One big contributor to the housing crash in 2008 was speculation. One of the biggest drivers of oil prices is price speculation. Now President Obama wants to do something about it: President Barack Obama announced Tuesday that he has asked Attorney General Eric Holder to “reconstitute” a task force examining oil and gas speculation. But […]
Following up on my last post about the debate we need when talking about yesterday’s incident, this statement from Senator John Kyl, when talking about last night’s remarks from Pima County Sheriff Clarence Dupnik, are not helpful: First, I didn’t really think that that had any part in a law enforcement briefing last night. It […]
An interesting shake up in the House GOP today as Mike Pence announces he will step down as chairman of the GOP Conference. This could play into speculation of Pence throwing his name in the bid for the Republican nominee in 2012. But things get even more interesting: One thing to look for now that […]
Wow they are dropping like flies today: Embattled Connecticut Sen. Chris Dodd (D) has scheduled a press conference at his home in Connecticut Wednesday at which he is expected to announce he will not seek re-election, according to sources familiar with his plans. Dodd’s retirement comes after months of speculation about his political future, and […]
Well at least we now know what she was thinking: Speaking to the conservative talker Rusty Humphries today, Sarah Palin left the door open to speculation about President Obama’s birth certificate. “Would you make the birth certificate an issue if you ran?” she was asked (around 9 minutes into the video above). “I think the […]
Watching Tweety talk about the carnage that happened today at Ft. Hood is seriously raising my blood pressure. In a conversation between him and Cliff Van Zandt I have heard 9/11 brought up a few times and reference the main shooters last name, Hasan, as being a key to what has happened. Of course then […]
There has been a lot of speculation about what might have lead to the mysterious death of U.S. Census worker Bill Sparkman. Some reports were indicating a death that could be indicative of suicide, but that no longer seems the case: A part-time census worker found hanging in a rural Kentucky cemetery was naked, gagged […]
There are mixed reports on this, but CNN and FOX are both reporting that she is leaving office at the end of the month. The reason is that Palin feels she can be “more effective outside of government”. Not really sure how that would play into a 2012 run. Not only that, but the timing […]
As most, I spent a lot of time yesterday watching the miracle that was flight 1549. Chesley B. “Sully” Sullenberger, the pilot of the plane, is a hero to the end for his handling of the disaster at 3,000 feet. Something that I did notice while checking out blogosphere coverage of the near tragedy was […]
The Huffington Post has now confirmed that Hillary Clinton did meet with Obama in Chicago yesterday. Speculation is that she is being considered for Secretary of State. There have been mixed reactions about this, but I think it would be a very good move. As First Lady, Hillary was a face of diplomacy, as are […]