So, the bailout bill has failed. Cool. Scary too, but cool. I hope it stays this way. As word got out that the bill was failing, the market fell. It fell a lot. It fell more than ever before, even more than it fell on 9/11. Of course, when I say "the market," I'm talking about the Dow Jones Industrial Average, which isn't really the market, it's just an indicator of the market. … [Read more...] about You’re All Going Down!
Hey Everybody! Link To Me!
I just noticed that Windypundit is up to Google PageRank 6! Again. Last time I hit PR 6, about a year and a half ago, it didn't last very long. This time, I'm going to try to make it stick. I suppose the best way to do that is to publish high-quality, timely, and original content that attracts attention and starts discussions in the blogosphere. In fact, I'd like to think … [Read more...] about Hey Everybody! Link To Me!
Tweaking the Site
I've been exploring the new version of the Movable Type blogging engine, and I've decided to try turning on some of the caching options. For various reasons, I run Windypundit in dynamic publishing mode, which means that every time someone refreshes the page, the back end rebuilds the entire page from scratch. That's a little slow, but the new Movable Type allows me to specify … [Read more...] about Tweaking the Site
Obama, and Attacking Free Speech
Over at Marathon Pundit, blogger John Ruberry accuses Barack Obama of being a "free speech phony" and quotes with approval from an editorial by Ann Woolner: When WGN-AM Radio in Chicago scheduled a two-hour interview last week with David Freddoso, who wrote The Case Against Barack Obama the campaign sent out an alarm to supporters, sparking an avalanche of angry phone calls to … [Read more...] about Obama, and Attacking Free Speech
Hang On Tight
The bailout plan has apparently hit a snag after a meeting of congressional leaders at the White House broke down into a "contentious shouting match." Add to that the failure of WaMu last night and I think the folks on Wall Street are going to go apeshit react strongly. Then again, if I could really predict what happens on Wall Street, I'd be an advisor to a large … [Read more...] about Hang On Tight