So, now everyone in the USA is in the process of negotiating a lower mortgage

Will the banks during the next real estate boom be able to "modify" those loans upward?

Drugs are not good for you

Mass layoffs February Update

Date - Company - Total Laid Off - Industry

2/27/2009 Weyerhaeuser 73 Materials
2/26/2009 Chesapeake Energy 215 Oil & Gas Operations
2/26/2009 JPMorgan Chase 14,000 Banking
2/25/2009 Dow Chemical, Corning 800 Joint Venture
2/25/2009 Coach 150 Household
2/24/2009 Micron Technology 2,000 Semiconductors
2/19/2009 Avon Products 3,000 Household
2/19/2009 U.S. Steel 5,205 Materials
2/19/2009 Forturne Brands 236 Consumer Durables
2/18/2009 Chevron 230 Oil and gas
2/18/2009 Delta Air Lines 2,100 Transportation
2/18/2009 Best Buy 540 Retailing
2/18/2009 Goodyear 5,000 Consumer Durables
2/17/2009 Agilent Technologies 600 Technology
2/17/2009 MDU Resources 130 Utilities
2/17/2009 General Motors 66,758 Consumer Durables
2/17/2009 Johnson Controls 205 Consumer Durables
2/17/2009 Smithfield Foods 1,800 Food
2/16/2009 Delphi 800 Consumer Durables
2/13/2009 TRW Automotive Holdings 375 Consumer Durables
2/13/2009 Wal-Mart Stores 1,200 Retailing
2/11/2009 United Technologies 1,350 Conglomerates
2/11/2009 W.W. Grainger 400 Capital Goods
2/11/2009 Caterpillar 24,924 Capital Goods
2/11/2009 Terex 5,000 Capital Goods
2/10/2009 News Corp. 90 Media
2/10/2009 U.S. Airways Group 233 Transportation
2/10/2009 Nike 1,400 Products
2/10/2009 General Electric 3,050 Conglomerates
2/9/2009 Emerson Electric 14,000 Conglomerates
2/6/2009 Weyerhaeuser 300 Materials
2/5/2009 Estée Lauder 2,000 Personal Products
2/5/2009 Allergan 460 Pharmaceuticals
2/4/2009 Time Warner 2,750 Media
2/4/2009 Cisco Systems 2,000 Technology
2/3/2009 Bancshares 500 Banking
2/3/2009 Electronic Arts 1,100 Software
2/3/2009 PNC Financial Services 5,800 Banking
2/3/2009 Comcast 50 Media
2/2/2009 Goodrich 35 Aerospace
2/2/2009 Macy's 7,000 Retailing

Civil unrest, food riots, rage ... it's all coming our way soon

And now,


faster and faster,


jobs will disappear.


And when the wealth is gone,


and the jobs are gone,


what will be left?


Rage.


Pure rage.



Imagine what would happen if the (financial/economical) system collapses, I mean REALLY collapses!

The DOW fell through the 7300 floor

Next support for the DOW, the abyss: 4000
10 y DOW chart (1/100 ratio)

World's best commercial

Obama ends the Bush censorship

Defense Secretary Robert Gates has lifted the Pentagon's ban on media coverage of the flag-draped caskets of America's war dead returning to Dover Air Force Base in Delaware, leaving it up to each family to decide whether it wants media coverage.

Gates Lifts Dover Ban
Pentagon Lifts Ban on Media Photographing Caskets of the War Dead

One madman has destroyed the lives of at least 4000 young Americans. Now his legacy is destroying the rest of the world's prosperity.

New dollar bill

March 1st weather update

A veterinary looked at "Fortis"

He is in perfect condition, the only problem: he is as deaf as Bush is for a good proposal. Apparently that is very common with white cats. It takes some time to get him socialized with our other cats but we are seeing some progress.

General Motors, the worst company in the world BAR NONE

General Motors losses.

Quarter: $9 billion.

Day: $85 million.

Hour: $3.5 million.

Minute: $58,333.

Second: $972,21.

Maybe they could be profitable if they would pay their union workers $100 an hour to put a wheel on a car... instead of the $70 they pay them today...

It's mindboggling!

Our new cat is a beauty

It's never going to end

Treasury says big banks can get more bailout funds

If he is confident, I am confident ...

Want to buy some gold?

Here is an idea: LINK

100 kg!!!

WHY do these moron buyers think they are entitled to have a home of their own

Things are getting out of control.

LINK

She missed her plane and is a bit upset

So how screwed are some people's mindset in the USA?

This school bus driver, I repeat, this school bus driver wants Obama and the US taxpayer to bail her out, because she is losing her $800 000 home.
That's pretty messed up!
Couldn't embed it, CNN link

We purchased a new cat

We bought this cat fromt he volunteers from the Animal Hospital. We thought of naming him: Yeti or Manneke Pis but decided to settle with the name "Fortis".
We now have 3 cats, Toschi (F), Ramses (M) and Fortis (M).

Why rent when you can "owe"

That is one funny typo.

Phx-Bru plane tickets June 1st - June 30th

Prices have dropped from $1600/ticket a few months ago to $1250/ticket a week ago. Today tickets are $1050 ...