Happy Holidays! Here’s a small collection of linkage to give you something to do while watching the “big game” tonight.
Just how bad is it on Wall Street?
…Citi has more bad news, with rumors of 5-10% of the workforce being cut (10% is roughly 32,000 jobs!) and Bank of America won’t deny reports of trimming the budget by removing soup, yes soup, from the cafeteria. They also have not denied the report that says they are no longer providing soap in [...]
This dialog is actual and fictional too, but not far fetched. Gov. Huckabee: “In light of what happened in Pakistan yesterday, it’s interesting that there are more Pakistanis who have illegally crossed the border than of any other nationality except for those immediately south of our border,” Reporter: Gov. Huckabee, how so masterfully you tied the assassination of opposition leader in Pakistan, [...]
Dumbest. Legal Argument. Ever.
It’s hardly a secret that the Bush administration has treated the rule of law as some kind of punch line for the better part seven years now, but Slate’s Dahlia Lithwick has done the political world a tremendous service by documenting the “Administration’s Top 10 Stupidest Legal Arguments of 2007.” Now, if you’re like me, you [...]
At the risk of proving that I was the only one who didn’t already know this, I just read today about a poll that is a bit different than any I’ve known of before. Some 2,000 people are being tracked on a continuing basis to determine their reaction to the primary candidates and their campaigning. One [...]
Rate Of Suicide Bombs Rises in Iraq
Figures supplied at Gen. David Petraeus’s year-end briefing to journalists “showed a slight rise in suicide car and vest bombs since October.” Petraeus also emphasized that recent security gains in Iraq are “reversible.” “Although the security situation has improved this year, U.S. commanders have been careful not to declare victory after years in which their [...]
New Iowa Poll Gives Leads to Clinton, Romney
