Archive for October, 2008

The Election Campaigns and No More Political Consultants

The presidential election campaign is reaching its conclusion.  We can all be thankful for small favors.  Or large ones, in this case.  I’m sure like the rest of you the campaign has been overhwelming and is now underwhelming.  It has gone on for far too long, and, like me, you are tired of hearing the [...]

Job Fair for Services Jobs, A Sign of the Times?

I was reading through the LA Weekly, what same may call an alternative paper.   The LA Weekly lists everything from the investigative exposes to the best art and music venues, restaurants, as well as a plethora of strip and massage clubs.   The point being that most of the advertisers in the LA Weekly are in [...]

Viacom and Internecine Corporate Rivalries

Viacom has its problems.   As reported in the New York Post, among other places, as owner of Viacom, Sumner Redstone encounters more personal problems, the rivalries grow within.   This is never good news and in this case a media giant may soon falter and find itself on the sales block. While it took a bit [...]

District of Columbia Superior Court Computer Systems Down

The public and civil access computer system at the DC Superior Court has been down since yesterday, October 21st, and is still not operational. There will be a delay in processing criminal and civil searches. We will assign extra court resarchers to the courts when the computers are functioning so requests can be processed as [...]