I don’t know. I did some Googling to little success. While there has been much discussion about what they have been leaking, I am more interested in knowing how they and Mr. Assange make their money. He seems to be living quite “high on the hog”, the website is not free to maintain and attorney’s [...]
Archive for November, 2010
Who pays for Wikileaks? Could it be the US taxpayer?
Posted in Uncategorized on November 29, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Why no Thanksgiving airport delays?
Posted in Uncategorized on November 29, 2010 | 2 Comments »
While I did see coverage that indicated no significant delays at the airports due to the national “Opt Out Day” protest nor due to the increased time required for the naked scanners and TSA gropers, I must have missed the part where the TSA put the new program on hold for the occasion. So yes, [...]
To bring balance to Fire Wall Paul, Vote Tom Kovach
Posted in Uncategorized on November 26, 2010 | 3 Comments »
The Associated Press, Always the Optimists?
Posted in Uncategorized on November 23, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I guess it is all about what you are looking for. Both of these stories are about the same TransUnion quarterly analysis of late mortgage payments. The TransUnion press release seems to see good news: TransUnion: National Mortgage Loan Delinquencies Experience Largest Quarterly Decline Since Fourth Quarter of 2006 The AP story as it ran [...]
Economic Reality In Delaware — View of Unemployment
Posted in Delaware, Democrats, Economy, General Assembly, Government Waste, New Castle County on November 19, 2010 | 3 Comments »
From yesterday’s News Journal (The article can be found here): Delaware has been able to bounce back from economic setbacks using persistence and a personal approach, the state’s economic development director told regional business leaders on Wednesday. Today, the Department of Labor released Delaware’s employment report. So let’s see how DEDO is defining “bouncing back”: I [...]
The Quantitative Easing & The Ben Bernank Explained…
Posted in Democrats, Economy, Government Waste, Tea Party on November 17, 2010 | 1 Comment »
[YouTube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PTUY16CkS-k&feature=player_embedded] BTW, Goldman Sachs just promoted another 110 people to Partner. Money had to come from somewhere. Oh yeah, taxpayers… (Note: Bernank is misspelled on purpose due to the pronunciation of the computer generated speech. Certain words, like Bernanke, are mis-pronounced because the word violates standard english rules — e.g. silent ‘e’ at the end [...]
NCCo Republicans Nominate Tom Kovach for County Council President
Posted in New Castle County, tagged Tom Kovach on November 17, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
From NCCGOP.com: Wednesday, November 17 – The New Castle County Republican Committee today named former State Representative Tom Kovach as the party’s candidate for the upcoming special election for County Council President. “I enter this race with an absolute commitment to bring balance and accountability back to county government.” said Kovach. “The county needs a [...]
Chris Coons has been violating Delaware law for the past week?
Posted in Delaware, Democrats, Jack Markell, New Castle County, tagged Chris Coons, Paul Clark on November 13, 2010 | 4 Comments »
Here is the Delaware state statute that says the Governor appoints a temporary US Senator and that appointee’s term terminates upon the election (not swearing in) of a new Senator as to avoid a vacancy in the US Senate seat: Title 15. Elections Part V. Special, Municipal, and Other Elections Chapter 73. Vacancy in Office of [...]
More perks for the ruling class
Posted in Uncategorized on November 10, 2010 | 10 Comments »
Why should the taxpayer foot the bill so that politicians don’t have to risk finding honest jobs? Chris Coons decided to run for the US Senate while still keeping his County Executive seat for insurance. But the taxpayer is the one who pays for the insurance. He is the most recent example, but there have [...]
Paul Clark — Let Government Spending Begin!
Posted in Delaware, Democrats, Government Waste, New Castle County, Open Government on November 10, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Paul Clark has already started the process of growing New Castle County government. First he is using Vince Meconi, Minner/Markell crony who has soaked the taxpayer from numerous government jobs, grossly mismanaged the Delaware Psychiatric Center, ran Delaware’s failed “stimulus” program, and grossly mismanaged the installation of group homes across New Castle County. Mr. Clark [...]
