Friday, January 25, 2008

Your Morning News 1.25.08

Posted by Josh in Congress, Dennis Kucinich, Economy, Election 2008, France, Fred Thompson, Gemma Arterton, James Bond, President, State of the Union

So, I forgot to mention earlier in the week that Fred Thompson has dropped out of the race — I guess I sorta forgot he was in it. Kinda like him. His departure, along with Dennis Kucinich‘s, means the average hotness of Presidential Candidate’s spouses has plummeted. This is a tragedy for the political process. But seriously, neither of them had enough of a following to really be able to swing their support behind one candidate or another.

The remaining Republican candidates debates in Florida last night and by all accounts it was really boring and none of them like Hillary Clinton.

The President and Congress yesterday came to an agreement on the stimulus package they have been talking about for the past week. The plan centers mostly around tax rebates and was the result of compromise between Republican and Democratic leaders. Don’t worry, I’m sure it will dissolve into acrimony in no time. However, these is a good chance those of us who are totally broke will get a nice-sized check in May.

President Bush gave a rare interview to USA Today (He likes the infographics) in which he discussed initiatives he is announcing in his upcoming State of the Union. He will be focusing on combating HIV/AIDS worldwide and on working to eliminate hunger. Most people think it is unlikely he will get anything done in his final year because, well, nobody likes him anymore.

I was under the impression that all French super criminals were suave and sophisticated. Apparently that is not the case, Jérôme Kerviel, a stock trader at one of the largest banks in France, lost the bank almost 5 billion euros. He was able to cover the whole thing up because he used to work on the banks computer system. And he made no money off the entire thing. Even though he is just outside of our age range (he is 31), Jérôme is the proud winner of our “2.0somethings Dumbass of the Week” award.

Finally, producers confirmed that the title of the new James Bond film will is The Quantum of Solace. Some people think it is kind of lame, and I might tend to agree. However, no matter what the title, chances are still high that Daniel Craig will shoot some people, blow up some cars, and that new Bond girl Gemma Arterton will be smokin’ hot.

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