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Archive for December, 2005
Monday, December 26, 2005 The horror By Steve Sebelius Somewhere, in their Olympian halls, the gods of journalism have turned their backs to weep…
…at this.
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Friday, December 23, 2005 We need Christmas By Len Butcher Christmas. A special time of year, whether you’re Christian or not; whether you put up a tree and decorations or not: whether you exchange gifts or not; whether your family all gathers around the dining room table for a turkey dinner or not. Yes, Christmas is for Christians, but the spirit, the camaraderie, the well-wishing [...]
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Friday, December 23, 2005 Poker boom may be over By Ian Mylchreest The craze for poker may be fading reports Reuters.
Local gaming expert Bill Thompson of UNLV says the card game is a fad and it’s fading fast.
The casinos are still adding poker rooms - most recently the South Coast added a card room before it opened - but they did quite well catering to the [...]
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Friday, December 23, 2005 Home sales take steep dive in November By Ian Mylchreest Home sales plunged in November, according to the latest numbers from the Commerce Department. The fall was the biggest national drop in the residential market in 12 years, reports the Associated Press.
The drop was particularly dramatic in the West, the numbers tumbled 22.1 percent. Analysts say the hottest markets have too much speculative buying, which [...]
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Friday, December 23, 2005 Friday's follies By Steve Sebelius It’s Friday, there are only two shopping days left before Christmas and we are about to wing our way south for a little California holiday time. But there’s always time for blogging, so let’s do a few quick hits before we close out the week:
• Does somebody at the Review-Journal’s copy desk work part-time [...]
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Friday, December 23, 2005 GE seals the Arden deal By Ian Mylchreest GE Real Estate will pay $3.2 billion for Arden Realty, a company that owns a portfolio of Southern California’s prestige office properties. The new owner will also assume Arden’s 1.6 billion debt reports the Los Angeles Times.
Arden is Southern California's largest office landlord with 192 buildings at 116 properties across five counties. The sale greatly [...]
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Friday, December 23, 2005 Business cools to Schwarzenegger By Ian Mylchreest Business groups in the Golden State are cooling to Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, reports the Los Angeles Times.
Once seen as the knight who would slay the dragon of high taxes and over-regulation, groups like the California Chamber of Commerce think it was a mistake to put so much faith in the governor and his plans for [...]
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Thursday, December 22, 2005 Albertson's won't sell By Ian Mylchreest Despite weeks of speculation about various private equity consortiums that were circling Albertson's grocery chain, the board last night rejected a $9.6 billion offer, reports the New York Times.
The paper reports that the company will now sell off it's less profitable operations and try to recapitalize. The trouble is that it will still face the [...]
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Thursday, December 22, 2005 Our very own law review! By Steve Sebelius We at Various Things & Stuff have been listening intently to President George W. Bush try to justify his order to the National Security Agency to eavesdrop on phone calls and e-mails of American citizens suspected of having ties to terrorism — all without the bother of a warrant.
Bush has insisted on two main [...]
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Wednesday, December 21, 2005 Patriot Act, wiretaps should stay By Len Butcher September 11, 2001. Remember that day? I’m sure all of us have, but then, when I see those Democrats and a few Republicans wanting to block continuance of the Patriot Act, I’m not so sure. Has anyone wondered why our country has not been a target of another terrorist act since then? Do you think [...]
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