Filed Under (Technology) by Jean Valjean on 27-05-2009
Microsoft, still not giving up on its Zune platform, just verified rumors that had been swirling around for months: there will be a new version of the Zune player, this time with touch screen capability, HD Radio tuning, and HD Video output. The specs point out a 3.3-inch, 480 x 272 OLED capacitive touchscreen display, built-in WiFi, and web browsing. Full Press Release after the jump.
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Filed Under (Politics) by Jean Valjean on 26-05-2009
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It now appears that in just a few years since the government forced ethanol use on the country, engine and fuel system failures caused by ethanol are causing major damage to more and more new and used vehicles. This means the hapless owners are not only paying for snake oil in lower fuel efficiency and more smog, but pay again when it damages their vehicles and lawn mowers.
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There are active lawsuits from boat owners; ethanol broke down the resins in their fiberglass gas tanks, destroying their marine engines. Additionally, those who deal in small gas engines for lawnmowers, edgers, and weedeaters have quickly learned that, as Briggs & Stratton’s (BGG
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Pushed into it by the corn growers’ and ethanol refiners’ lobbying organizations, today the EPA is starting to go through the public comment phase on increasing the level of ethanol in our gasoline from 10% to 15%. Time and time again we have heard from these groups, who now claim that there is zero scientific evidence that a 15% blend of ethanol would do any damage whatsoever if the mandate for ethanol were raised. As with all statements made by vested interests, few outsiders have actually taken the time to look and find out whether this statement was true.
In fact, it’s false.
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Filed Under (Technology) by Jean Valjean on 22-05-2009
At the end of his Rose Garden explanation yesterday of the new U.S. fuel-efficiency standards, President Obama remarked on the good that can be accomplished when we are “working together.” The President may be getting ahead of himself. Watching the unlikely coalition arrayed behind him as Mr. Obama committed the U.S. to an astonishing passenger-car mileage average of 39 miles per gallon by 2016, it looks truer to say we are merely standing together in this adventure, for better or worse.
Mr. Obama’s fleet-mileage partners yesterday included the two auto companies that have fallen into his arms, Chrysler and GM, still-independent Ford, the major foreign manufacturers, United Auto Workers chief Ron Gettelfinger, and beaming representatives from the Sierra Club, Environmental Defense Fund and the Union of Concerned Scientists.
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We wish these folks luck “working together” with the Obama auto-design team. One thing seems certain by 2016: Taxpayers will be paying Detroit to make the cars Americans don’t want, and then they will pay again either through (trust us) a gas tax or with a purchase subsidy. Even the French must think we’re nuts.
Read the full story at the Wall Street Journal.
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Filed Under (Society) by Jean Valjean on 21-05-2009
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1F Suspends pay raises when the budget isn’t balanced. PASS
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So, what is California to do? They could always declare bankrupty. They could lower benefits for state unions, especially after retirement. Or stop spending money they never really had in the first place.
Yeah, like that’s going to happen.
The answer, I believe, was uttered very clearly by commenter
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I think the denial may be on the side of those celebrating the “victory”, unfortunately. [Exurbannation host] Rob has already seen which way the wind is blowing, and the Federal government will be involved at some point. They have to; no way will they let California fail and (more importantly!) risk it going Republican Meet the Fockers , which would turn the country upside down. Look for bailouts for California and for any other big blue states looking at a major deficit (Massachusetts? New York?) Yes, the “flyover” states will be enraged, but in the cynical electorate calculus, they just don’t add up to much.
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Filed Under (Society) by Jean Valjean on 21-05-2009
The Obama administration is bent on becoming a major player in — if not taking over entirely — America’s health care, automobile and banking industries. Before that happens, it might be a good idea to look at the government’s track record in running economic enterprises. It is terrible. Here’s why:
- Governments are run by politicians, not businessmen.
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Read the full article, and explanation of each reason listed above, at the original article at the Wall Street Journal.
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Filed Under (It's funny. Laugh) by Jean Valjean on 14-05-2009
Since “Angels & Demons†takes place mainly in the Vatican, and is festooned with the rites and ornaments of Roman Catholicism, I might as well begin with a confession. I have not read the novel by Dan Brown on which this film (directed, like its predecessor, “The Da Vinci Code,†by Ron Howard) is based. I have come to believe that to do so would be a sin against my faith, not in the Church of Rome but in the English language, a noble and beleaguered institution against which Mr. Brown practices vile and unspeakable blasphemy.
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Filed Under (Texas) by Jean Valjean on 14-05-2009
Chrysler LLC is seeking to immediately drop 789 dealers from its retail network, according to documents filed on Thursday with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Manhattan
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Chrysler studied the sales, location, market share, finances and facilities of each of its dealers to identify the strongest of its 3,200 dealers. In 2008, Chrysler sold 303 vehicles per store. Toyota sold 1,292 and Honda 1,030.
Chrysler’s dealers began receiving letters Thursday notifying them about the fate of their dealerships. According to one dealer who received a letter, the auto maker intends to have those dealerships closed within 30 to 60 days. List of those dealers affected in North Texas:
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Filed Under (Technology) by Jean Valjean on 08-05-2009
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Filed Under (Society) by Jean Valjean on 04-05-2009
Back in October of 2008, I sent an email to a few people I know, outlining things I thought would happen in 2009. Not prophecies, mind you. Just predictions, based on reading financial news and blogs, and just good old fashioned guessing. I have never claimed any special powers or clairvoyance. I just wanted to put my thoughts in writing. For fun.
Well, a tad over six months later, I would like to take a look back at what I predicted. Here are the list of 10 things I wrote down that would happen within 12 months. Over the next few days, I’ll go over them and see how close (or far) I’ve come.
1. Chrysler or GM file for bankruptcy, get a bailout from the government, or merge. One of the 3.
2. A LOT of car dealers go out of business. This will especially be true of the smaller dealers.
3. Many countries go broke. It’s already happened with Hungary, Ukraine, and Iceland. Also on my list: Pakistan, Dubai, Argentina, Iran.
4. Circuit City goes kaput.
5. The price of used cars drops by quite a bit.
6. Wells Fargo will need a Fed bailout.
7. The Federal Interest rate drops to 1%
8. Housing downturn turnaround doesn’t happen until late 2009.
9. Gas prices settle between $1.85 and $2.25/gal.
10. Europe goes into a DEEP recession. Led by Latvia, Estonia, Austria, maybe even Spain.
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