I’m eating dinner, and I just heard Wolf Blitzer state that a group is under investigation for their role in assisting up to 200 suicides by “extreme methods.” As opposed to the milder methods of suicide, which only leave you dead. At any rate, here is a shiny new Friday night thread. Is BSG still …
Archives for February 2009
They Never Learn Anything
The US is pulling out of Durban II citing problems with anti-Israel language, and this causes Captain Ed to remark: We have to see what Obama says formally about the withdrawal, but perhaps we can expect Stephen Harper to issue a four-word statement on behalf of Canada: I told you so. In fact, the man …
The Backlash in the States
From the NY Times (via the comments, and I can not remember where), it appears that Republican governors are facing a little backlash for their political theatrics: As governors in nine states, mostly in the South, consider rejecting millions of dollars in federal stimulus money for increased unemployment insurance, there is growing anger among the …
Dead Center
I just walked downtown and got my hair cut (still going to the same place I have been going for fifteen years, $11 plus tip), and while I was there I read an older issue of TAC that I had not gotten around to yet. That, in and of itself, is amusing. First, I have …
Bad All Over And Getting Worse
As bad as it is here, it is looking just as bad or worse elsewhere: Japan’s manufacturers cut production by a record 10 percent in January and household spending plunged, adding to evidence that the economy in its worst recession in 60 years. The month-on-month decline in factory output exceeded December’s record decline of 9.8 …
A Great Compromise
I forgot to write about this, but I thought this was a great compromise: The Pentagon will lift its ban on media coverage of the flag-draped coffins of war victims arriving at Dover Air Force Base in Delaware, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Thursday. But the families of the victims will have the final say …
The CDO Mess
And yet another terrifying piece, this time in the Financial Times (via memeorandum): But now, at long last, one shard of reality has just emerged to piece this gloom. In recent weeks, bankers at places such as JPMorgan Chase and Wachovia have been quietly sifting data trying to ascertain what has happened to those swathes …