Category Archives: Current Events
Adieu
Besides the fact that I have much more limited internet access and much less time to write, it suddenly hit me how personal much of this blog has been. I just don’t know that I want to be sharing all that personal information on the internet. So I’ve decided to give up on this blog [...]
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The Financial Crisis For Dummies
Senior editor of Marketplace.publicradio.org Paddy Hirsch has been doing some good old stick figure dry erase explanations of the forces behind our present financial situation. There are some pretty amusing analogies involved at times. All in all, while they’ve raised even more questions as I’ve watched them, they’re a good introduction to what’s caused the [...]
SNL Enters New Dimension Of Weird
America is the weirdest place ever on Saturday nights. On the one hand, Tina Fey’s Palin impersonations make for great comedy (i.e. reality). On the other hand, who cares about comedy with all the seriously scary stuff hanging over this election? What effect can jokes really have on American politics? As amusing as The Daily [...]
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Sarah Palin on CBS and SNL
So I haven’t written much about Palin on this here blog. I would have said a whole lot if I had been in writing moods. Mostly I’ve been in reading moods. But it’s time I make it clear that I can’t believe John McCain picked that woman to be his VP. It’s absolutely insane. She’s [...]
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Sorkin On The Bailout
I’ve enjoyed Andrew Ross Sorkin’s work for the New York Times over the last several months as I try to grasp a little more about economics generally and the financial crisis specifically. On September 23, 2008, he wrote an article called “A Bailout Above the Law” that gets into some of the details and problems [...]
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Electricity And More From Cow Poop
This is a great, multifaceted approach to what we can do about the many energy, waste, and farming issues that involves folks on all levels: farmers, corporations, and state government. From the New York Times, here’s the article in full, live from Sheldon, Vermont, as published today, September 23, 2008, entitled “Electricity From What Cows [...]
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VICTORY!!!!!
What a satisfying end to the NBA Finals! There’s just nothing like a blowout to really prove the point, right? As if it needed to be pointed out. Despite the two wins by the Lakers, there’s nothing but those two scores that ever said the Celtics weren’t the better team. They demolished them and I [...]
BEAT LA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
OMG!!!!
Game 4 of the NBA playoffs was one of the best basketball games I’ve ever seen in my entire life. What an epic battle! I can hardly believe it happened and that I actually saw it. What persistence and determination! Seriously. I’m staggered. I can hardly formulate thoughts when faced with the excitement of it [...]
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