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Internet Searches, New York City, Gold And The Tea Party
*Don’t search for Cameron Diaz. At least, not on the Internet. Turns out cybercriminals love to play on our fascination with stars. According to tech security company McAfee Labs, your chances of getting a computer infection are one in 10 if you click on links for Cameron Diaz. Other names in the “most dangerous” category [...]
Internet Post Looks Ahead
As I’m sure you’re aware, there’s an amazing amount of stuff on the Internet. Some is incredible, some is unbelievable (and rightly so); some is horrifying, some is downright silly. And some, like the items below, are anonymous. I don’t kn
Channeling Dr. Seuss
*Dr. Seuss revisited. I wish I knew whom to credit for the following parody, which has been making the rounds on the Internet. Heck, I wish I were clever enough to have written it myself. But I’m not and I can’t find out who did. If you know, plea
Divisive President, Funny Headline, Housing Crisis And Retirement Whiskey
*”Our divisive president.” That’s not my description (although I certainly agree with it). It comes from two top Democrat Party activists and insiders. In an op-ed piece in the Wall Street Journal last weekend, Pat Caddell and Doug Schoen wrote: “
Treasuries, Steinbrenner, Pelosi And Ceding Arizona
*What “flight to safety?” Investors around the globe snatched up every single note the United States Treasury offered in its last auction—at record low interest rates. Thirty-eight billion dollars in two-year notes were auctioned at a yield
A Name, A Penalty, Well-Paid Police And GLD
*What’s that guy’s name again? Here’s another interesting tidbit from the political scene in Nevada. Seems some guy named Rory is running for governor on the Democratic ticket. His campaign site has lots of feel-good information about his wife, hi
Danger Of A Lame Duck Congress, Obamacare And A Best President Poll
*If the right wins big this November. There are some interesting stories floating out of Washington about what could happen after this November’s elections. If the Republicans win control of the House—something many pundits are predicting&md
The Dawn Of The Atomic Age
The atomic age began on July 16, 1945, when scientists near Alamogordo, N.M., detonated the world’s first atomic bomb. One of the most massive (and most secret) programs of World War II had borne deadly fruit. President Harry S Truman was
Toy Story 3, Wasted Tax Dollars, California Casinos And Seeing Red
*Go see Toy Story 3. You’ll love it. Over the 4th of July weekend we enjoyed baseball and fireworks, patriotic concerts and fun at the beach. But a special delight was seeing the latest production from those geniuses at Pixar Animation, Toy Sto
Funny Money, An App For That, Two Fathers And Woody Allen
*The first “funny money” in the U.S. Do you remember the phrase, “not worth a continental”? If you don’t, I’m sure your parents do. It refers to the paper money that the Continental Congress authorized back in 1776. It became so worthless Georg
PC Police, An Expensive Stock Tip, Vuvuzelas And A Good Question
*The PC police strike again. David Morales, a Rhode Island second-grader, wanted to honor American troops at a special class event. So he took a camouflage baseball cap, put an emblem of the American flag on the front and then glued several p
Democrat Doozie, A Bad Investment, Green Policies And Pension Fund Raids
*The Dems pick a doozie in S.C. With all the news pouring in from various state primaries you might have missed one of the weirdest. It seems that an unemployed veteran, with no visible means of support, somehow came up with the $10,400 filing
The Goldman Sachs Lie
*Goldman Sachs lied to its customers. The best summary I’ve seen about what Goldman Sachs did wrong comes from my friend Eric Fry. Here’s what he said in the Daily Reckoning, one of my favorite ezines: “As one of America’s large
The Census, PC Police, Another Lying Politician And Pseudonyms
*How many does it take to count us? Here’s an interesting tidbit from another column I write for Personal Liberty Alerts. "This Week in History”" is the last item every Wednesday. The one this week related that during the 1890 cen
Incumbents, Words And Strange Things
*3 down, 532 to go. It looks like it’s going to be a tough year for incumbents. And it’s about time. Conservatives in Utah said “no thanks” to Bob Bennett’s attempt to turn the Senate seat there into a lifetime sinecure. Democrats in
