Virgin Starts Offering Charter Service in America

Virgin Charter

Appears to be based on a bidding system for specific flights. Submit your flight route and date; then, several charter companies will offer bids on the flight.

Who to blame for the Credit Crisis

A house was bought for $750,000 in 2006. It's now worth $400,000. The seller took advantage of a good market. The buyer did not pay a good price for their new property. The buyer had the responsibility to agree to a fair price. They could have gotten erroneous information from an appraisal. The banker probably should not have given a zero percent loan for an overvalued asset. The investment bankers and other financial wizards were taking advantage of a favorable market to create advanced securities from mortgages. The US government cannot be held to blame for creating a low inflation environment; this probably had other economic benefits including job growth.

Other Point of Views:
Steve Forbes

Invest in international microloans

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Investments can be as small as one hundred dollars. Interest rates can be up to 3% which is much better than most standard US banks.

Sarah Palin SNL Open

Mostly Tina Fey, guest appearances by Alec Baldwin and Mark Wahlberg.

Early Absentee Voting in St. Louis

I was about to send in an absentee ballot in St. Louis City, but apparently you need the mail in ballot to be notarized. This pretty much makes it as difficult as showing up to a voting booth on election day since one would have to take time off work to go to a notary republic. Instead I voted at the Board of Elections office in St. Louis. It's located at 300 N. TUCKER, ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI 63101 - Hours: Monday - Friday 8AM – 5PM. Electronic and paper voting is available. Electronic voting took a few minutes. Apparently, even early voting can lead to long lines at the Board of Elections the week before the actual election day, so earlier voting will be easier. You have to be registered to vote in the city of St. Louis. Early voting should be available across the state. Bring your driver's license for identification.
St. Louis Board of Elections