U.S. stocks sink as financial fear goes global!

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American stocks are plummeting as investors look at European recession. Click here to read the details.

International Hits from around the World Recently & other Ruminations

In the last week this blog has had hits from the following countries:

Mississauga,Ontario,Canada; WaterLoo,Ontario,Canada; Frankfort,Germany; Szeged,Hungry; Singapore,Singapore; Idrija,Bohinj,Slovenia; and Coro,Falcon,Venezuela.

Sometimes I'm amused at the statistics my little Stat Counter comes up with and sometimes I get paranoid. Just who are these people from points beyond America?

Perhaps their "mistaken hits" and when the person realizes this is just some dumb old local northern Californian blog they flee...never to return again.

Most of the people who read this blog are from points all over California. There's some input from other states, but the majority of my visitors are Californians.

I really enjoy playing around with this blog and find it's a good way to stir what little gray matter I have left!

I've thought about doing one of those Polling Things and to see what reader's thought about this blog. Then I realized, I don't care!

It appears that I do have a tiny core group of 10 that come back every day-whether to get sick or to be amused I'm not sure. Just an observation. Anything you see here has some symbolic, silly, or serious, reason to be posted.

Today's column in the T-S has garnered enough interest to be #1 in the Most Viewed and Most Emailed counter on their online front page.

My column on the 10th Amendment three weeks ago stayed on this Most Viewed top spot for 11 straight days. I'm still waiting for the editor's confirmation that this was a T-S online record for viewership. I suspect it was. I also suspect this Sunday's column will be well-read too.

I'll tell you a secret; it's fun to state your opinion about something and to stir the pot while you do it. I'm a research freak too. It gives me a reason to surf for knowledge. A habit I hope I never lose. I've always thirsted for knowledge and now the Internet gives me access to things that use to take a long time to document.

Hello World...I'm watching you too!

DODGERS sweep CUBS and advance for 1st time since 1988

JAMES LONEY, WHO HIT IN THE EVENTUAL WINNING RUN, CELEBRATES WITH FANS.

ARE WE FACING MARTIAL LAW?

Be sure to read AS IT STANDS

in the TIMES-STANDARD today.

Click here but fair warning,

this column may chill

your blood when you

find out about our

Active Armed Forces new

mission : DOMESTIC DUTY!

The BAILOUT has passed but what comes next is not clear

 

Click here to read this LA Times article about what to look for in the future. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson hasn't bothered to share how he plans to administer his new found power. He's been given the green light to pump tax payer's cash into his old stomping grounds, Wall Street. Who can forget Paulson was once the Chairman of Goldman Sachs Group Inc.?

He's going to have the power to play up to his cronies and some firms are going to get more money than others. My bet is they're firms favorable to Wall Street's new savior Paulson. Some lawmakers managed to tack on some pork projects (how about $1 million for wooden arrows!) which will also require more tax payer cash. Why do I feel like the only thing that happened was that the little man/average American got screwed again?

O.J. SIMPSON CONVICTED: Justice finally catches up with him!

It turns out that lawyers can't save O.J. this time. Click here to

read about the details. Simpson will be sentenced on Dec.5th

On today's date (Oct.4) in 1995, O.J. celebrated his acquittal in the

murder of his ex-wife Nicole Brown, and Ron Goldman.

Puking Pumpkins!

I GOT TO THINKING ABOUT HOW ALCOHOL SALES GO UP AROUND HALLOWEEN

AND FOUND THIS PROOF THAT BOO...ZE CONSUMPTION DOES SOAR IN OCTOBER!

Investors buoyed by Wachovia Deal

Despite a report showing 159,000 jobs were lost in September (the biggest drop in 5 years) investors seem positive today because Wachovia was bought by Wells Fargo. This $15 million dollar deal was accomplished without assistance from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.

 

Job listings at the employment training

facility, Job Train, in Menlo Park,CA.

TODAY'S THREAD:

Is this deal proof that we don't need to bail out Wall Street? Could it be the market will adjust itself without the proposed $700 million dollar handout?

TAKE A LAUGH BREAK HERE...

Watch this "extremely funny" video and have a few good belly-laughs! We all need a break from this serious world once in a while. Have a smile!

THIS HOUSE SOLD FOR $1.75 RECENTLY!

If you want to know the story behind this nearly unbelievable deal click here.

Robber escapes in inner tube!

Click here to read about an original robbery for the books: the robber posted an online ad on Craigslist seeking 27 laborers for a landscaping job. "Why," you ask?

Because he used these men as decoys in a bank robbery. He had them waiting across the street from the bank he was going to rob. The men were told to wear blue shirts, work boots, and safety vests to apply for the job. The reason why was that the robber himself was wearing the same attire and he wanted to create some confusion for the cops.

The guy then went to a nearby river, hopped into an inner tube, and made his getaway!