We’re down in the Bahamas, at the Pisciottas’ sumptuous home in the Shoreline development outside Freeport. It is a fantastic, relaxing place where we always enjoy ourselves. So far, we’ve managed to eat some good Caribbean food, drink beer at several oceanside bars, and crash a party thrown by some of the many Brit residents [...]
Archive for December 31st, 2009
Vacation Time: The View From The Deck
Posted in Travel, World, tagged Bahamas, Freeport, Travel, vacation, Vacation Time on December 31, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Bailout Fatigue
Posted in America, Politics, The Economy, tagged America, bailouts, economy, GMAC, Politics on December 31, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The government will be distributing another $3.8 billion to GMAC, the former GM subsidiary that makes car loans and home loans, but mostly, bad loans. Although the U.S. government already has given GMAC $12.5 billion in an attempt to shore up its balance sheet, the company is still experiencing massive losses. This latest cash infusion [...]
The U-Trou Bomber (Cont.)
Posted in America, Travel, World, tagged air travel, Airport security, America, Department of Homeland Security, terrorism, Transportation Safety Administration, Travel, World on December 31, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Time has published a pretty good wrap-up of the various failings of security that allowed the U-Trou Bomber, Umar Abdulmutallab, to board the flight from Amersterdam to Detroit with enough high explosive to bring down a loaded airplane sewn into his underwear — notwithstanding the warnings from his father and the other circumstances that should [...]
