A few weeks ago, as a part of Ann Arbor’s annual, multi-day A2Tech360 event, there was a session called “2029: What the Future Holds,” during which a number of folks from both the University of Michigan and industry speculated as to how technology may evolve and change our lives over the coming decade. Of the […]
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By Mark | February 7, 2019
If you haven’t yet, I’d encourage you to read the article that Jeff Bezos posted to Medium today about a blackmail attempt against him on the part of AMI, the parent company of the National Enquirer. It would appear, from letters that Bezos has made public this afternoon, that AMI, led by Trump associate David […]
Posted in Corporate Crime, Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged AMI, Bill Kristol, blackmail, collusion, David Letterman, David Pecker, dick pic, Donald Trump, extortion, Gavin de Becker, Jamal Khashoggi, Jared Kushner, Jeff Bezos, Lauren Sanchez, our friends the Saudis, Saudi Arabia, spying, Washington Post |
As I know very little about how the economy works, or the extent to which the stock market effects the economy, or, really, anything else about money related matters, I try to steer clear of such subjects here on the site. For those of you who might be interested in discussing the Dow Industrial Average’s […]
Posted in Economics, Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged Ali Velshi, China, Donald Trump, Dow Industrial, Great Depression, Jeff Bezos, Medicaid, Medicare, Mitch McConnell, Paul Ryan, post office, Richard N. Haass, securities fraud, social security, stability, stock market, tariff, trade war, uncertainty, Velshi and Ruhle, Washington Post |
By Mark | December 2, 2013
There’s a lot I could say about Jeff Bezos’s recent announcement that, within four years, Amazon will be delivering by drone, but I’m exhausted. I did want to say, however, that I can’t imagine a scenario where people, seeing a swarm of free electronics, DVDs and video games just buzzing overhead, wouldn’t be tempted to […]
I bought a movie on a whim through Amazon the other day. I’d never seen it before, but, from what I could tell, it seemed like the kind of thing that I’d like. Among other things, the cast included a number of actresses that I happen to be quite fond of, including Katharine Hepburn, Lucille […]
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