Dozens of major Arizona employers are urging state lawmakers to not pass additional legislation targeting illegal immigration, saying it would damage the economy and tourism industry. The CEOs’ letter to Russell Pearce A letter signed by CEOs of major employers and several business and civic groups says Arizona should be pushing for federal action on [...]
Clearing off the desktop…
…sometimes I fall behind. So to catch up, I just dump a lot of stuff with short commentary and reboot the browsers so my computer can think again. Here goes… First up is an acknowledgement of the change to Arizona law. This took away the worst of it, but I’d expect the rest to be [...]
Hispanic vows, ‘We’re going to fight’
http://news.yahoo.com/s/csm/20100428/ts_csm/297338 The article makes a very cogent point about how the (R)s just screwed themselves with another demographic for another generation. Check the comments for all the hate you can handle. One of a dozen workers standing in the parking lot outside Home Depot in T-shirts and steel-toed shoes, Mr. Rodriguez calls over his shoulder: [...]
Obama, Democrats, and GOP at odds over financial regs
http://content.usatoday.com/communities/theoval/post/2010/04/obama-the-democats-and-gop-at-odds-over-financial-regs/1 Looks like it’s time for the next round of “Whats actually in the bill?” UPDATE: We’ll get to what’s in the bill later. One other news story that fits into this agenda (and it ain’t an accident) is the recent news of the prosecution of Goldman Sachs. Wall Street’s preeminent investment bank, Goldman Sachs, [...]
The First Two Chapters Are Up
As mentioned a little while back, I am putting the blog on hold and writing a book. O.k. I didn’t do such a good job of that (as the latest posts can testify) but that hasn’t stopped the book from coming along nicely. They can read be read here. I’d love to get some feedback [...]
U.S. Power/Prestige Set to Decline Over Next 20 Years (It will Be O.k.)
This is something of a follow-up to my post the other day regarding World War II and the Great Depression. In that post I made the point that a significant portion of the economic success the U.S. enjoyed from World War II to, well, now, was due to the fact that after WW2 the U.S. [...]
Where the Hell is Matt and How did He do *that*?
First question…. And the second….
Regarding World War II and the Great Depression
I put together a video of an argument last night that I would like to share with you. If you are a youngin’ and completely lacking in historical context, here’s a bit of it… That’s it for now, as I went out and about after finishing the video and am now somewhat incapable of consistent [...]
The Earth in a Phone
Amidst the launch of Google’s own Android mobile operating system, the company is bringing its Google Earth software to the iPhone App Store. As reported by our sister site News.com, the iPhone version replciates much of the desktop application’s core experience, downloading imagery from Google’s servers as the perspective shifts and dotting the map with [...]
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