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
How Joel Rosenberg Cost Me $99
I just upgraded the Movable Type blogging software that powers Windpundit from version 4.01 to version 4.21. I did it for all the usual reasons---better, faster, stronger... No, maybe not stronger. Movable Type is supposed to be easy to upgrade. Just download the gzipped archive of the latest version and dump it right on top of the existing MT installation. Then I just login to … [Read more...] about How Joel Rosenberg Cost Me $99
An Arrest That Doesn’t Pass the Sniff Test
When I first spotted the headline that some guy was charged for the crime of farting, it just struck me as one of those inexplicable voids of common sense. The summary at WSAZ explains everything: When police were trying to get fingerprints, police say Cruz moved closer to the officer and passed gas on him. The investigating officer remarked in the criminal complaint that the … [Read more...] about An Arrest That Doesn’t Pass the Sniff Test
Shocking News About Clay Aiken!
Turns out he's gay. … [Read more...] about Shocking News About Clay Aiken!
Why Not Bail Out the GOOD Banks?
This is probably wrong in so many ways, but why are we helping the bad financial institutions? Wouldn't it make more sense to help out the good ones? I think, first of all, that the plan is not to simply give away the $700 billion. Instead, the U.S. Treasury will take over bad mortgage investments. I think the way this works is that if the government buys $100 million in bad … [Read more...] about Why Not Bail Out the GOOD Banks?