March 11, 2009
Reader Zuzu’s Petals digs up the relevant NY Times story from 1995 that describes the mindset when they decided to stop requiring banks to pay FDIC premiums: The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation decided today to virtually eliminate deposit insurance premiums for most commercial banks afte...
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March 08, 2009
I don’t understand: Factory jobs disappeared. Inflation soared. Unemployment climbed to alarming levels. The hungry lined up at soup kitchens. It wasn’t the Great Depression. It was the 1981-82 recession, widely considered America’s worst since the depression. That painful time dur...
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March 06, 2009
Tomorrow happens the L.A. Bike Summit , a bicycle-centric day with big goals! Organized by Joe Linton, aka one of the L.A. Creek Freaks, the Bike Summit will bring together people from Portland to New York to Mexico City with Angelenos to work on strengthening bicycle advocacy, growing bike organiza...
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March 01, 2009
For those not on LiveJournal or who don’t follow comics news, an interesting event happened early this weekend that has a big ripple effect in the ongoing war between content creators, content distributors, and content consumers. It may not seem like a big deal, but it is when you give it a se...
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Martin
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February 17, 2009
As I mentioned in a previous thread, the time has come to scale back the scope of this blog. For over three years, this blog has provided frequent news updates of the Sacramento housing market. Unfortunately, this service can no longer be maintained due to time constraints. Of course, having poured ...
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February 10, 2009
For a relatively pedestrian-friendly ‘hood, Westwood’s got some ‘tard-y shit going on. First, the ‘hood got called out for its ridiculous 275-feet-long bike lane. And now, BikingInLA points out that a Westwood pedestrian crosswalk’s marked with a no crossing sign (via S...
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January 31, 2009
RTFA: http://whitehousefarmer.com/ The United States has a White House chef . . . and now is the time for a White House Farmer. Everyone, from your family and friends to our First Family and their guests, needs to know who grew their food and how it was grown. Thank you for your 100 nominations of k...
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January 30, 2009
And who’s winning? Let’s get straight to the point: instead of using TARP/bailout money to make loans and get the economy humming again, Banks are reportedly hoarding money to beef up their balance sheets, using TARP funds to pay out dividends and bonuses, or buying up smaller, sicker in...
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January 29, 2009
For the most part, MLB teams are entering Spring Training with their third base position set. There are a few battles going on; Buscher versus Harris in Minnesota, Blum vesus Boone in Houston (yuck) and McPherson versus Helms in Florida. When those teams make decisions regarding the hot corner, I...
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January 28, 2009
The way banks are dropping interest rates on savings accounts, you would think they don’t want your money. Most “high-yield” savings accounts now offer rates well under 3%. HSBC Direct is the latest to announce an interest rate cut, from 2.6% to 2.45% APY. Obviously there is more t...
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