Archive for March, 2009
More than just a swearing-in in Boca Raton
By admin at 31 March, 2009, 2:49 pm
There were actually some decisions made at today’s swearing in of City Council members Anthony Majhess, Constance Scott and Michael Mullaugh. First, Councilwoman Susan Haynie is now Deputy Mayor Susan Haynie. Scott, who was backed by Haynie during the election, nominated her mentor for the Read More
Read More >>Busch Gardens Africa Updates
By Kelly Monaghan at 31 March, 2009, 12:15 pm
Courtesy of Screamscape ; Hospitality House [is] now called the Garden Gate Café. For whatever reason the Myombe Reverve (Gorillas) is now part of Morocco instead of Nairobi in the list of attractions. The bigger change is that the Budweiser themed Crown Colony area been removed from the map like Read More
Read More >>Comparing New Orleans to Miami
By Geniusofdespair at 30 March, 2009, 4:15 pm
by Doug Eames “Sister cities is a concept whereby towns or cities in geographically and politically distinct areas are paired, with the goal of fostering human contact and cultural links between their inhabitants.” Wikipedia I’m a lover of places, sometimes even moreso than Read More
Read More >>Another Bush Legacy
By admin at 30 March, 2009, 11:12 am
Just before the Bush administration headed out the door, it deliberately switched the investment strategy of the Federal Pension Guarantee Corp. from safe bonds and money market funds to…. You guessed it , “emerging foreign markets, real estate, and private equity funds.” The Read More
Read More >>Pensacola Beach Business
By admin at 30 March, 2009, 11:05 am
What’s good for beach businesses : A slumping national economy and a weak dollar Drug wars in Mexico and the Cuban embargo Rainy, cold weather that drives tourists away from the shore Store closings in nearby Gulf Breeze Short vacation allowances by schools and employers Unique product Read More
Read More >>The North Dakota Bonus
By admin at 29 March, 2009, 10:20 am
Carl Icahn, the billionaire corporate financier — and sometime corporate take-over specialist — has an op-ed in today’s New York Times that points out “shareholder control” of public corporations is largely a myth. [ "We're Not the Boss of A.I.G." ] “Under Read More
Read More >>Sunday Sermons
By admin at 29 March, 2009, 8:11 am
Matt Taibbi rocked in the pulpit these past ten days. Twice. March 19 [ "The Big Takeover" ]: No empire can survive being rendered a permanent laughingstock, which is what happened as of a few weeks ago, when the buffoons who have been running things in this country finally went one step too far. Read More
Read More >>"No buyers" for SeaWorld
By Kelly Monaghan at 28 March, 2009, 6:16 pm
“The Media” has been yammering for months about the sale of SeaWorld based on . . . well, based on nothing much. Yeah, in mergers of the sort that recently happened between Anheuser-Busch and InBev various components of the new company tend to get sold off to pay for the debt taken on Read More
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