Thursday, November 10, 2005

Future of the Union www.futureoftheunion.com

Futureoftheunion.com

The Delphi mess seems to be a catalyst of a union website, www.futureoftheunion.com.

I agree that there needs to be unification and coordinated action regarding Delphi and the potential implications on maintaining a living wage in the USA. On the other hand, I think their "no concessions" stand is inherently ridiculous and is a sign of a denial of economic reality.



Future of the Union www.futureoftheunion.com

frontline: secret history of the credit card: eight things a credit card user should know | PBS

PBS Frontline: the Secret History of the Credit Card

I missed this episode when it aired last year. You can watch the entire episode online if you have a broadband connection.

frontline: secret history of the credit card: eight things a credit card user should know | PBS

USATODAY.com - Credit cards quitting rate-bumping game

Are "Universal Default" Charges on their way out?

USA Today says yes.

USATODAY.com - Credit cards quitting rate-bumping game

Cardratings.com says no.

Fight Back!!! -- 2004 Credit Suit

Is Delphi's Steve Miller the Second-Worst Steve Miller?

There's another Steve Miller who's put together a string of debt management - credit counseling - debt pooling companies with operations centered in Florida and Texas. Somebody at the site below has tried to link the various companies.

Is DeFight Back!!! -- 2004 Credit Suit

BREAKING NEWS: Ford announces new 3.5L V6 and Six-speed Automatic - Autoblog - www.autoblog.com _

Ford gets new 3.5 Liter V-6 and 6-Speed Automatic Transmission

Ford gets two new products that should help its competitiveness greatly.

The first is a modern 3.5 liter V-6. It was lack of an engine like this that resulted in the Ford 500 being generally deemed a "good car, but underpowered".

The second product is a 6-speed automatic transmission. Although the article doesn't say so, this is apparently the transmission that Ford worked on with General Motors (Yep!). Ford currently has 6-speed automatic transmissions in some of its models but they are (as far as I know) sourced from third parties.
BREAKING NEWS: Ford announces new 3.5L V6 and Six-speed Automatic - Autoblog - www.autoblog.com _

Wednesday, November 09, 2005

Oddly Enough News Article | Reuters.com

From the Bad Ideas file: Three Die Playing Catch with Grenade

Oddly Enough News Article | Reuters.com

International News Article | Reuters.com

Saddam's Lawyers Boycott Trial
LET'S GET MIKEY!


The lawyers are upset that two have been assassinated and there's no reason to think that the rest are safe, so the lawyers refuse to work. Makes sense to me. Still, they need lawyers.

Say, isn't Mike "Brownie" Brown a lawyer? LET'S GET MIKEY!


International News Article | Reuters.com

valerie plame - Google Image Search

Pictures of Valerie Plame on the Web

They're not hard to find at all (now).

valerie plame - Google Image Search

Shaq sells shoes more people can afford | IndyStar.com

Kudos to Shaquille O'Neal

His "Dunkman" shoes sell for less than $40.00 at Payless shoes. The man has a conscious as big as he is.



Shaq sells shoes more people can afford | IndyStar.com

shift production to china - Google Search

The Googleteer shifts attention to China

On August 28, 2003, I asked my friendly neighborhood superhero, the Googleteer(tm) to do a search for me on these words:

shift production to china

At that time, the search returned 383,000 hits. It's a little over two years later, and I asked him to do it again. today's results: 6,460,000

shift production to china - Google Search