Notes from a Different Kitchen (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
What recovery? Unemployment shoots past 10 percent . [Associated Press] I know it ain't a good situation but like the President said, this is Econ 101 (or Ec 10 for my Cambridge peoples ) it's a lagging indicator , people - lagging indicator . Related: Stock Market Shrugs Off Jobs Report: BusineseWeek | Associated Press [via Forbes]
Notes from a Different Kitchen (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
Read more via the LA Times . Wow! First the Public Option comes back from the dead and now these endorsements. This is really gonna happen! Hopefully....
Notes from a Different Kitchen (Free subscription) | 11/01/2009
Reuters take HERE . NY Times: Transparent Election Is Not Possible , Says Rival to Karzai. Expect the Mayor of Kabul and his sheisty-ass brother to continue their corruption and drug dealing unabated after Wednesday's now defacto sham, run-off election.
Notes from a Different Kitchen (Free subscription) | 10/29/2009
The plug: " 50 Cent teams up with Danny Dyer to cause some trouble in crime thriller Dead Man Running. In his British movie debut, 50 gives the lowdown on playing a violent gangland loan shark. " Why is 50 in a British gangster flick??
Notes from a Different Kitchen (Free subscription) | 10/23/2009
Related: Eric Mrgolis Op-Ed: Flames from the Afghan war ignite Pakistan . Now we have a mess in Iraq, Afghnistan and Pakistan! Thanks, GWB!
Notes from a Different Kitchen (Free subscription) | 10/23/2009
And more via The Washington Post : "With financial markets booming even as Main Street is still largely mired in recession, policymakers in Washington on Thursday were scrambling to contain growing populist anger by proposing new rules to curb runaway pay on Wall Street." Click HERE to read the full article.... It's been a long time since I majored in Economics (not even business) so I'm...
Notes from a Different Kitchen (Free subscription) | 10/15/2009
F-ck the haters - salute Obama!
Notes from a Different Kitchen (Free subscription) | 10/15/2009
Schadenfreude ! F*CK Rush Limbaugh....
WiredNews (Free subscription) | 10/17/2009
AP - A video showing Diego Maradona making crude gestures on the team bus after his profanity-filled tirade on live television could complicate Argentina officials' efforts to put the scandal behind them.
Japan Times (Free subscription) | 10/18/2009
BUENOS AIRES (AP) A video showing Diego Maradona making crude gestures on the team bus after his profanity-filled tirade on live television could complicate Argentina officials' efforts to put the scandal behind them. The video, rapidly spreading on the Internet, shows Maradona gesturing gleefully at photographers and cameramen through the window as the bus pulled away after the game....
Notes from a Different Kitchen (Free subscription) | 10/17/2009
But hey, he's not racist! He says so himself: " I'm not a racist. I just don't believe in mixing the races that way," Bardwell told the Associated Press on Thursday. "I have piles and piles of black friends. They come to my home, I marry them, they use my bathroom. I treat them just like everyone else. " [via Huff Post ] When you have to specify that you let everyone use your bathroom...
New York Times (Free subscription) | 10/17/2009
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) -- A video showing Diego Maradona making crude gestures on the team bus after his profanity-filled tirade on live television could complicate efforts by Argentine soccer officials to put the scandal behind them.
MSNBC.com (Free subscription) | 10/19/2009
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) -A video showing Diego Maradona making crude gestures on the team bus after his profanity-filled tirade on live television could complicate Argentina officials' efforts to put the scandal behind them.
SPORTSbyBROOKS (Free subscription) | 10/03/2009
The ASSOCIATED PRESS has this terribly sad video of Steve McNair, part of three different public service announcements he narrated on suicide prevention. (Tearjerk Alert) “Hi, I’m Steve McNair, I know that some young people are struggling with tough times. Each year too many young people are taking their own lives. … ” McNair then gives a [...]
Notes from a Different Kitchen (Free subscription) | 10/02/2009
Related : Jobs Cuts Unexpectedly Accelerate. [Wall Street Journal] BTW: Chicago was just eliminated in the first round of voting for the 2016 Olympics venue selection. Do all these pieces of news weaken Obama's position as President?
