tag:searchlightcrusade.net,2024:/mt//feed/China 2024-05-07T07:25:19Z Movable Type 4.21-en 81 1 81 tag:www.searchlightcrusade.net,2010://3.5000 2021-08-11T14:00:00Z 2021-08-11T10:40:14Z Dan Melson http://www.searchlightcrusade.net/ The most common mistake in real estate (and every other aspect of financial planning, for that matter) is to assume the situation now is going to continue indefinitely. In the stock market, people chase last year's returns. They "wait for... tag:www.searchlightcrusade.net,2009://3.4733 2009-06-08T23:30:00Z 2009-06-08T23:41:48Z Dan Melson http://www.searchlightcrusade.net/ Megan McArdle is blogging up a storm with lots of really good points about abortion and the murder of George Tiller. This debate is not going away. Those who believe abortion is murder are not going to mysteriously vanish,... tag:www.searchlightcrusade.net,2009://3.4722 2009-06-01T14:00:00Z 2009-06-01T21:05:16Z Dan Melson http://www.searchlightcrusade.net/ Carnival of Personal Finance Carnival of Real Estate ********** Did Obama Target GOP Donors In Chrysler Dealer Closings? every single dealer he checked out except one were either GOP donors or donated to Obama's rivals in the democratic primary.... tag:www.searchlightcrusade.net,2009://3.4647 2009-04-07T04:00:00Z 2009-04-07T03:50:54Z Dan Melson http://www.searchlightcrusade.net/ Carnival of Real Estate Carnival of Personal Finance ********** Victor Davis Hanson: President Obama's First 70 Days: It really does all make sense. In other words, if you believed as President Obama and many of his advisors do, then you... tag:www.searchlightcrusade.net,2009://3.4638 2009-04-02T03:45:00Z 2009-04-02T03:45:20Z Dan Melson http://www.searchlightcrusade.net/ Yes, it is April 1st, but as much as I wish these were all jokes, most of them are not. ********** Free the Job Creators I always take the wisdom of crowds with a large grain of salt, because in... tag:www.searchlightcrusade.net,2009://3.4624 2009-03-25T21:00:00Z 2009-03-25T23:32:29Z Dan Melson http://www.searchlightcrusade.net/ Here is the difference between Israel and its Arab enemies Well, one of them anyway: When terrorists kill Israeli women and children with bombs or missiles, they regard it as a triumph worthy of celebration; sweets are passed out;... tag:www.searchlightcrusade.net,2009://3.4573 2009-02-23T15:00:00Z 2010-08-29T13:56:34Z Dan Melson http://www.searchlightcrusade.net/ The most common mistake in real estate (and every other aspect of financial planning, for that matter) is to assume the situation now is going to continue indefinitely. In the stock market, people chase last year's returns. They "wait for... tag:www.searchlightcrusade.net,2009://3.4567 2009-02-21T00:10:00Z 2009-02-21T00:08:44Z Dan Melson http://www.searchlightcrusade.net/ I love this story: Man steals burglars' car as they try to rob his home >Rosario was greeted with high-fives from responding deputies That's resourceful. Somebody needs to offer that man a job (he just got laid off). I'll... tag:www.searchlightcrusade.net,2009://3.4549 2009-02-12T22:30:00Z 2009-02-12T22:27:21Z Dan Melson http://www.searchlightcrusade.net/ Happy Birthday to Abraham Lincoln and Charles Darwin, both born 200 years ago today. ********** The title of this article is "Our Clever President" but a better title would be, "Our Intellectually Corrupt President and the Sycophantic Press That... tag:www.searchlightcrusade.net,2008://3.4238 2008-08-29T00:15:00Z 2008-08-29T00:09:59Z Dan Melson http://www.searchlightcrusade.net/ Neighborhoods of La Mesa: Connecticut Avenue ********** The Obama campaign is trying to suppress an campaign ad. Indeed, they want to file charges against the man who sponsored it Meanwhile, Obama himself is funneling money to ACORN for advocacy... tag:www.searchlightcrusade.net,2008://3.4212 2008-08-14T22:30:00Z 2008-08-14T22:37:02Z Dan Melson http://www.searchlightcrusade.net/ A new entry in my neighborhoods series is up: Neighborhoods of La Mesa: Northmont I have also just accepted an invitation to write for a new blog sponsored by a fairly well-known corporation on consumer mortgage issues. I don't want... tag:www.searchlightcrusade.net,2008://3.4203 2008-08-09T01:30:00Z 2008-08-09T01:37:58Z Dan Melson http://www.searchlightcrusade.net/ Absolutely vile: Threatening opposition campaign donors They've been accusing Republicans of voter suppression for decades, even though the balance of evidence lies in the other direction. Now the left is openly attempting to intimidate likely Republican donors. ********** Georgia... tag:www.searchlightcrusade.net,2008://3.4205 2008-08-08T23:00:00Z 2008-08-08T23:03:49Z Dan Melson http://www.searchlightcrusade.net/ Here's an article that got me thinking Bulgarian archaeologists discover ancient Thracian chariot These were the same Thracians spoken of in all those Greek and Roman records and mythical stories. Thracians appear in Classical literature starting with The Illiad. What... tag:www.searchlightcrusade.net,2008://3.4141 2008-07-10T23:35:00Z 2008-07-11T13:03:46Z Dan Melson http://www.searchlightcrusade.net/ Iran test-fires missiles in war games in Persian Gulf, says it can retaliate if attacked "Our hands are always on the trigger and our missiles are ready for launch," the official IRNA news agency quoted Salami as saying Wednesday.... tag:www.searchlightcrusade.net,2008://3.4080 2008-06-06T20:00:00Z 2008-06-06T19:57:55Z Dan Melson http://www.searchlightcrusade.net/ Obama throws another associate under the bus: This isn't the Tony Rezko I knew Rev. Wright, William Ayers, his grandmother, now Tony Rezko. The gang is all there, under the bus. As Powerline notes, he's used that phrase before.... tag:www.searchlightcrusade.net,2008://3.4061 2008-05-31T00:00:00Z 2008-05-31T00:27:52Z Dan Melson http://www.searchlightcrusade.net/ Mice Vote to Bell Cat The United States and other leading cluster bomb makers - Russia, China, Israel, India and Pakistan - boycotted the talks, emphasized they would not sign the treaty and publicly shrugged off its value. All... tag:www.searchlightcrusade.net,2008://3.4027 2008-05-16T01:30:00Z 2008-05-16T01:44:43Z Dan Melson http://www.searchlightcrusade.net/ Volokh Conspiracy on why we here in California need to vote against Proposition 99. The great danger posed by Proposition 99 is that nonexpert voters will understandably assume that it really does protect property owners, without realizing that it... tag:www.searchlightcrusade.net,2008://3.4025 2008-05-12T23:00:00Z 2008-05-12T23:13:59Z Dan Melson http://www.searchlightcrusade.net/ Carnival of Personal Finance Carnival of Real Estate ********** Death toll in China earthquake up to nearly 9,000 Xinhua said 80 percent of the buildings had collapsed in Sichuan province's Beichuan county after the quake, raising fears that the... tag:www.searchlightcrusade.net,2008://3.3981 2008-04-22T14:00:00Z 2008-04-22T13:39:54Z Dan Melson http://www.searchlightcrusade.net/ Most of the articles and things I read about the price of gas seems to be based upon an implicit assumption that the price of gas is only as high as it is temporarily. This is not the case.... tag:www.searchlightcrusade.net,2008://3.3907 2008-03-21T00:40:00Z 2008-03-21T00:40:05Z Dan Melson http://www.searchlightcrusade.net/ Fed Cuts Rates by 3/4 Percentage Point Bankers are absolutely consistent. Live in fear of inflation. Leave money too tight for too long, then panic and over-react when the what you've done becomes undeniable. Then when the problem passes,...