Happy Holidays

Hi everybody, I have been asked by several folks when I am going to start to write my own content versus posting others content. I will probably start that in the New Year. Right now I am focusing most of my energy on the holidays, hanukah started last night, getting the xmas tree ready for this week, icy streets in Seattle, both kids home, and lots of fun at various holiday parties.

So, you should all feel free to post but I am going to take a break until next year.

Thanks for helping me to get this going and we’ll be back at you in 2009.

Joel Horn

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By Joel Horn – December 22, 2008

Obama’s Science Team – This is what we all worked so hard to achieve.

I could not be more thrilled with these appointments.

Obama has come through on his most important campaign pledge.

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By Joel Horn – December 20, 2008

WOW, these are fantastic appointments – GO OBAMA.

“The appointments of Harvard University physicist John Holdren as presidential science adviser and Oregon State University marine biologist Jane Lubchenco as head of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, which will be announced tomorrow, dismayed conservatives but heartened environmentalists and researchers.”

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Joel Horn

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By Joel Horn – December 18, 2008

This could be the most important article you read this year!

Ben Bernanke’s Shock-and-Awe Easing

“The message here is that Bernanke & Co. is locked and loaded, ready to shoot every last bullet to help credit markets and the economy. In particular, the Fed is formally adopting a Milton Friedman-type approach that is directed at expanding its balance sheet and stimulating the economy.”

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As you think about how to position yourself financially for 2009/2010, you must consider the Fed’s policies and actions being put in place by Bernanke.

Joel Horn

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By Joel Horn – December 18, 2008

Continental Airlines to Start New Year With Flight Powered by Sustainable Biofuels

“Continental Airlines (NYSE: CAL) today announced plans for the first biofuel-powered demonstration flight of a U.S. commercial airliner, to be conducted in Houston on Jan. 7, 2009.

The demonstration flight, which will be operated with no passengers, will be powered by a special fuel blend including components derived from algae and jatropha plants — sustainable, second-generation fuel sources that don’t impact food crops or water resources, and don’t contribute to deforestation.”

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By Joel Horn – December 16, 2008

A spider the size of a dinner plate.

 

More than 1,000 species discovered in Mekong: WWF

BANGKOK (AFP) – Scientists have discovered more than 1,000 species in Southeast Asia’s Greater Mekong region in the past decade, including a spider as big as a dinner plate, the World Wildlife Fund said Monday.

“It doesn’t get any better than this,” Stuart Chapman, director of WWF’s Greater Mekong Programme, was quoted as saying in a statement by the group.

“We thought discoveries of this scale were confined to the history books.”

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By Joel Horn – December 15, 2008

Lame Duck?

No, apparently he can duck quite well.

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By Dawn Shepherd – December 15, 2008

Too good not to mention – Daschle bitten by my wife’s family’s 3-legged dog

When Tom Daschle was in Congress, he lived down the street from my wife’s parents, who had a very nice 3-legged dog named Jemmy Button. As far as my father-in-law can remember the only person Jemmy ever bit was Tom Daschle. According to my father-in-law, Tom was very understanding, very decent in fact, and took the whole thing in stride.

“Daschle is on the health care advisory group of Obama’s transition team and said he plans to write the health care plan that Obama will submit to Congress next year.”

Click here to read article about President-elect Barack Obama announcement that he has chosen former Sen. Tom Daschle to lead the Department of Health and Human Services.

Joel

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By Joel Horn – December 11, 2008

Would you buy a Ford?

“By shunning government loans, Ford Motor Co.’s top executives say they hope to buff up the automaker’s image and set it apart from its cash-starved Detroit competitors, General Motors Corp. and Chrysler LLC.”

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My first car was a Ford Mustang Mach 1. I still love that car and dream about finding one in perfect condition and buying it again. Of course, the roughly 10 miles per gallon dash that dream quickly.

The real question is would you buy a new Ford? 

When I was in my teens and early twenties FORD stood for two things: “Fix Or Repair Daily” and “Fastest On Race Day”. In the early 90s, when I was in my late 30s, I bought a Ford Taurus SHO. To my surprise both of those sayings were still true. It was amazing how often I had to fix something.  Frustrated, I sold it.

We now own two Honda civics, one is a hybrid.

So again, I ask, would you buy a Ford?

My answer: I would love to, and will, when they are as good as my Hondas.

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By Joel Horn – December 10, 2008

Where Are the New Jobs for Women?

“Mr. Obama compared his infrastructure plan to the Eisenhower-era construction of the Interstate System of highways. It brings back the Eisenhower era in a less appealing way as well: there are almost no women on this road to recovery.”

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Joel Horn

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By Joel Horn – December 9, 2008