Archive for May 2008

Bear Stearns’ Cayne public apology

How about a fucking apology to the taxpayers?!? Why? The Fed is not in the business of bailing out business, is not the role of capitalism to weed out uncompetitive businesses?!? Is it the role of government to bail out private enterprises?!? NO!

Re: Contrast Between Blockbuster and Netflix

I saw this and had to laugh…  Why would anyone buy a Netflix box? AppleTV is going to crush both Netflix and Blockbuster.  Apple needs to step up their selection, but from a UI perspective, as usual, Apple comes out far ahead and offers more functionality. The CEO of Netflix is quoted as saying that [...]

Economist cover “Inflation’s Back”

The Economist redesigned their website recently, and I give it a two thumbs up, MUCH better.  Anyways, this weeks cover story “Inflation’s Back”, was a good read. Unfortuntately, the author missed a very important part of the inflation picture, inflation is a monetary issue.  The Fed is printing money likes its going out of style, [...]

Wassup with the Spurs and Pistons?!?

I know the Celtics and Lakers are good teams, I’m just not into the hype surrounding a final with the good ole rivals: Celtics and Lakers.  But it seems that is where we are headed. Ginobli has been so up and down in the series, Parker and Duncan can’t do it all themselves (with the [...]