Obama Urges Spending Curbs for Somebody, But Not Him
Associated Press headline, “Obama urges spending curbs, hands out $15 billion.” After not quite a month in office, I’ve begun to change my opinion on the President. I thought at first he was a useful idiot, a tool of the powerful Democrat Spending Machine. I no longer think he’s useful, and “idiot” may be too [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 7 so far )Mortgage Meltdown
Image via Wikipedia I had been thinking this, but hadn’t seen anybody writing about it. Sub-prime mortgages have led to a financial crisis. The blame for sub-prime mortgages generally get laid on the greed of the mortgage bankers, but is that all there is to it? Twenty years ago I remember the push to get [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Akismet Spam Catcher
I gave Askismet two weeks. Verdict: I love it. Let me give you a little background: There are hundreds of pieces of spam that spammers think ought to be displayed prominently on Chasing the Wind. From weight loss drugs to pornography to cheap mortgages, the spammers have setup software “robots” to spam thousands of blogs. [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 1 so far )Houston Election Recap
I didn’t get all jazzed over this election; except for Proposition 2, there weren’t any real hotbuttons. My general impression of the results are that social conservatives and fiscal liberals won; Proposition 2 won handily, but those incumbents against appraisal caps held their job. Pfft. Proposition 1 passed that authorized various grants. I think the [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Bad Behavior
Spammers are annoying. I know I’ve mentioned this before – behind the scenes here at Chasing the Wind I delete a lot of spam. If you’re a first-time visitor, your comments are automatically moderated, meaning I have to approve it. Once I’ve approved one, the rest are automatically approved unless you use a naughty word. [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 4 so far )Appraisal Cap inTexas House
Closer and closer… step by step… HB 784 / HJR 35 is approaching the Texas House floor for a vote, possibly on Wednesday, according to Dwayne Bohac of Appraisalcap.com. If the vote fails, then taxes will continue going up 10% a year; my taxes already exceed my mortgage payment, in a dozen years or so, [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Mechanical Investing for December
Mechanical Investing was good this month; in fact, I’m holding almost everything for another month, so turnover is light. I’m still following the SOS_Ancer and H52 screens primarily, and they’re working out well this year. I’m going to try to change the format a little; the software I was using to calculate returns is a [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Mechanical Investing for November
Mechanical Investing was turbulent this month; there were some big losers, but some equally big winners. Overall I was up 1.5% for the month, so I’m not going to complain. Holding for another month: Ticker Return CCK +10.2% Crown Holdings Inc. +18.6% in 2 months; I’ll keep holding it. LDG -3.5% Long Drug Stores [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Relaxing Weekend, Back to Work
That was my first 3-day weekend since June. I’d almost forgotten how much I enjoyed my 3-day weekends every other week. Friday was a day of nothing; puttered around the house, read blogs, played some Ultima Online, and waited for Alex to show up so we could catch “Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow.” [...]
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