RIP Toshie Yamashiro Toshie Yamashiro 2/2/1917 ~ 10/17/2008 Toshie Yamashiro, 91, passed away of natural causes on October 17, 2008.She was born on February 2, 1917 in Los Angeles, CA. to Tomokichi and Iyo Imamura. Toshie married Tamotsu Yamashiro on April 10, 1940 in Los Angeles, CA. Mom lived in California until 1942, when the [...]
McCain Has Terse Response on Palin Shopping Spree By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Published: October 23, 2008 Filed at 12:12 p.m. ET ORMOND BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Presidential candidate John McCain isn’t happy about having to explain why the Republican Party has had to buy running mate Sarah Palin $150,000 in clothes, hair styling and accessories. [...]
HOORAY FOR KEN MINK!!! Mike Miller has been msnbc.com’s college basketball editor since 2003. It’s a position he relishes; no wonder considering he transferred to Kansas to watch Paul Pierce play. Most of his favorite sports memories involve college hoops, usually during March, when every waking moment is spent thinking about March Madness. A 73-YEAR-OLD [...]
Police: Angry Online Divorcee Kills Virtual Hubby By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Published: October 23, 2008 Filed at 10:03 a.m. ET TOKYO (AP) — A 43-year-old Japanese piano teacher’s sudden divorce from her online husband in a virtual game world made her so angry that she logged on and killed his digital persona, police said Thursday. [...]
PROFESSOR MAURY KLEIN ON CNN – Commentary: Is it 1929 all over again? STORY HIGHLIGHTS Maury Klein: The 1929 market crash and the Depression were separate events Many financial panics have not led to depressions, Klein says Before 1933, the government wasn’t active in trying to save banks, he says After crisis, people demanded regulation, [...]
FROM THE WASHINGTON POST….. Democrats See Opportunity In Outer Suburbs’ Troubles By Alec MacGillis Washington Post Staff Writer Monday, October 20, 2008; A01 For all the emphasis on Sen. Barack Obama’s chances with working-class voters in declining Rust Belt cities, the biggest swing vote in the presidential election is likely to be in outer suburban [...]
FRANK SCHAEFER IN THE HUFFINGTON POST…… BIZARRE, YES, BUT …………..THESE ARE BIZARRE TIMES! Huffington Post, Posted October 8, 2008 | Obama Will Be One of The Greatest (and Most Loved) American Presidents Great presidents are made great by horrible circumstances combined with character, temperament and intelligence. Like firemen, cops, doctors or soldiers, presidents need a [...]