I found it interesting to read a UBS newsletter that was emailed to me.

The headline was "Endangered Coal".

So it is "coal" that is endangered from the Wall Street perspective.

Nothing personal.
Just business.

This is the conflict we have.
Keystone is a potential environmental nightmare.
But its proponents cite the potential employment for people along its path.

The same with coal.
People are dependent, especially in Virginia, West Virginia and Kentucky on the coal industry for their livelihoods. Illinois, the president's home state, also is tied in with the coal industry. They have been promoting it as "clean".

Unless there are government programs designed to retrain people for alternative means of employment, we will have a continuation of the battle posed between those of the American people who want to breathe clean air and save the planet, and those who want to continue to be able to make a living.

The case is among 12 documented in a letter from the NSA's inspector general to a leading member of Congress, who asked for a breakdown of cases in which the agency's powerful surveillance apparatus was deliberately abused by staff. One relates to a member of the US military who, on the first day he gained access to the surveillance system, used it to spy on six email addresses belonging to former girlfriends.

The letter, from Dr George Ellard, only lists cases that were investigated and later "substantiated" by his office. But it raises the possibility that there are many more cases that go undetected. In a quarter of the cases, the NSA only found out about the misconduct after the employee confessed.

It also reveals limited disciplinary action taken against NSA staff found to have abused the system. In seven cases, individuals guilty of abusing their powers resigned or retired before disciplinary action could be taken. Two civilian employees kept their jobs - and, it appears, their security clearance - and escaped with only a written warning after they were found to have conducted unauthorised interceptions.

The abuses - technically breaches of the law - did not result in a single prosecution, even though more than half of the cases were referred to the Department of Justice. The DoJ did not respond to a request for information about why no charges were brought.

If a team loses and nobody is watching, did they actually lose the game?

According to Nielsen TV ratings, the Sunday afternoon baseball game between the Houston Astros and the Cleveland Indians on Comcast SportsNet Houston got a 0.0 rating. Zero point zero. By their count, nobody watched the game.

Zero people.

Link.

But then something happened after the 'Bows changed QBs and Sean Schroeder entered the game, drove the team quickly donflied for their first touchdown, closing the score was 42-10.

And all of the sudden, an outmanned Hawaii defense turned it up three furious notches and ripped the wheels off the heretofore highly efficient Fresno offense. The 'Bows forced four straight turnovers on each of the next four Bulldog possessions, which QB Schroeder and the rejuvenated UH offense converted into four straight TDs, closing to 42-37 with 7:51 to go in the game.

It looked like we were about to witness a miraculous comeback -- but alas, both defenses held firm the rest of the way, and the Bulldogs escaped, 42-37. It wasn't over until Fresno safety L.J. Jones picked off Schroeder's pass in the end zone on the final play of the game.

Just goes to show you that sometimes when you think it's all over, it ain't. Given up for dead, the 'Bows played their hearts out that last third of the game, and clawed their way back into it. They can be very proud of that effort.