Es ist die Endphase der Conference-Spiele im College Basketball. Bevor am nächsten Sonntag die NCAA (US-Hochschulsport-Verband) die 65 Teilnehmer der March Madness festlegt, stehen in 30 der 31 Conferences die Playoffs an. Die großen, wichtigen Conferences fangen erst in dieser Woche an, mit den F...

Filed under: Forecasts, Good news, Rants and raves, Apple Inc (AAPL), Cisco Systems (CSCO), General Electric (GE), Stocks to Buy, Intuitive Surgical Inc (ISRG), Recession, American Eagle Outfitters (AEO) If there is anything that makes me think we could be close to a market bottom, it is all the peo...

This downtrodden-looking Eagles' fan is Dan Leone who, up until last week, was a game-day stadium employee at Lincoln Financial Field. Leone was fired after he Facebook-slammed the organization for trading Brian Dawkins. Irascible Philadelphia Inquirer columnist, John Gonzalez, relays Leone's sad-sa...

And the Eagles are officially out a starting left tackle.  After 11 years protecting the quarterback's blind side in Philadelphia, like so many players before him, Tra has sold his services elsewhere, finally agreeing to a contract with the Jaguars. Tra is another player in decline, though he still...

Protection Island posted a photo: View On Black Eagle flying over head Protection Island...

Filed under: Earnings reports, Conventions and conferences, Economic data, Federal Reserve After testifying before a Senate committee about AIG (NYSE: AIG) last week, the Fed's Ben Bernanke participates in a Council of Foreign Relations event Monday evening. Economic data due to be released this wee...

You'll have heard The Eagles' Life In The Fast Lane, of course. Did you manage to listen to it without fainting clean away? After 40-odd years, Birmingham radio station Eagle 106.9 FM has started to remove an offensive bit from the song: We’ve been up and down this highway/ haven’t seen a goddam...

The idea wasn't to make a vaguely-menacing, sometimes-silly testament to the Pentagon's far-reaching spy powers; quite the opposite. This Defense Intelligence Agency promotional video was supposed to be a way for the group to explain to the rest of the military-industrial complex "who we are an...

The Birmingham Weekly reports that local classic rock station Eagle 106.9, with no prodding from the FCC or corporate higher-ups, censors the Eagles' "Life In The Fast Lane" to remove the "god" from the line "We've been up and down this highway / haven't seen a goddamn thing." I don't know if it's s...

Quotations about Attitude Your attitude, not your aptitude, will determine your altitude Zig Ziglar It's so hard when I have to, and so easy when I want to. Annie Gottlier Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference. Winston Churchill Happiness is an attitude. We either make ourselves mis...