Archive | December, 2009
Rollingstone Mag to Launch Restaurant, Lounge
It’s not my cup of tea per say, but the music-oriented magazine has a bi-weekly circulation of 1.4 million. Good enough news for a slow day? You ‘betcha! Of course, the restaurant and lounge will be opened in Los Angeles, more specifically at the Hollywood and Highland Center. It’s pretty close to the Grauman’s Chinese [...]
Verdict Coming Soon in Amanda Knox Case
4. December 2009
Amanda Knox is an American college student on trial in Italy for the murder of her British roommate. Professor Wikipedia has some background on the case here. The trial of 22-year-old Seattle girl has been going on for about a year now. Anyway, court officials now tell the Associated Press that, after 11 hours of [...]
CNN: Obama Approval Below 50% For the First Time
4. December 2009
Barack Obama has a higher disapproval rating than approval rating for the first time in a CNN poll. Just forty-eight percent of American adults approve of the job Obama is doing, while fifty percent disapprove. That represents a 7% drop in approval since last month alone. “American adults” is usually the polling demographic most favorable [...]
Comcast Buying Support for NBC Acquisition With Support for ObamaCare?
4. December 2009
As you probably know by now, cable provider Comcast has decided to purchase entertainment giant NBC Universal for about $30 billion. This acquisition has many in Washington cautious about approving the deal, as a distributor would end up controlling the content it broadcasts. (The Weather Channel, CNBC, MSNBC, NBC, and many local stations are all [...]
Nile River Ferries Collide, Dozens of People Missing
4. December 2009
I’ve always been intrigued by the Nile and its long history of supporting (and often harming) civilization. So this grabbed my attention when I saw it on BBC News. Two passenger ferries have collided on the river, leaving dozens of people missing in the water. While rescuers continue searching for survivors, sadly three bodies have [...]
Houston Mayor To Seek Governor’s Mansion
4. December 2009
Bill White, the mayor of Houston, has abandoned his bid for U.S. Senate in order to seek the Texas governor’s mansion. Under election laws, he’ll be able to transfer the $4 million he raised for his senate campaign to his gubernatorial campaign. White, a wealthy Democratic attorney, immediately began slamming Governor Rick Perry (R) for [...]
House Ethics Committee Investigating House Democrat Over Credit Cards
4. December 2009
The House Ethics Committee is investigating Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-Miss), chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, over his role in an investigation of credit card companies. The Washington Post reports that Thompson, originally elected in 1992, pressured major credit card companies into donating to his political ambitions by threatening them with higher, costlier security [...]
The NSFW Reading List of Obama’s Safe School Czar
4. December 2009
Yes, there’s evidently a safe schools czar in the Obama Administration. It’s one of the several dozen powerful bureaucratic positions not subject to Senate confirmation and yet in control of taxpayer funds and federal governmental functions. The position is currently filled by Kevin Jennings, who evidently has a thing for porn in the classroom. Wait, [...]
Admitted Child Rapist Begins Luxury Chalet Arrest
4. December 2009
Were it you or I that had admitted to drugging and raping a 13-year-old girl, we’d be rotting in a prison cell by now. We’d be some big guy’s “girlfriend”, hoping we don’t drop the soap in the communal shower. But Roman Polanski is a Hollywood and, evidently, European lefty darling, so he’s merely confined [...]
Ouch: Retail Sales Actually Fell in November
4. December 2009
Which would be especially bad news because, as we all know, Black Friday receives its name from the idea that so many sales are made that day that companies come into the black (or profit). So retail sales actually falling from October to November, largely due to a disappointing Thanksgiving weekend result, doesn’t bode well [...]
4. December 2009
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