GZ Expat, Part II

links for 2009-03-31

• Home Prices in 20 U.S. Cities Fell by a Record 19% (Update2) - Bloomberg.com
  All 20 cities in the index showed a year-over-year price decrease in January, led by a 35 percent drop in Phoenix and 32.5 percent drop in Las Vegas.
  (tags: news)
• Military Photos: Insurgent Hideout Gone
  (tags: waronterror iraq)
• Russia backs return to Gold Standard to solve financial crisis - Telegraph
  Mr Dvorkevich said it was "logical" that the new currency should include the rouble and the yuan, adding that "we could also think about more effective use of gold in this system". (GZE2 - Bwaaaaahahhahahahahahahahaa!)
  (tags: russia china economics)
• Bloody brawl leads to bonding
  If you are going to push one of us, then you are going to have to push all of us
  (tags: canucks hockey nhl)
• Vaya Con Venom [Farewell For Now]
  So, until we meet again:
  (tags: blogs)

links for 2009-03-30

• channelnewsasia.com: Stocks skid on Obama's hardline stance on GM, Chrysler
  Wall Street shares fell sharply lower on Monday after the government warned General Motors and Chrysler could face bankruptcy and banks could need more aid, stoking fears about the US economy. (GZE2 - Now that he has fired the CEO of GM, any success or failure in GM is ALL his...)
  (tags: obama politics)
• Obama Fires General Motors CEO in Government-Backed Union Coup
  "Show us a plan that will honor all these overpriced union agreements, show Congress this plan; turn out cars the environmental extremists demand, stop producing cars consumers want, manufacture cars liberals say people should be driving, and every time the liberals in Congress change their mind, you have to change your production lines and retool, and while doing all of this, you have to make a profit."
  (tags: obama politics rush)
• The Weekly Standard: The Real China

links for 2009-03-29

• Brown snubbed over tax - Times Online
  Angela Merkel, the German chancellor, last night led the assault on the prime minister’s “global new deal” for a $2 trillion-plus fiscal stimulus to end the recession. “I will not let anyone tell me that we must spend more money,” she said.
  (tags: economics europe)
• GM CEO resigns at Obama's behest - Mike Allen - POLITICO.com
  Wagoner's departure is one of the remarkable strings attached to a new aid package the administration plans to offer GM. (GZE2 - Is this the new wave version of communism?)
  (tags: obama cars politics economics)
• Hong Kong teens build 'terror' bomb: police - Yahoo! Singapore News
  The three were arrested after one of them almost had his hand blown off when he set off a homemade bomb in his family's wholesale food store on Saturday.
  (tags: hongkong waronterror news)

links for 2009-03-28

• Winter Hawks wonder why they're left out in the cold on Memorial Coliseum discussions
  The Portland Winter Hawks have been left in the dark during the entire process of Merritt Paulson luring a Major League Soccer expansion franchise and labeling the Memorial Coliseum as the preferred site for a new Portland Beavers baseball park.
  (tags: hockey winterhawks)

links for 2009-03-26

• www.washingtonexaminer.com >> Opinion
  the new program should “combine the best practices of civilian service with the best aspects of military service,” while establishing “campuses” that serve as “operational headquarters,” complete with “superintendents” and “uniforms” for all participants. It allows for the elimination of all age restrictions in order to involve Americans at all stages of life. And it calls for creation of “a permanent cadre”
  (tags: politics news obama)
• channelnewsasia.com: Filthy Hospital blamed for infant deaths in China
  "The clinic's sub-standard hygiene conditions and flawed management were to blame," it said. Thousands of infants and toddlers in China have been sickened by hand, foot and mouth disease -- also known as enterovirus -- and at least three confirmed deaths attributed to the disease have been reported in recent days.
  (tags: china health)
• Global Recession, Security Challenges Test Obama's Popularity Among World Leaders - First 100 Days of Presidency - Politics FOXNews.com
  "At the same time, there is a growing impression across Europe that the Obama administration is inept and inefficient and increasingly poorly managed." (GZE2 - Well, liberals liked to hear was Europe had to say when Bush was prez...how about now?)
  (tags: politics obama europe)

links for 2009-03-25

• The Rosett Report » Mom, Apple Pie, and the Overseas Contingency Operation
  the Obama administration has renamed the Global War on Terror. Apparently it is no longer a war, nor is terror worth mentioning. It is now the “Overseas Contingency Operation.”
  (tags: obama politics waronterror)
• Channelnewsasia.com
  Authorities in northwestern China have resorted to using a contraception-abortion pill to rein in a plague of gerbils which is threatening the local desert ecosystem
  (tags: china environment)
• Instapundit » Blog Archive » BUSH DEFICIT VS. OBAMA DEFICIT IN PICTURES. …
  (tags: obama politics economics)

links for 2009-03-24

• Unafraid China apparently fears YouTube | Technology | Internet | Reuters
  "Many people have a false impression that the Chinese government fears the Internet. In fact it is just the opposite," Foreign Ministry spokesman Qin Gang told reporters. He said he did not know about YouTube being blocked.
  (tags: china internet censorship)
• Chinese prisoners' deaths provoke calls for reform - International Herald Tribune
  Since then, six other inmates have died in custody, including one 18-year-old from Hunan Province whom local Communist Party officials said became unwell while being interrogated.
  (tags: china news)

links for 2009-03-23

• Washington Times - Obama breaks own signing rules
  President Obama failed to consult Congress, as promised, before carving out exceptions to the omnibus spending bill he signed into law — breaking his own signing-statement rules two days after issuing them
  (tags: obama politics)
• Washington Times - Obama's ratings slip with analysts
  "The financial rescue efforts have been shaky. What little public support for the effort that existed under Bush has diminished further under Obama. He has been behind the curve of populist anger, which leads to the kind of harmful [90 percent tax] legislation that the House passed Thursday"
  (tags: obama politics economics)
• VeloNews | Armstrong crashes out of Castilla y León | The Journal of Competitive Cycling.
  “Lance suffered a fracture of the middle third of the right collarbone as well as some bruises on his right hip and arm,”
  (tags: sports news)
• FOXNews.com - FedEx Cargo Plane Crashes at Tokyo Airport, Killing Pilot, Copilot - International News | News of the World | Middle East News | Europe News
  The flight from Guangzhou China crashed onto a runway and was immediately swarmed by firefighters and rescuers.
  (tags: news)

links for 2009-03-22

• Administration seeks increase in oversight of executive pay - International Herald Tribune
  One proposal could impose greater requirements on the boards of companies to tie executive compensation more closely to corporate performance (GZE2 - How about we limit the amount Hollywood actors make...or maybe MLB Baseball players...or...)
  (tags: obama politics news)

links for 2009-03-21

• Washington Times - Obama's budget doubles deficit in 10 years
  The Congressional Budget Office, the nation's official scorekeeper, says new spending and a worsening economy over the last six months will produce a $1.8 trillion deficit in 2009 — four times the previous record set in 2008, and $400 billion more than projected two months ago.
  (tags: obama politics economics)