Friday, February 15
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Emmett Harris is the guest editor today. |
A review of Naomi Klein's Book The Shock Doctrine by Hogeye Bill.
Leaving Iraq Will Help Economy
I think someone has been saying this all along. You wouldn't know if from the article.
And
Even Fashion Designers Are Concerned About a Recession
Perhaps this line would be more fitting.
In
Fact, the Whole Ship Is Sinking…
"Investors
increasingly question the solidity of the banking system, as evidenced by
banks' tumbling stock prices and rising funding costs. With bank credit supply
expected to tighten, the profit outlook for the corporate sector, which has
benefited greatly from 'easy credit' conditions, deteriorates, pushing firms'
market valuations lower. In fact, peoples' optimism has given way to fears of
job losses and recession on a global scale."
The Decider Has Submitted a Budget. It's about $3,100,000,000,000, with a modest $410 billion deficit. I didn't know he could count that high.
"Curt P. Radovich…was charged in U.S. District Court with dealing weapons without a license, knowingly selling guns to a felon and possession of guns by a felon." I guess if he worked for leviathan, it would have been okay.
Reports:
Detroit
Approved Secret
Deal
“Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick approved a secret agreement to keep confidential the intimate text messages between him and his former chief of staff in an $8.4 million whistle-blower settlement, newspapers reported Thursday." But, according to Kilpatrick's legal advisor, "no secret deals exist or have ever existed." I wonder who we should believe.
Well,
He Was Wearing a Garter and Boots
"The Cumberland County Sheriff's Office is looking for a man with a mustache who is pulling in front of female drivers and then jumping out of his vehicle while wearing women's underwear, a garter belt and black high-heel boots." A Maineiac in action.
Appropriately, his name is Jet.
Dusty Clues: Study Suggests No Dearth of Earths
And if any of those planets have life, let's hope there is a dearth of governments.
Barnacles Get Their Points Across
"Compelled to mate, yet firmly attached to the rock, barnacles have evolved the longest penis of any animal for their size - up to 8 times their body length - so they can find and fertilize distant neighbours." They must all be named Bob.
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