Above the fold on the USA Today that landed in front of my hotel room, I saw this article.
Federal, state and local governments have added nearly $10 trillion to taxpayer liabilities in the past two years, bringing the total of government’s unfunded obligations to an unprecedented $57.8 trillion.
That is the equivalent of a $510,678 credit [...]
I got to go to Christian Education Night and Vespers at Memorial Lutheran Church & School in Houston.
The Rev. Dr. Scott R. Murray taught the Bible class, which was very good. He has been asked to provide commentary on a couple of chapters in Matthew for an ESV Bible to be produced in the near [...]
HT to my direct boss
The Houston Chronicle posted an AP report (link dead) about brewing your own ethanol to add to gasoline.
Adding 15 percent ethanol to $3 gasoline reduces the cost to $2.40 per gallon, McClanahan said.
A blend with 85 percent ethanol cuts the cost to $1.09 for a blended gallon, she said.
Sasher’s [...]
The 2002 Farm Bill hasn’t even expired yet.
AP reports that the House approved an appropriations bill today:
The Milk Income Loss Contract program pays dairy farmers when milk prices fall below a specified level. The peanut storage program pays storage and handling fees as peanut farmers market their crop.
Rep. Jack Kingston, R-Ga., obtained a one-year extension [...]
The International Herald Tribune reports that Wal-Mart is pulling out of South Korea, selling its businesses to a local retailer for $882 million.
“Wal-Mart and Carrefour were not aggressive enough in expanding their networks in South Korea,” said Koo Chang Gun at Korea Investment & Securities. “Once they lost the race, they could never catch up.”
Wal-Mart [...]
Sam of Nerd Heaven brings us the twenty-fourth edition of the Lutheran Carnival. Verses from a wonderful ascension hymn are mixed among the posts.
Thanks, Sam!
Some lighter fare today with the kids and some extended family. We went to see Over the Hedge, a cute Dreamworks CG movie about a racoon and a group of foragers who go exploring into a neighborhood that sprang up around them over the winter.
Kids will like the cute characters and some burp humor (the [...]
I had not expected to go see this movie. My wife had enjoyed the book and wanted to see the movie, so I went along. She looked my way several times as if to gauge my reaction during several scenes.
If one needs theological refutations to most of the claims in this movie they can start [...]
