Saturday, October 25, 2008

Value Investing

Calculated Risk: PNC to Acquire National City
The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. and National City Corporation today announced that they have signed a definitive agreement for PNC to acquire National City for $2.23 per share, or an aggregate fixed amount of approximately $5.2 billion in PNC stock. Additionally $384 million of cash is payable to certain warrant holders. ...

One year ago NatCity shares were going for about $25.

Help one of the good ones

Daily Kos: WA-08: Help Darcy close strong
Darcy Burner is being hit by third-party groups, is one of the few races left in which the NRCC is playing, has the local media elites gunning for her defeat (for her sin of crashing the gates without their permission), while Reichert funds his final ad blitz with an illegal $500,000 loan. She needs $350,000 to keep pace with all the crap being thrown at her.
I love Darcy Burner and can't wait until she is in Congress.
Go give her some money.

What do these two endorsements have in common

Scott McClellan endorses Obama

Meet The Press: Colin Powell Endorses Barack Obama

Both are endorsements of the person that is clearly going to win by two people that, if they had any fucking backbone at all, might have saved us all a lot of misery over the last few years.

Sorry guys ... you arent forgiven.

That explains that

I like Karen Tumulty a lot

Swampland - TIME.com » Blog Archive We’re Back in Business, Baby! «
And we've changed the combination to the lock on the High Sheriff's liquor cabinet, though things might look a teensy bit funky for a while until we get everything back to normal.

Swampland had a few hmmmm technical issues...

This does my heart good

Talking Points Memo | First Base
If Republicans had to pick for 2012 today, it'd be: Romney 35%, Huckabee 26%, Palin 20%.

Who would have imagined that even Republicans were smart enough to see through her.

I am still hoping for a McCain vote of less than 40%

TBogg on My Senator

TBogg has this about right
Fuck off Joe.