a long time. The king makers can make and break the king any time they want.
Steve Job has been ousted once and many other CEOs have been ousted too. The [...]
November 16, 2008. Obama hopeful?
I have seen Naomi Klein many times on TV program such as CSPAN and NPR programs. But I find that what she had said is nothing new to me. It is all over the countepunch.org website.
However, this time around on the Miami Book Fair talk, she linked this with the current bailout and finance meltdown [...]
November 15, 2008. G20 conference?
While watching CSPAN call in session, one of the call praise the CSPAN for broadcasting these beautiful content and mandate commercial station should have one hour every day to broadcast CSPAN content.
his gets me thinking that the PBS could do the same thing. The university TV channel could do the same thing instead of [...]
November 14, 2008. G20
Bernard Kouchner was on CSPAN on the invitation of the Brooking Institute. This is the famous French foreign minister that speak very bluntly on subjects that is popular to the French people.
He is in the sixty some thing. He hair style is still of those 60s model. His neck and face give his age away. [...]
November 13, 2008. BAILOUT?
Cretchen Morgenson of NYT review the finance meltdown and the downfall of Merrill Lynch. Terry Gross program. She is a finance reporter and columnist of NYT. I have not seen her writing as prominent as those of Thomas Friedman and Paul Krugman.
Morgenson documents the mortgage back security saying that manager was pressure to approve [...]
November 12, 2008. Market had turned the corner ?
Bill Ackman is the CEO of Pershian Square Capital Management, He is looking rather sophisticate with a full set of gray hair but no wrinkle on the face. He barely has any mustache as most of the hedge fund manager like to poise himself. This is his first time appearing on CR Show.
He is [...]
November 11, 2008. Iphone?
What is the software to use for listening to live cast online with Iphone? There is no support of Podcast as a way to streaming program online. what is the chance of having using the Iphone as a Fax machine connection? is there a way to hack it?
What is the ETF check Vanguard, for [...]
November 09, 2008. Heart and mind?
I come across many times the author of the book that selling her experience as a stroke victim and also a neurologist. This is an interesting book. I need to check it out from library some time.
The neurologist who suffered the right brain stroke mentioned the euphoria she felt when she suffering a stroke. [...]
November 09, 2008. Lender confidence or greeds?
Nov 7th 2008
To whom it may concern.
In respond to the request for giving the lender a motivation of using the house as a second home, I come up with the following list.
The reasons are simple. My family and friends are living in the greater metropolitan area of Los Angles. It is [...]
November 08, 2008. Musing of real credit crunch?
Nov 7th 2008.
Why my wage or income dropped during 2007 comparing to 2006?
The simple answer is the overtime available to me dropped. This is because the economy has many signs it would turn south and people start goggling for more overtime. The one has more seniority in the plant would get the first [...]
November 07, 2008. Obam euphoria?
I was still wondering what the heck Belafonte wants to say when he said that the black community should serve the need of Obama in the future. Then I read a few article on Nov 6 at Counterpunch,org about the reality that Obama will face in the future in keeping his campaign promise to change [...]
Nov 6 2008. Obama Victory?
The euphoria around Obama is nothing new. It is a smoke screen hyped up by the main stream media. The reality of the black and the economy hit home when the number of unemployment and the plummet of DJII hit the readers and reminding them the vague language hinted the rough time ahead.
The words [...]
November 04, 2008. Election Day?
Today is the National Election Day in USA. The crowd is no as big as I seen before for people that voted early in public library. Google even provides link to find out where one should go to vote in their district. This is very helpful feature.
I was wondering what Obama and McCain would be [...]
November 01, 2008. Freedom?
This is a day of frustration as far as browsing the web goes. The IE browser keeps freezing up for some reason. Because I had opened to many tabs? or too many thread of IE? I have no such problem before. Or it is a virus gotten into my system.
Freedom is another rhetoric for the [...]
