After more than three centuries, the humble check is set to become a historic relic after British banks voted to phase it out in favor of more modern payment methods. The board of the UK Payments Council, the body for … Continue reading
via today.msnbc.msn.com Let’s see… Billions in stimulus dollars that will never be paid back… 10%+ unemployment… Banks that aren’t lending… Foreclosures haven’t moved… And the chair of the Fed is the person of the year. Wow. Posted via Posterous
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A judge has issued an interim court order shutting down the United Homeless Organization and seizing its assets, including bank accounts and vehicles. The court order follows a request by New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo, who has sued the … Continue reading
This is the reality of American television, where marketers figured out long ago that one foolproof way to get people to pay attention to your TV ad is simply to give them no choice: Turn the volume up and they’ll … Continue reading
House Minority Leader John Boehner said Tuesday that the Obama administration’s plan to move some Guantanamo detainees to Illinois shows that the White House “must’ve forgotten” about the Americans who died on Sept. 11. “I think the administration wasn’t around … Continue reading
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Elliot Spitzer has some pretty good taste… Her column in the Post is here.
If your mother-in-law’s mail goes through the Waterbury or Wallingford post offices, she might not have received the birthday card you sent in time. Apparently managers at the post office have been hiding mail, Ray Arcovio, president of the Waterbury area postal worker’s union, … Continue reading
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CNN’s Jack Cafferty all but endorsed a global version of China’s oppressive one-child policy on Friday’s Situation Room. He repeated the argument of Canadian journalist Diane Francis, that population control is the only way to fight global warming, and mentioned … Continue reading
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Remember… These are the people who are going to sit in a room and lecture the rest of the world on the sacrifices we have to make while making none of their own. Reports have been streaming out of “Hopenhagen” … Continue reading
CNN has reached a historic ratings low during prime time in the A25-54 demographic, finishing as the fourth place cable news network in that category now 100 times during 2009. This means CNN finished behind Fox News, MSNBC and sister … Continue reading
You can call this an open letter. You can call it an early New Years’ Resolution, an apology for abandoning my principles, or you can call it, as I am, a contract with the pro wrestling fans. Over the past … Continue reading
Nearing the end of Saturday night’s Raptors-Bulls’ third quarter action, Raptors point guard Jarrett Jack(notes) held the ball at the top of the key. Noticing his shoelace was undone — Velcro, kids! Wear Velcro! — Jack tucked the rock under … Continue reading
This is how househunting feels to me.
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Getting… Sleepy…