| State of Georgia - No Signs of Recovery Here 18 hours ago by Rabo Everyday a new report comes in that shows state tax revenues are in free fall. All of our news outlets are continuing to pump the recovery. Which is it, recovery or recession? Taxes are unavoidable, so if the revenue decline is 17.8%, my guess is that the media and press are full of it. They are try ... The Rabo Blog - raboinc.blogspot.com · Rank: 149,365 | | House of Cards 1 day ago by gustines House of Cards: Love, Faith and Other Social Expressions, by David Ellis Dickerson. Riverhead Books (2009), 369 pages. Sadly, I must begin this review with a tirade against the cover art. There are other things to say, much of them positive, but the cover is so astonishingly bad (especially given th ... Gustine Awards - gustineawards.wordpress.com | | Number of Problem Banks Continues to Grow 3 days ago by Rabo The current tally of problem banks in this country is now up to 505. In case you were wondering, the banks are everywhere and in places not to have been known to have significant real estate problems. We all know about California, Nevada and Arizona and their foreclosure problems. However, the state ... The Rabo Blog - raboinc.blogspot.com · Rank: 149,365 | | House of Cards 4 days ago by textbookslater “I don’t wanna be your friend, I just wanna be your lover” If there is a more perfectly expressed opening to a song so packed full of yearning than in House of Cards by Radiohead, I would love to hear it. That first line is a fucking brilliant example of using only a few words to [...] Question Mark? - textbookslater.wordpress.com | | SoupKitchen is a Major Employer 7 days ago by Rabo Having reached the point of desperation, Detroit now counts a soup kitchen as a major employer. Unfortunately, the soup kitchen is running out of funds and may have to layoff a good part of their staff. You can hear the despair in people's voices as the numbers continue to tally upward. Today shows ... The Rabo Blog - raboinc.blogspot.com · Rank: 149,365 | |