Mar
05
2009
New Scientist reports the Obama Administration has pumped more cash into science and technology than at any other time in history — including the Apollo space program and the Manhattan nuclear bomb project. US$50B alone is going into renewable power and energy efficiency. Obama was likely thrown into the dark during the Great Blackout of [...]
Feb
26
2009
U.S. President Barack Obama apparently isn’t too pleased with his new pimped-out ride. The Lockheed Martin VH-71 (VH1 must have been taken already) cost the American taxpayer more than $1.5B and is essentially a hovering Oval Office much like Air Force One — in both capability and cost. As Obama prepares to spend his way [...]
Jan
28
2009
Economists criticized it, and the homebuilding industry loved it. The latest budget from Ottawa will give a tax credit worth up to $1350 to an anticipated 4.6M homeowners doing reno work. Unlike a tax break, you get the money back regardless of your personal tax situation. You have to spend at least a grand, but [...]
Jan
21
2009
We get a birds-eye view of the action, Dubya gets the last word, and Whitehouse.gov no longer hides how many Americans were killed in 9/11.
Jan
20
2009
Vanity Fair offers a slideshow of 20 of its favourite illustrations depicting the man considered one of the top three worst U.S. Presidents in the republic’s history. Link: Vanityfair.com Meantime, Salon.com has tallied a list of Dubya’s “accomplishments” during his time in the White House:
