Back to the Future, as if the Bush years never existed.

Japanese share prices have plummeted to a new low for the year after US politicians rejected a massive financial bailout plan, triggering a massive slump on Wall Street. A New York Stock Exchange board shows how prices plunged after the bail-out vote
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The woman at the left was arrested for disorderly conduct while wearing a cow suit and chasing children. Just thought you’d like to know. ( WLWT ) A Vivianne Westwood biopic? Oh, this is just too good. ( Jezebel ) After the Huffington Post revealed the possible secret of Sarah Palin’s lips , the Daily News delves into the secrets of her hair . Who’s going to unlock the secrets of her brain ? ( The Cut ) The Dow went up like a gazillio... more

Right now all the market averages are down substantially.  It has had a little rally to get back to the starting line and erased earlier losses only to bounce off of it and head back down.  Here are the current numbers as I blog: Dow 8,270.71 -308.48 (-3.60%) Nasdaq 1,601.67 -43.45 (-2.64%) S&P 500 874.57 -35.35 (-3.88%) The S&P 500 has broken the 900 floor and the Nasdaq... more

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An article from the Guardian… And a video from Slate V sure to inspire talk of Hollywood Elitists running Hollywood and more fictitious accounts of plagiarism. Election 2008 , politics , Pop Culture , Uncategorized Share This ... more

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Received two interesting and presumably unrelated Comcast mailings today. The first was my bill (I pay $60 per year for an unlisted number? WTF!), which included a revised “Agreement for Residential Services” ( PDF here from Comcast ). More on that in a minute. Next was an awesome letter telling me that I’m such an awesome customer that my bill will be increasing an awesome $20 at the end of my promotion period, but no worries, like the hero in a Mic... more