Sell in May

Anyone who disputes the "sell in May" concept need only check out this graph. Thanks to Chart of the Day.

Merry Christmas to convicted felons time

Ah yes, it's Presidential pardon time. Let me put things in perspective . . . . . as of Oct 1, 2007 there were 3000 petitions for clemency filed with the Office of the Pardon Attorney (per the Justice Dept). That compares to an average of 500 to 1000 in the 5 decades since WWII. President Clinton's final years in office saw things begin to soar. President Bush closed only 18 cases in fiscal 2007 . . . . Scooter being the big winner in the small group. Bush has granted 113 pardons and commuted 4 sentences since taking office . . . . that is the lowest number since WWII except for the elder President Bush who granted 74 pardons and 3 commutations in his one term.

No Country for Old Men

The Coen brothers just can't seem to make a mistake and with their latest movie, which I saw after yesterdays Thanksgiving celebration, they're creating another masterpiece. This film will have you and whoever you see it with talking for at least an hour after it's over piecing together what happened and why. My favorite line in the film is . . . . "well, if this isn't a mess, it'll do until the mess gets here".

Humans and Chimpanzees

Chimpanzees share 98.2% our genome.

You think Exxon Mobil is big . . .

PetroChina Co. shares more than doubled in their Shanghai debut Monday (11/5/07), giving the oil giant a $1 trillion market capitalization and easily surpassing Exxon Mobil as the world's largest company