OR, AS JAY RAYNER WRITES IN “THE GUARDIAN,” CAN ANYONE (1) IMAGINE DOING THIS OUTSIDE OF THE 40 YEAR OLD VIRGIN AND (2) IMAGINE TAKING UP SO MUCH SPACE TO WRITE ABOUT IT..???
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FROM THE NEW YORK TIMES, THE BEST ASSESSMENT YET OF THE WORKINGS OF THE “RECESSION”…….
January 4, 2009
OP-ED CONTRIBUTORS
The End of the Financial World as We Know It
By MICHAEL LEWIS and DAVID EINHORN
AMERICANS enter the New Year in a strange new role: financial lunatics. We’ve been viewed by the wider world with mistrust and suspicion on […]
FROM THE LOS ANGELES TIMES, A REPORT FROM THE FUTURE — WHICH ALWAYS HAS BEEN CALIFORNIA……..
From the Los Angeles Times
ELECTRONICS
Flat-screen TVs to face energy-efficiency rules in California
Starting in 2011, state regulators want retailers to sell only the most energy-efficient models of power hungry LCD and plasma sets. The industry opposes the new rules and warns […]
FROM THE GUARDIAN, AS SAD AN ASSESSMENT AS I HAVE READ, OF THE ENTIRE MILITARY OPERATION AND THE PREMISES THAT BUTTRESS IT…..
‘What happens in war happens’
In 2004, photographs of abuses at Abu Ghraib shocked the world. Seven people were charged, but the face of the scandal will always be Lynndie England, the 21-year-old private grinning […]
IF YOUR SKIN IS NOT WHITE…..
THE LAND OF THE FREE AND THE HOME OF THE PATRIOT ACT….
updated 1 hour, 46 minutes ago
Muslim family removed from plane remains at odds with airline
STORY HIGHLIGHTS
On flight, passenger overheard comment from Muslim, reported it to attendant
Airline won’t clarify comment; man says couple just talked about safest seating
AirTran says removing […]