Brian Gongol
Graphic of the day: Stay Tuned
West Des Moines and Waukee divide up the spoils of annexation
Mona Lisa in MS Paint
Google gets in big trouble for switching aerial views of New Orleans
Microsoft releases emergency patch to fix cursor problem
Internet Explorer and Firefox alike are threatened by the bug
Wi-Fi in the sky
Why Americans need international investments in their portfolios
The total value of Europe's 24 stock markets (including Russia) is now greater than the market capitalization of the US markets. Keeping in mind that much of Russia's market is weighted in oil and gas firms that the Russian government has been known to de-privatize (that is: to steal) from time to time. In fact, the Dow Jones "RusIndex Titans 10" index of Russia's ten biggest firms includes four oil companies and one electric company, so that puts a huge share of the country's "private" economy at risk of being stolen by the government at any given time. Western Europe isn't free of government meddling, either, as witnessed by the Airbus fiasco of late. However, those risks shouldn't completely overshadow the need for American investors to put some of their money overseas, at least after getting into the US stock and bond markets.
32 Big Brother cameras are located within 200 yards of George Orwell's home
Yushchenko dissolves Ukraine's parliament
Calls it necessary "to save the state's sovereignty and territorial integrity"
More magnificently complex Japanese emoticons
They're smileys on steroids
Irrational bigotry just looks stupid
The anti-gay idiots who protest at the funerals of American servicemembers are now sending abusive faxes to a Swedish princess. Now, the whole concept of a "royal family" is as ridiculous as it is outdated, but it's less offensive than those who canvass the planet preaching hate in the name of some god. Which raises this question: Do the people who think that moderate Muslims should publicly disavow militant Islamists similarly believe that moderate Christians should publicly shun those who hijack the name of Christianity as a cover for hate?
"If you're old enough to start thinking about sex, you're old enough to start saving for retirement"
Related: What I wish someone would have told me about investing when I was 22
Microsoft planning to rush out a fix for cursor problem today
"Progressive" comes right out and admits "fair share" has nothing to do with fairness
It's all about trying to boost unions, and in turn, advance a political agenda
"The more the manifestos the less terrorism"
Google's April Fool's gag and the wastewater connection
