Doing More With Less Since 1972

Author: Scott (Page 69 of 80)

Of All The Bad Ideas in Washington

This may be one of the worst:

Addressing what intelligence officials describe as a gaping vulnerability, the legislation also calls for the appointment of a White House cybersecurity “czar” with unprecedented authority to shut down computer networks, including private ones, if a cyberattack is underway, the officials said.

Can’t they be content with wrecking health care first?

George Clooney Isn’t There Anymore!

I’m a walking limping injury, and I think I’ve been to the ER 5 times in the last 15 years. And two of those trips were to take other people to get stitched up.

In the past six years, eight people from Austin and one from Luling racked up 2,678 emergency room visits in Central Texas, costing hospitals, taxpayers and others $3 million, according to a report from a nonprofit made up of hospitals and other providers that care for the uninsured and low-income Central Texans.

via Austin ER’s got 2,678 visits from 9 people over 6 years.

Smokers Hacking Up A Lung Over Federal Tax Increase

Wait. But wh…huh? You mean a tax on an industry/corporation is being passed on to a consumer? Does O’Bama know about this?!?!?!  That’s not fair!  LOL!

But major tobacco companies began incorporating that increase into their prices to wholesalers in March. And the companies, wholesalers and retailers in many cases gave prices a boost beyond the tax increase, in part to make up for an expected drop in sales caused by the hike, some of them said.

Facebook Still Valued @ $15B?

Facebook “Definitely” Raising Capital This Year

eMarketer projects Facebook revenues of $230 million in 2009. Our sources say this is way low, and that Facebook will hit at least $300 million in 2009 revenues. But the costs of running this ginormous company are staggering. Facebook may be burning though $20 million or more per month, even on top of revenues

Google thinks they are worth $2B, andI think that may even be high. Mabye if Google owned it. Maybe.

If they were publicly traded (and I had money), I’d short FB.

EESA Unconstitutional? Yeah, so?

George F. Will

Since the New Deal era, few laws have been invalidated on the ground that they improperly delegated legislative powers. And Chief Justice John Marshall did say that the “precise boundary” of the power to “make” or the power to “execute” the law “is a subject of delicate and difficult inquiry.” Still, surely sometimes the judiciary must adjudicate such boundary disputes.

I wouldn’t hold my breath.

Improving Meetings

Seth Godin:

If you’re serious about solving your meeting problem, getting things done and saving time, try this for one week. If it doesn’t work, I’ll be happy to give you a full refund.

I’ll add one–provide rotten fruit to throw at people who believe the purpose of a meeting is to read their Power Point novels aloud.

A Shout Out

Fearing job losses, US workers forgo benefits.

For their part, many managers are doing little to calm those concerns, human resource consultants say. They tend to view options such as flex-time and telecommuting as retention tools, experts say, and in recessions, fear of unemployment is just as effective.

As a telecommuter, I’m happy to report I haven’t encountered this type of reaction from my management. My sources at some of my former places of employment tell me that this article is pretty accurate in some cases though.

Why Not Limit Pay for NFL, NBA, MLB?

OHilarious!

“How hard can it be to show up on Sunday and toss a few passes?” said Mr. Gibbs. “The fact that some people earn a lot more money than others just demonstrates the savage inequalities inherent in a capitalist system, and explains why the president has taken deliberate action to end it.”

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