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Archive for March, 2009

New Jersey Declares A Truce In The War On Brazilians

by Doug Mataconis @ Tuesday, March 24th, 2009. Filed under In The News

Apparently, the state of New Jersey has decided to stay out of a certain body region:
Beauty salon owners in America have won their battle to overturn plans that would have banned bikini waxes.
The Cosmetology and Hairstyling Board had proposed the move after two women were hospitalised for infections following the procedure. One of them filed [...]

Is The Recession Sending Women To The Stripper’s Pole ?

by Doug Mataconis @ Tuesday, March 24th, 2009. Filed under Credit Crisis, Economics

That seems to be what this article at MSNBC is trying to say:
The tough job market is prompting a growing number of women across the country to dance in strip clubs, appear in adult movies or pose for magazines like Hustler.
Employers across the adult entertainment industry say they’re seeing an influx of applications from women [...]

The Final Word On The Constitutionality Of The AIG Bonus Tax

by Doug Mataconis @ Tuesday, March 24th, 2009. Filed under Credit Crisis, Economics, Politics, U.S. Constitution

Yale University Law Professor Jack Belkin takes a look at the Constitutional arguments against the bonus tax bill that the House of Representatives passed last week:
[T]here is no problem under the Bill of Attainder Clause because the tax does not single out specific individuals for punishment; in addition it is both prospective and retrospective in [...]

Obama’s Army Not Very Effective

by Doug Mataconis @ Tuesday, March 24th, 2009. Filed under Barack Obama, Politics

It doesn’t look like the Obama Administration’s efforts to capitalize on it’s army of campaign supporters to move the President’s agenda forward is having much of an impact:
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama’s army of canvassers fanned out across the nation over the weekend to drum up support for his $3.55 trillion budget, but they had [...]

One Week Later, All That AIG Rage Seems Mighty Silly

by Doug Mataconis @ Tuesday, March 24th, 2009. Filed under Credit Crisis, Economics, Politics

A week ago, rage over the AIG bonuses was all that people seemed to be talking about in the political world. One week later, it’s starting to seem like everyone was being just a little silly.
First of all, we learned late yesterday that a significant number of the executives who received bonuses had decided to [...]

Is China About To Torpedo The Dollar ?

by Doug Mataconis @ Monday, March 23rd, 2009. Filed under Credit Crisis, Economics, Politics

The Financial Times reports some rather alarming news out of Beijing:
China’s central bank on Monday proposed replacing the US dollar as the international reserve currency with a new global system controlled by the International Monetary Fund.
In an essay posted on the People’s Bank of China’s website, Zhou Xiaochuan, the central bank’s governor, said the goal [...]

Sad News From A Peaceful Part Of Virginia

by Doug Mataconis @ Monday, March 23rd, 2009. Filed under Exploring Virginia, In The News, Virginia

If you’ve ever been to The Homestead, you’ll understand why this is really just a shock:
HOT SPRINGS, Va. — Beacher F. Hackney had long been a mystery to co-workers at the Homestead, a luxurious resort here that has entertained presidents, the wealthy and other VIPs for more than two centuries.
Now Hackney, a kitchen worker who [...]

A Disappointing End For Battlestar Galactica

by Doug Mataconis @ Monday, March 23rd, 2009. Filed under Battlestar Galactica, Television

Will Collier sums up how I feel about the Battlestar Galactica finale how that I’ve had time to think about it:
Since watching the series finale of “Battlestar Galactica” over the weekend, the suspicion that I’ve been had has been growing on me. I turned off the TV thinking, “that was a good ending,” but the [...]

History Repeats Itself As Trade Barriers Rise

by Doug Mataconis @ Monday, March 23rd, 2009. Filed under Credit Crisis, Economics, Foreign Affairs, Politics

One of the events that led to the worsening of the Great Depression, and some might say, indirectly led to the Second World War, was the rise of protectionist trade policies among the world’s leading nations.
Now, it looks like it might happen again:
[M]any countries have raised import duties or passed stimulus measures with trade-distorting subsidies. [...]

Curt Schilling Announces Retirement

by Doug Mataconis @ Monday, March 23rd, 2009. Filed under Baseball, Sports

As a Yankee fan who witnessed him defeat the Yankees in two memorable post-season matchups, once as a Diamondback and once as a member of the Red Sox, I can’t say I’m entirely sad to see Curt Schilling go:
BOSTON (AP) — Curt Schilling retired from baseball Monday, ending a career in which he won World [...]

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