Archive | November, 2008
When a Recession is Not a Recession, But Merely The Beginnings of One
Last Spring I optimistically believed that, due to a few positive construction industry signs, the housing market would possibly rebound from its downward spiral. A short burst of activity, spurned on by the industry builders intentions to close their books on projects by the end of the year encouraged a slight, but short, increase in [...]
Swiss Approve Free Heroin For Addicts
30. November 2008
Yes, seriously. Apparently the response to a dangerous addiction is keeping the addiction going on the taxpayer’s dime. Oh, but marijuana is still illegal. Make sense of that if you can. Swiss voters overwhelmingly approved Sunday a move to make permanent the country’s pioneering program to give addicts government-authorized heroin. At the same time, voters [...]
Now Dems Try to Claim Credit for Iraq Success
30. November 2008
In his column for the New York Times, Democrat Thomas Friedman attempts to give Obama and Democrats credit for any success in Iraq. In the last year, though, the U.S. troop surge and the backlash from moderate Iraqi Sunnis against Al Qaeda and Iraqi Shiites against pro-Iranian extremists have brought a new measure of stability [...]
Al Qaeda Claims Responsibility for Economic Woes
29. November 2008
Yeah, uh huh. Al Qaeda was responsible for the collapse of the housing market? You’ve got to give them credit for trying, though. This crisis is one of … the series of American economic hemorrhages after the strikes of September 11… And these … will continue as long as the foolish American policy of wading [...]
Creepiest American Commercial Evuh
29. November 2008
Via Ace of Spades HQ, how pathetic is this? “The day the world changed forever”? “His confident smile and his kind eyes are an inspiration to us all”? Move on with your lives, people. He’s the President; Not the Messiah. Obama commemorative plates. Good Lord.
Iraq: $80 Per Barrel is “Reasonable”
29. November 2008
It’s not only that. Iraq will cooperate, unlike Saudi Arabia, with any OPEC production cuts that are proposed. Hey, Iraq? You’re fucking welcome. “A reasonable price for oil is 80 dollars a barrel,” said Shahristani on arrival in Cairo to attend a consultative meeting by the OPEC cartel to study slumping crude prices. “We have [...]
Black Friday Claims A Life
28. November 2008
Or, to be more specific, a bunch of psychopathic shoppers who quite literally took the doors off the hinges to buy cheap crap claim a life. Ah, the true meaning of Christmas. A worker died after being trampled and a woman miscarried when hundreds of shoppers smashed through the doors of a Long Island Wal-Mart [...]
U.S. Embassy in Kabul Attacked
27. November 2008
The U.S. embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan was hit by a suicide car bomber this evening, the Associated Press reports. The bombing was apparenty aimed at westerners entering the embassy to take part in a Thanksgiving Day footrace. KABUL, Afghanistan – A suicide car bomb exploded outside the main entrance to the U.S. Embassy in Kabul [...]
The Attacks Aren’t Over Yet
27. November 2008
DrewM. has full coverage just as he’s had all day. CNN-IBN reports that the terrorists have been removed from Cama Hospital, though there’s no indication as to how many casualties were sustained in the process. The Indian Army has requested that networks stop providing live feeds near the hostage areas and they’ve supposedly agreed. This [...]
A Butterball?! The Horror!
27. November 2008
What a country when difficult economic times mean buying the Butterball turkey instead of free-range. Kids in Darfur feel your pain, ma’am. “Maybe you cut back on the (holiday) gifts a little bit, or maybe you don’t have as extravagant a Thanksgiving as you used to,” she said. “Maybe you don’t have a free-range bird [...]
30. November 2008
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