For those of you that do not believe that Charles and Camilla will be the death of the monarchy, take a look here. This is the doddering duo at Zara’s wedding yesterday: The most exotic Indian chief would not be caught in headgear like that worn above. And no self-respecting squaw would be found in… [Read more…]
July 30, 2011
We all agree that the budget machinations are disgraceful, unnecessary and beneath contempt. Many of us could care less and are out enjoying summer – something legislators have counted on for centuries as they have traditionally have timed key legislation for the summer doldrums. The rest of us are all sitting in our living rooms… [Read more…]
July 29, 2011
China has not escaped this latest round of global fiscal crisis and until this week, it has not particularly taken the US to task for its inability to keep its house in order. China Daily gets a great deal of copy on the US from Bloomberg. But this week their state-run news agency, Xinhua, has… [Read more…]
July 29, 2011
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What we don’t have in this country’s media are more voices from around the world and from our neighbors, Canada and Mexico, in our press and electronic media. For the most part, we talk among ourselves. We need to search out Charlie Rose or Fareed Zakaria to have exposure to the foreign leaders and politicians… [Read more…]
July 27, 2011
This assessment of the foreclosure crisis by a Georgia attorney should make every taxpayer and citizen of conscience in America march on Washington: Its too bad that the Mortgage Modification bill never passed. Under this bill, bankruptcy judges would have been given the power to modify mortgages and lower future mortgage payments based the real… [Read more…]
July 26, 2011
Our silver-tongued President took to the air waves last night to remind us that he alone knows the truly responsible fiscal way and that he has given all he can reasonably give under the circumstances. Shot through with Republican arrows a la St. Sebastian, the President threw himself on the mercyof the court of public… [Read more…]
July 24, 2011
The burger wars go on but at a brisker pace. Brazilian company 3G Capital has been a fan to the AD agency that brought us the creepy figure of a silent King roaming the landscape, we are back to what is important – product quality. Even the color changes are more tasteful. SamHenry got coupon… [Read more…]
July 24, 2011
Events in Norway this week have seen the sharp divide in Europe between the left and the right in full focus. In the US, the budget deal has done that. But the acts of Anders Behring Breivik and those of the Republicans are not one in the same or should I say one in the… [Read more…]
July 24, 2011
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When Zara P hillips marries her footballer Mike Tindall in Cannongate Kirk next weekend, it just may be the anticlimax of the weekend. The Royals will once again gather on the decommissioned Royal Yacht, Britannia, for a pre-wedding party. When it docked in Philadelphia in 1776, SamHenry was there to watch the changing of the… [Read more…]
July 23, 2011
The tortuous life of drug addict and remarkable singer Amy Winehouse ended today in her London Flat. No details are as yet available, her father was on his way to the US for a jazz festival. One person that will not be surprised to hear of Amy’s death will be her own mother. She has… [Read more…]
July 23, 2011
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In so many ways the workplace is changing both here and elsewhere. In France, the long heralded extensive vacations awarded to workers is being cut; in the United States, benefits are slipping away. Here is a complete list of benefits that are in decline [US News And World Report]. The oft-cited reason Unions tenaciously hang… [Read more…]
July 22, 2011
It’s summer and the bugs are circling around the light on my back porch. And guess who is there taking it literally all in? My Summertime Toad resident. Of course he only comes out at night. Most of the time, he stays off to the right of the door. When I see him, I hold… [Read more…]
July 21, 2011
During Donald Trump’s initial big splash in Manhattan – he built Trump Tower and bought and refurbished the Plaza Hotel, Ivanna Trump, his first wife was both beauty and brains in his operation and top designer. She brought the glitz to all of his properties. When the marriage ended, so did her good fortune. The… [Read more…]
July 19, 2011
Current toilet technology has two elements making it non-transferable to the third world: It is expensive; it requires sewers and a water supply. It is also wasteful. We clean water to the standards for drinking and then flush waste away with it. Clearly the current crapper has to be canned. “We like the toilet. It… [Read more…]
July 19, 2011
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Many point to the fact that even with all of the “dithering” from the White House to Capitol Hill, investing in the US is still the safest because it it is in the most stable country in which to invest. That said, isn’t there a “dithering” downside? This is a fast-moving world on every level. … [Read more…]
July 31, 2011
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