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Putin:”We are not invalids”
“We don’t need help. We are not invalids. We don’t have limited mental capacity.”
Loosely translated:
“Stop patronizing us, capitalist-imperialist pig man. Go away or I shall taunt you again.”
From:
http://money.cnn.com/2009/01/28/news/companies/dell.davos.fortune/index.htm
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Security Update: White House's Microsoft Outlook Email Outage
by The Membrane Domain
Full Article
Headline: The President gets to keep his Blackberry, but the White House can’t keep their Microsoft server running for email.
Security Update: White House’s Microsoft Outlook Email Outage
by The Membrane Domain
Full Article
Headline: The President gets to keep his Blackberry, but the White House can’t keep their Microsoft server running for email.
Federal Reserve's Position on the Housing Crisis
by AllRealEstate.com
The Federal Reserve continues to offer plans for owners of distressed real estate.
“The goal of the policy is to avoid preventable foreclosures on residential mortgage assets that are held, owned or controlled by a Federal Reserve Bank,” Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke wrote in a letter Tuesday to Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass., chairman of the [...]
Federal Reserve’s Position on the Housing Crisis
by AllRealEstate.com
The Federal Reserve continues to offer plans for owners of distressed real estate.
“The goal of the policy is to avoid preventable foreclosures on residential mortgage assets that are held, owned or controlled by a Federal Reserve Bank,” Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke wrote in a letter Tuesday to Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass., chairman of the [...]
Interest Rates: Federal Reserve Auction Yields .25% Rate
by Widgette.com
On January 26, 2009, the Federal Reserve conducted an auction of $150 billion in 84-day credit through its Term Auction Facility. Following are the results of the auction:
Stop-out rate: 0.250 percent
Total propositions submitted: $136.051 billion
Total propositions accepted: $136.051 billion
Bid/cover ratio: 0.91
Number of bidders: 102
The awarded loans will settle on January 29, 2009, and will [...]
Real Estate: Toll Brothers Builders Offers 3.99% 30 Year Fixed Rate Mortgage
by AllRealEstate.com
The Philadelphia area builder Toll Brothers announced an in-house financing plan on the purchase of their new construction houses. The APR is 4.05% 30-year fixed for loan amounts up to $417,000. The rate can be locked in 270 days prior to your closing.
White House (.gov) Email Down Due to Microsoft
The new White House team found out there email systems were down for most of the day on Monday. Press Secretary Robert Gibbs mad the announcement of the technical difficulties at his 1:30 p.m. briefing. He apologized for the e-mail silence and blamed it on a Mircrosoft Outlook server.
Both incoming and outgoing email were [...]
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An Old Killer Strikes Anew
The malaria parasite finds new tricks. Artemisin is the best drug against malaria, extracted from the annual wormwood plant (Artemisia annua) known to the Chinese herbalist for a millennium or two. From the New York Times, we find that the malaria parasite is evolving resistance to artemisin. A resistant strain of the parasite [...]
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Putin:"We are not invalids"