Looks like there’s a labor dispute outside the Santa Monica Place construction site. The sidewalks were crowded with surly construction workers blocking pedestrian traffic (Yes, I am trying to jog here). I wouldn’t exactly call it organized, although they did seem to all know that they didn’t have to work today. I rarely feel soContinue reading “Santa Monica Place Construction Workers Walk Out”
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Tim and Eric Nite Live
http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=8744920&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1 The Best of Tim and Eric Nite Live from Tim and Eric on Vimeo.
L.A. Conspicuously Absent from PCWorld’s Cell Data Performance Test
Where’s Los Angeles? They’re also missing Detroit, Miami, Atlanta, Houston, Dallas, Philadelphia. How is this impartial when the second most-populous metro area in the country is absent? How about a latency test? And what good is the backbone’s bandwidth if its radio signal can’t penetrate a single office building wall? via AT&T Roars Back in PCWorld’s SecondContinue reading “L.A. Conspicuously Absent from PCWorld’s Cell Data Performance Test”
More contraction in economy predicted
With about $1 trillion in mortgage securities on its balance sheet, the Fed owns more mortgages than Treasury securities, and it has been a vital source of support for the housing market over the course of the last year. via David Rosenberg predicts more contraction in economy – Feb. 18, 2010.
US super-rich get five times more income than in 1995
The incomes of the very rich in the US grew phenomenally between 1992 and 2007, while their tax rates plummeted, according to recently uncovered IRS statistics. via US super-rich get five times more income than in 1995.
