Category Archives: CURRENT AFFAIRS

CURRENT AFFAIRS: Why my carefully nurtured hopes are fading

Obama vows to break cycle of job losses Job losses could get even worse Analysts: Job losses could drown stimulus Stark’s hottest job: Janitor Does no one notice that the major job loss is in manufacturing, production, and white collar … Continue reading

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CURRENT AFFAIRS: It takes a certain panache…

And, balls: “Because of what we did, 95% of all working families will get a tax cut — in keeping with a promise I made on the campaign. And I’m pleased to announce that this morning, the Treasury Department began … Continue reading

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CURRENT AFFAIRS: Mortgage? What Mortgage?

No matter what the scenario, good or bad, there will always be those who exploit it, and it’s not the usual suspects this time: From MSNBC, “New Foreclosure Defense: Prove I Owe You” ZEPHYRHILLS, Fla. – Kathy Lovelace lost her … Continue reading

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BLOGGING: Technorati

There really should be an easy way for a weblog or any site to get into Technorati or Google or Yahoo or whoever and be able to make the redirect of a moved site right there. Anyway, I have to … Continue reading

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LITERATURE: Blindness – The IF Factor

I've posted on the Interactive possibilities of this story on Hypercompendia, the latest post following a train of thought as the blind escape the fire and the confinement of the building. Continue reading

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CURRENT AFFAIRS: More on Couric

Found the Katie Couric sit-down with Senators Obama and McCain that I referred to earlier, and in reading it, it confirms my tendency to think of her as a sub-standard journalist. She only presented on TV the two questions (the … Continue reading Continue reading

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CURRENT AFFAIRS: Katie Couric’s got nothin’ on Sarah

Now what the hell was Couric thinking (besides entrapment of McCain, her bias is obvious) in asking both candidates the question of "Why would government officials risk everything to cheat on their spouse?"  Why on earth would she think that … Continue reading Continue reading

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CURRENT AFFAIRS: Pork and I

See, I just knew the day would improve: Wooden Arrows of Fortune to Save The US Bailout Plan. "We" get $2 million of that tacked-on $110 billion.  Yes, I made arrows (as well as quivers and bowcases) for kids and … Continue reading Continue reading

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CURRENT AFFAIRS: It’s all a matter of perspective

People hear what they want to hear and so the campaigns really do little but reinforce what we want to believe about a candidate.  I’ve tried to keep an open mind and truly listen to what these politicians are saying–knowing … Continue reading Continue reading

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CURRENT AFFAIRS: Bailout Free-for-all

How freaking stupid; they’ve tacked on aid to just about everyone but the picture framers in this new bill just to ease everybody’s resentment. We didn’t do that to the farmer’s aid legislation and we’re still paying for that but … Continue reading Continue reading

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CURRENT AFFAIRS: Voting Rights

Interesting: A newly registered voter may vote in an election if he registers what looks to be at least the fourteenth day before an election, while a change of affiliation bears a 90-day waiting period. So I must bear the … Continue reading Continue reading

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CURRENT AFFAIRS: Bailout(s)

Rather interesting, in light of our recent decision not to help the "damn bankers and rich corporations": Failing Farmers Learn to Profit from Farm Aid Aid is a Bumper Crop for Farmers Continue reading

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CURRENT AFFAIRS: Guilt by Association

I do take the American citizen’s right to vote in our elections seriously and while I may have joked about strategy in having my current party affiliation, it gave me the opportunity to vote in the primaries and I felt … Continue reading Continue reading

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CURRENT AFFAIRS: Balance and Reason

Not for me to point you to yet another political commentary, but for me, I like Megan McArdle’s take on things, agree in a lot of cases, but just find her to be a no-b.s. intelligent voice on many of … Continue reading Continue reading

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CURRENT AFFAIRS: At Long Last…

…the Church of England settles down about Darwin’s theory of evolution. Continue reading

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