Jim Wright of Stone Kettle Station has a fantastic post about the bail out, and the hows and whys of the Wall Street Meltdown here. It’s well worth the time to read, and it’s nice to know that in my fumbling attempts at explanation to folks yesterday, I was getting it mostly right. Go, me.
Those [...]
So, I oopsed. Yeah, that 700 billion dollar bail out that passed? It didn’t pass. I plead lack of coffee. The House told the bail-out bill to go take a flying fuck at a rolling donut, and the stock market took a head dive, finishing up for the day 700+ points in the hole, and [...]
Wow. Shit week for McCain/Palin, huh? McCain suspends his campaign to go save the world from bad loans, leaving everyone else in America standing there saying — and I quote — “WTF, mate?” Seriously. I’ve been kicking this idea around in my head for days now, and I can’t figure out exactly what this was [...]
I stepped out of the shower, snagging my towel off the rack and drying off. I scrubbed my hair in the towel and armed the steam off the mirror. For a moment, I was looking myself in the face, pale, sharp-featured, green eyes dull with sleep deprivation, and then my reflection’s eyes ran black. The [...]
You’re probably thinking to yourself, “Wait, wasn’t chapter three last week?” Well, yes, it was, except, frankly, it stunk the place up, and I can do better. So, here’s the “revised” chapter three, new and improved. Enjoy.
– Java
Somewhere, a bird twittered, and further on, I could hear traffic, the busy life flow of Detroit. Here [...]
Sarah Palin. Jesus. Several of the bloggers I read on a regular basis have suggested we just ignore the gal. She’s a non-entity, and doesn’t deserve the press she’s getting, so don’t play to it. That seems to be the gist of the argument. Last night, however, I got a short email from MrJames, saying, [...]
So, this guy, in Florida (natch), puts up a small, hand-lettered sign in his yard. The picture? That’s the sign. Yes. “Muslin”. I didn’t ‘Shop that. Read for yourself:
Neighbors of Andy Lacasse said the sign, which reads “Obama Half-Breed Muslin [sic],” breaches the fine line between free speech and inappropriateness.
”I got nothing good to say [...]
You would think that the biggest problem with killing someone is body disposal. Not so. Unless you’re connected to the person you kill somehow — you know them, or have an obvious motive — you can pretty much leave the corpse lay. Someone else will inevitably come along and clean it up for you. Handy, [...]
Well, we survived firing up the LHC. You can see some footage from their webcams here. Pretty neat stuff.
Meanwhile, Hurricane Ike is roaring towards Texas:
”The total amount of energy is more powerful than Katrina, so we could be seeing a storm surge that could rival Katrina,” Masters said. The storm is so large “the location [...]
