Posts on The Economy

2010-09-02 The Largest Green Friendly Development Ever by Donna Schoenkopf
Brad Pitt’s love of architecture and the environment meet in New Orleans.
2010-08-26 You Won’t Be Sorry by Donna Schoenkopf
You won’t be sorry if you read the writing of Ann Calhoun.
2010-08-26 Future States by Donna Schoenkopf
My new favorite website has some intriguing stuff.
2010-08-19 Build It Yourself by Donna Schoenkopf
This house only costs $32 a square foot!
2010-08-13 The LA Times Can Tell If You’re Gay by Jim Washburn
At least it can with Judge Walker.
2010-07-29 Rocio Romero, I Love You! by Donna Schoenkopf
She inspired me in my search for affordable, beautiful, environmental housing.
2010-07-28 Bad News for Everyone (But Mostly Debit Card Users) by Tony Chavira
…making less than $150,000
2010-07-23 Unintended Consequences by Donna Schoenkopf
Poor Tom. He was only trying to do the right thing.
2010-07-22 The Fragile State of Home Buying by Tony Chavira
…taxes, cities and the point of purchase.
2010-07-20 Well, That Explains It by Rebecca Schoenkopf
How Pre-Paid Legal Services gets an A.
2010-07-08 Natural Homes by Donna Schoenkopf
This is the best video so far on natural building.
2010-07-02 Cuba, Here We Come! by Donna Schoenkopf
Congress looks approvingly at lifting travel restrictions.
2010-06-26 Demon Possession Made Easy: Check This Site by Jim Washburn
Try it, spawn of Satan.
2010-06-25 Better Care for Cats by Tony Chavira
… than for humans.
2010-06-24 Homeless Ventriloquist Contest: Mmmm Snickers for You! by Jim Washburn
Some food for thought.
2010-06-21 Is Democracy Toast? Some Final (i.e. Tardy) Thoughts on the Election by Jim Washburn
Pooping in the wrong booth.
2010-06-17 The Non-Profit Battle Against Homelessness by Tony Chavira
…who knows if things will get any better…
2010-06-14 Biking for Housing by Tony Chavira
…awesome people doing awesome things!
2010-06-03 Bullets, Not Houses: More of Your Tax Dollars at Work by Jim Washburn
Israeli Weapons Kill and Injure US Citizens
2010-06-03 Greywater by Donna Schoenkopf
Water is Life!
2010-05-31 Oy, the Humanity! Israel Attacks Blockade Runners by Jim Washburn
Our tax dollars at work.
2010-05-28 Big, Little, Simple, Sweet by Donna Schoenkopf
A variety of homes from the obscenely grand to the endearingly simple.
2010-05-24 Bobby Jindal’s All-Hate Relationship With the Federal Government by Tony Chavira
… a slight shift.
2010-05-20 Hard and Soft by Donna Schoenkopf
Here are some container homes and a bamboo home.
2010-05-17 Lewis Black: Glenn Beck Has Nazi Tourette’s by Jim Washburn
Nazi schmatzie.
2010-05-06 Spinach Power by Donna Schoenkopf
Design will save the world.
2010-05-05 How Do We Pay For ... by Tony Chavira
A list of question.
2010-05-01 Molsons and Sombreros by Donna Schoenkopf
Hilarity will ensue as hundreds of thousands of us gather in Phoenix.
2010-04-29 May Day by Donna Schoenkopf
Sing, dance, march, love!
2010-04-27 A Billion-Dollar Agenda by Tony Chavira
…giving or taking.
2010-04-22 More Bush Residue at the SEC: Staffers Watched Porn by Jim Washburn
New study shows shit.
2010-04-22 “The Late Great Planet Earth” by Tony Chavira
Doomsday is Upon Us.
2010-04-20 Women Rock Your World, With Earthquakes by Jim Washburn
Are Iranian clerics nuttier than U.S. ones?
2010-04-19 Cuba’s Shadow Clothing Economy by Tony Chavira
All Christian Audigier. All the time.
2010-04-09 God Hates Faggots and Coal Miners by Jim Washburn
Phelps’ church cheers coal mine deaths.
2010-04-07 Meg Whitman’s Obvious Lack of Accountability by Tony Chavira
…Who really benefits?
2010-04-06 An Incautious God and His Thunderbolts by Jim Washburn
A Photographer’s death on film.
2010-04-05 One Month Left, Los Angeles by Tony Chavira
…then we’re totally screwed.
2010-04-02 They Got Me Again! by Donna Schoenkopf
It’s impossible to get away from the tentacles of the corporate world.
2010-04-01 The State of the Presidency by Nathan Walpow
A hell of a lot better than January 20, 2009.
2010-03-31 Central Planning in Washington by Tony Chavira
Witold Rybczynski draws the wrong conclusion
2010-03-30 A Real Conservative Sounds Off on Health Care by Jim Washburn
Nicolas Sarcozy: not just arm candy.
2010-03-29 Everyone’s Banking on L.A.’s Metro Now, I Guess by Tony Chavira
…kinda.
2010-03-26 Helping the Homeless on the Cheap by Tony Chavira
…the smarter way.
2010-03-26 The Long Road by Gary Phillips
Cuba, travel, Russia, workers.
2010-03-16 Health-Free California by Tony Chavira
… shady and sick.
2010-03-10 US Farmers Eye Cuba by Jim Washburn
Maybe they’ll eat the junk we grow.
2010-03-05 Big Money, Big Fun by Gary Phillips
Meltdown, banks, Sorkin, money.
2010-03-04 PeePoople by Donna Schoenkopf
Waste not, want not!
2010-03-02 Drive and Relax! by Shervin Saedinia
Slow down to be green.
2010-03-02 Chile Quake May Benefit Workers Worldwide by Jim Washburn
The Establishment is all shook up.
2010-03-01 Did You Know That Only 41% of Millennials Have Full-Time Jobs? by Tony Chavira
It’s true.
2010-03-01 Payday Loan Unemployment Blues by Rebecca Schoenkopf
Screw Janice Hahn: Gavin Newsom for Lt. Gov!
2010-02-26 What I Want to Know by Donna Schoenkopf
Here are some things I want you to find out.
2010-02-18 Nuclear Power, Coal Ash, and You by Donna Schoenkopf
Nephew Mike thinks nuclear reactors are just fine, thank you very much!
2010-02-12 Is Sarah Palin a Fucking Retard? Colbert Thinks So by Jim Washburn
Such incivility.
2010-02-10 Let’s Cut to the Chase… by Tony Chavira
This is what actually matters.
2010-02-10 Get Adventurous, Get Happy by Tony Chavira
…and get back to work!
2010-02-09 The Last Jobs in Los Angeles by Tony Chavira
Get to it.
2010-02-09 I Get Letters by Donna Schoenkopf
Icy jeans make for a quick wake-up in the morning!
2010-02-04 Do You Really Want to See What Less Government Looks Like? by Tony Chavira
… from Colorado Springs.
2010-01-19 Who Pays to Re-Build Haiti? by Tony Chavira
‘Not I,’ said the Businessman.
2010-01-14 Earthquakes and Governments by Donna Schoenkopf
Bad leadership and devastation go together like rotten eggs and a bad smell.
2010-01-08 Fun Reading by Donna Schoenkopf
If you want to get your blood going, read this!
2010-01-07 Our Shrinking Times: LA Times to Close OC Plant by Jim Washburn
The Morning Attrition.
2010-01-07 I Hate HughesNet! by Donna Schoenkopf
What can you get for $100 a month? Not much.
2010-01-05 Culver City: Red-Light Camera Trap by Nathan Walpow
The city fiddles while Walpow burns.
2010-01-04 Homeless Poisoned in Colombia by Jim Washburn
Deadly New Year for some.
2009-12-26 Atheists are Taking Over!!! Move to Mississippi Now!!! by Jim Washburn
From the front lines of the War on Christmas.
2009-12-26 Saudi Arabia: Probably Not the Best Place for a Harry Potter Theme Park by Jim Washburn
More scimitar har hars from our allies in the war on reason.
2009-12-16 Green Light for Green Jobs in California by Tony Chavira
…with more jobs on the way!
2009-12-07 Shifting Mindsets by Tony Chavira
Stuff we should’ve known all along…
2009-12-01 Suburbs, Parks and Trains: The Tough Decisions by Tony Chavira
…and they need to be made soon.
2009-11-25 Highway Tolls by Tony Chavira
…are a lie.
2009-11-16 (Health)Carefree Job Hunting! by Tony Chavira
And a few charts to boot!
2009-10-09 Gustavomania! by Nathan Walpow
Like the illegitimate spawn of “Frère Jacques” and Jewish wedding music.
2009-10-07 Murder Most Foul, It’s the Stinkiest by Jim Washburn
California “horrorcore” rapper accused in Virginia murders.
2009-10-05 Affordable Housing Developers! Procurement Opportunity! by Tony Chavira
Get on it.
2009-09-17 Final Sign of the Apocalypse: Bob Dylan Records Christmas Album by Jim Washburn
Folk music’s Bob Dylan rides the yule log.
2009-09-09 Ten Principles for Fixing the Mortgage and Slashing Foreclosures by Nathan Walpow
With video of the president of the National Housing Council, wearing a cool flannel shirt.
2009-09-06 Sustainable Liberty by Tony Chavira
Farewell for now, Mr. Jones.
2009-09-03 No Affordable Feet for You by Nathan Walpow
Here’s a GOOD story for you to read.
2009-08-19 Birth Certificate Found! Obama was Born in Austria, with a Mustache! by Jim Washburn
Obama’s a Nazi now, if you hadn’t noticed.
2009-08-13 Is It Just Cheaper to Pay The Mortgage? by Tony Chavira
Numbers don’t lie, although I’m sure they exaggerate a little.
2009-08-07 CashCall Takes Usury to New Heights by Nathan Walpow
You end up paying back four times what you get.
2009-07-29 These Are People in Your Neighborhood by Tony Chavira
and they’ll matter for the rest of your life.
2009-07-24 FTC Targets Deceptive Foreclosure Rescue Companies by Nathan Walpow
Cracking down on the slimeballs.
2009-07-18 Hey ... Take That Back!! by Donna Schoenkopf
It’s weird when working folks are accused of having too much power.
2009-07-14 Empathy: It’s Some Weird Commie Shit by Jim Washburn
Rich white senators are having none of it.
2009-07-13 My World Is Coming Down Around Me by Nathan Walpow
Is it possible TJ’s isn’t perfect?
2009-07-08 Goodbye, Pork Pie Democrat by Jim Washburn
It’s Republicans who are crowding the federal trough.
2009-07-05 Nuts to Alaska! More Sarah Palin Bloviating by Jim Washburn
Sarah Palin has a higher calling; it’s her publisher on the phone
2009-07-03 Sarah Palin in Desperate Bid to Upstage Michael Jackson by Jim Washburn
WTF WTF WTF WTF WTF, I mean, really, what the …
2009-06-12 The Sludge That Dare Not Speak Its Name by Jim Washburn
Homeland Security wraps coal industry toxic waste in secrecy.
2009-05-18 Huddled Masses Yearning Elsewhere by Jim Washburn
Immigration to US from Mexico drops sharply: US sucks too much.
2009-05-01 Livin’ on Dog Food by Jim Washburn
For many Americans, it might as well be pate.
2009-05-01 Hate for Rent by Jim Washburn
“God Hates Fags” churchmember come to OC.