Archives: March, 2008

Quote of the day

Wolfie — March 26, 2008, 12:24 am

To that, Lewis retorted: “The role of the president of the United States is to support the decisions that are made by the people of Israel. It is not up to us to pick and choose from among the political parties.” The audience members applauded.
 
     Representing Hillary Clinton: former White House official Ann Lewis

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History of the Credit Crisis

Wolfie — March 23, 2008, 4:34 pm

The last two weeks in finance have certainly been interesting, not just for the spectacle of market volatility and the federal reserve blundering but also for the stream of ill-informed drivel appearing on the pages of the press and broadcast media. At this rate I may have to revise my forecasts for the year.

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Blind Budget Day

Wolfie — March 12, 2008, 6:58 pm

From the BBC Have your say section :
Whatever happens, it won’t benefit me.
 
I drive a car to get to work every day to do a job I hate, so I can pay tax so other people don’t have to..
 
I’d leave if I had my own country to go back to.
 
Working Class tax payer, Bracknell

Wow, Super Computer

Wolfie — March 6, 2008, 1:09 am

 
This just popped into my in-box. Its quite a monster of a gaming machine, I’d imagine it can really perform (as well as look pretty mean), its so impressive it almost makes me wish I could be bothered to actually play computer games. They look pretty fun but frankly the lack of intellectual stimulation leaves [...]