Eight Percent Lost

Washington DC As the House of Representatives are pandering to the most resentful and least educated of their respective constituents, the economists on Wall Street started another sell off. The results, about 8% loss. Of course, this depends on what index you are looking at, but 8% seems to be right about in the middle. The Dow is down 777 points or 6.98%. The Russel 1000 is down 8.69%. Nasdaq Composite is down 199 points or 9....

29 Sep 2008 · 2 min · Gary Allen Vollink

Micheal Moore - Slacker Uprising

The movie is available for free download. The download is, supposedly, US only - - yet the movie also has an official bittorrent tracker. Last I checked, torrent doesn't care about what country you are in. I made a copy of the tracker, here. Bittorrent is available for free download, too.

23 Sep 2008 · 1 min · Gary Allen Vollink

Argh Matey!

Happy "Talk Like a Pirate Day" to ya. Why, Talk Like a Pirate day, you prey ask!? Well, Because the markets are crashin' around us, the gov'ment is in turmoil, the 'lections are about change - but not the kind that jingles, and because, well, It's September 19th, yet again. So, "Argh!", "Argh!", I say! Also, a Happy Birthday to Dede. Tell her so, if ya see her.

19 Sep 2008 · 1 min · Gary Allen Vollink

Pink Floyd Keyboardist, Richard Wright...

http://www.reuters.com/article/entertainmentNews/idUSLF23668220080915 http://www.npr.org/blogs/allsongs/2008/09/pink_floyds_richard_wright_194_1.html ------ The Great Gig in the Sky

15 Sep 2008 · 1 min · Gary Allen Vollink