Firing Rather Then Divorcing Your Spouse

Frank McCourt is the owners of the Los Angeles Dodgers who were last seen losing to the Phillies in the National League Championship. His current wife, Jamie, was the CEO of the team. A few weeks ago it was announced that the two were getting divorced, but it has now come out that he is really firing her for being a poor employee not so much as divorcing her.

According to the Los Angeles Times "Frank McCourt charged his estranged wife with insubordination and inappropriate behavior in a letter firing her as the team's chief executive."

I guess if they were getting divorced he had to fire her but it is an interesting approach none-the-less.

Supreme Court Not Allowed To Rule On TARP?

I have studied a bit on the Constitution and Bill of Rights but I am no legal expert but I find it hard to believe that the Supreme Court does not have the right to review and judge the TARP legislation and its implementation by the Executive Branch. That is what the Obama Administration argued unsuccessfully today in trying to prevent the hold place on the sale of Chrysler to Fiat as part of its bankruptcy.

The argument was that not only did the Pension Funds who were creditors not have standing but the fact that the TARP was used to give money to car companies rather then banks couldn't be reviewed either. The argument made was that move was in the national interest to protect against "disrupting the stability of the Nation’s economy and financial markets.”

I guess Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg didn't buy it.

Apple and Intel

I am a firm believer in using AMD chips when I make my own PC. The prices can't really be beat. My primary computer uses Intel but it was an HP I got on the cheap form Buy.com. I just built my sons a PC using an AMD chip, and have built several PC's in the past with them. AMD has always struggled with Intel and now it turns out that even Apple and Intel colluded. This only harms the computer business in the long run as having competition only helps.

Updated to fix spelling and grammar errors.

Police Plans Against Mass Shootings

The biggest problem with Columbine is that the Police treated it as a hostage situation. As this story shows some police forces learned that lesson. Unfortunately the new tactics didn't work at Virgina Tech and now there is a further evolution. The thing is, though, that the new tactics to me make common sense, although they do risk the police officer in an attempt to minimize the shooter killing people.

Great Day for the Constitution

Supreme Court affirms Second Amendment as an individual right. See this for more.