Aftermath of Mumbai Attacks

(CNN) Taj Mahal hotel chairman: We had warning
(Daily Mail) ‘I was told to kill to my last breath’: Captured terrorist’s account of Mumbai massacre reveals plan was to kill 5,000
(BBC) India considers anti-terror body
(BBC) Mumbai pictures
(BBC) Five survivors of the deadly attacks on Mumbai have spoken about their harrowing experiences.
(BBC) How the Mumbai attacks unfolded
(NYT) [...]

AIG plays with your money

read this Huffington Post article by Jonathan Tasini

Mumbai sieges come to an end

Taken from wikinews:
Police forces in India have ended the hostage sieges which followed the Mumbai attacks, which began on Wednesday in Mumbai, the financial capital of India.
It ended when commandos finally caught up with a lone gunman, who had played a cat-and-mouse game in the Taj Mahal Palace & Tower, nearly 56 hours after the [...]

Dozens of People Killed in Mumbai Attacks

Note: I had not posted this news story earlier because it originally seemed to be a small incident, which of course later morphed into a much larger attack on civilians. In addition, it was a continuing story and it was not clear what was going on, so I was waiting until a reputable news source [...]

Financial bailout now costs more than anything else, ever.

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Financial Bailout Balloons to the Trillions

More Than Just TARP, the Bailout Is the Costliest U.S. Expenditure Ever
By RUSSELL GOLDMAN
Nov. 25, 2008

The government’s financial bailout will be the most expensive single expenditure in American history, potentially costing around $7.5 trillion — or half the value of [...]

The Truth About Semi-Auto Firearms

The Southern Avenger – The Tribal Politics of Barack-O-Rama

They could do this instead

Quote of the Day: “Today’s political candidates are proposing a new fiscal spending stimulus, when what we really need is a “deregulatory stimulus.” We need to roll back the regulatory state and free up the wealth-creating sector. We cannot afford today’s bull market in government regulations.” — Clyde Wayne Crews & Ryan Young
Subject: They [...]

The Worst Market Downturn in History?

And you think the Great Depression was bad?  Sit tight, we may be privileged to witness the worst bear market in history.
From NYtimes: (via The Big Picture), please focus at the chart on the right side.

With Obama’s vow of a even larger scale of stimulus package, we may be able to postpone the day of [...]

Stat Report: 1000 hits!

We finally received 1000 hits! Here are the statistics:
- Blog started October 11th
- October had 223 hits and November has 785 hits so far, for a total of 1008. This is substantial growth.
- The average number of views for October is 11, November is 35, overall is 23.
- This week (Monday, November 17th – Sunday, [...]