Tag Archives: economy

Need more proof McCain doesn’t understand the middle class?

Posted on October 26, 2008 by Jeff

The Wall Street Jour­nal (a pretty good source of infor­ma­tion if you avoid the edi­to­r­ial page) has an inter­est­ing break­down of the eco­nomic pol­icy changes pro­posed by both pres­i­den­tial can­di­dates. To respond to vot­ers who want imme­di­ate eco­nomic help, both … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Are netbooks recession-​proof?

Posted on October 13, 2008 by Jeff

Jason Per­low has an inter­est­ing arti­cle over on ZDnet about how the eco­nomic cri­sis might spur IT inno­va­tion to save costs. He’s focused mostly on a top-​down, enterprise-​focused “how the heck can we afford this dat­a­cen­ter” per­spec­tive, but it got me … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Proof that some Republicans are just thugs

Posted on October 13, 2008 by Jeff

And sore losers, too, appar­ently. And the elec­tion hasn’t even hap­pened yet. DENVER (AP) — Democratic Party offi­cials say a sec­ond brick has been thrown through a win­dow at Demo­c­ra­tic Party head­quar­ters in Den­ver. Spokesman Matt Far­rauto says the brick had the word “mav­er­ick” writ­ten … Con­tinue read­ing →

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