I’m adding a few new blogs to my blog roll–I must admit I haven’t looked at it for a while. Dr. Don Scansen is now an independant contractor to the semiconductor industry and has a great name for his website. Check out his blog here. A man I met in pre-natal class has a pretty [...]
Archive for October 2009
some new blogs for the roll
October 30, 2009H1N1 (swine flu) and facebook
October 28, 2009Well as flu vaccine season comes to Canada we are seeing some back and forth on whether the H1N1 flu vaccine should be given or not. Some say it is untested, and some question whether the adjuvants used to boost the power of vaccines may cause more problems. As for H1N1 itself, the jury is [...]
Bill Clinton and healthcare reform
October 28, 2009I had the good fortune of attending the AdvaMed 2009 conference from October 12th to the 14th, and one of the plenary speakers happened to be Bill Clinton. I was quite intrigued to hear him speak. I know these former presidents usually command a pretty penny to hear them talk, but I was skeptical whether [...]
Dow tops 10,000
October 24, 2009I know this blog post is a bit late. I’ve been busy transitioning between two jobs in the greater organization, and also had a trip to Washington DC last week. My time has been full, but enough with excuses. I certainly noticed when the DJIA got over the psychologically significant 10,000 mark on the 14th. [...]
Have we learned nothing from our southern neighbours?
October 6, 2009I keep hearing these rumours about house prices going up again in Canada. It seems that these low interest rates along with comments that the “recession is over” have boosted confidence with home buyers again. 30, 35 and 40 year mortgages are still being offered to potential buyers up here. Have we learned nothing from [...]
And another blog post with some historical views.
October 4, 2009I found this blog post (and the comments) from Edward Harrison on Seeking Alpha quite illuminating. Although I do think the US has already printed too much money–too much debt from the Bush years–and may have to pay severely for it before they can think of printing much more. Canada seems to be in a [...]
Some not so good job-loss numbers…
October 4, 2009… from the NY Times. American corporations seem to be in a wait and see mode while everything gets figured out. See the chart here. Also a story on Canada.com with a look at the overall effect to both Canada and the US. Story here. BTW, I do promise to put some good stats up [...]
Ain’t out of the recession yet…
October 2, 2009A view on the current state of the recession in the US from John C Dvorak’s blog: http://dvorak.org/blog
