julescrittenden.com - 11/21/2008
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Mexican border-crossing is down 42 percent in the last two years, from 1.2 million to 800,000. That's all Mexicans who left the country, whether legally or otherwise. AP, noting that most are border-hopping illegals headed north,* reports that U.S. economic woes and tighter border security are ...
Downsizing Dow
theglitteringeye.com 12/8/2008 — Dow Chemical has announced that it will be cutting its labor force by 11%:
Dec. 8 (Bloomberg) — Dow Chemical Co., the largest U.S. chemical maker, rose the most in more than a month in New York trading after announcing plans to eliminate 11 percent of its workforce, close plants and ...
We’re No 1!
julescrittenden.com 11/15/2008 — Boston City Hall ... the Ugliest Building in the World. Boston Herald:
Bostonians didn’t need VirtualTourist.com and City Hall’s top billing on the World’s Top 10 Ugliest Buildings and Monuments list to figure that out. Residents have known it ...
Do As We Say …
julescrittenden.com 12/7/2008 — Boston's border control chief busted ... for hiring illegals! Howie puts it best:
This town really does need an enema.
How corrupt has Boston become when we now have illegal alien maids from Brazil wearing wires against six-figure federal immigration ...
What?
julescrittenden.com 11/2/2008 — The military is apparently researching amnesia beams as a treatment for PTSD ... and probably other useful applications ... and scientists have already succeeded in making mice forget things. Danger Room rounds up military and civilian efforts:
A ...
The Man With The Two Thumbs
alexbalk.tumblr.com 10/26/2008 — So I finally got around to reading that Andrew Sullivan “ I, Blogger ” deal in the Atlantic . The thing is long . Like, not even Internet-long, the fucker’s just long. Anyway, here’s the bit that I keyed in on: The blogosphere may, in fact, be the ...
GM Downsizing Jet Fleet, CEO Still Flies High
abcnews.go.com 11/21/2008 — General Motors said today that it is putting two of its five corporate jets out of service because the planes are not being used enough. The top three executives at GM, however, will continue to use the private luxurious jets for all of their ...
It’s All Over
julescrittenden.com 10/26/2008 — Except for the voting. And the investigations. Roundup:
That it's over, a week and a half out, doesn't mean we get to know just yet who wins. Who's winning right now is irrelevant, though I suspect whoever is going to win is probably determined ...
So, What Next?
julescrittenden.com 12/30/2008 — Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak wants "war to the bitter end." Hamas is on the run, its terrorist infrastructure and personnel being blown to bits as we speak. All good, but at the end of the day, all that gets you is a pile of rubble and a bunch ...
About
julescrittenden.com 1/2/2009 — New Year's Day is a time for reflection, a time for charting new courses. I've advanced beyond weight-loss concerns ... which is to say I've accepted a moderate middle-aged paunch and could give a damn. Like the gray hairs and the wrinkles, I've ...
Great News!
julescrittenden.com 11/21/2008 — According to this U.S. intellgence assessment, United States influence in the world won't entirely go down the toilet under Obama. It will take until 2025. Let's see, that's four administrations. We're going to have Democrats that long? Anyway, guess ...
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