Friday, January 16, 2009
Last night, millions of Americans put down aside their personal feelings and sat down in front of their televisions for a farewell from the man who, right or wrong, we’ve been living under since the end of 2000.
Wherever you go from here, Gil Grissom, happy trails.
Oh, and Bush resigned or something, but we forgot to tape it.
In other news, a US Airways jetliner with 155 people aboard lost power in both engines after colliding with a flock of geese. The pilot ditched in the icy Hudson River and all on board were rescued by ferries and emergency boats. Is it OK to laugh about air travel again? We like to think so.
Can’t make it to the inauguration next week? Attend one that is not quite as historic but a hundred times more adorable by going to Legoland!
President-elect Obama once again brought up Social Security and Medicare, pledging to shape a new “bargain” with the American people. It will be just like the old Social Security and Medicare, but this one will come with the rust-proofing at no added charge.
This post is a little flippant– here is some Krugman.
Thursday, April 10, 2008
Petraeus may or may not still be speaking, but it is like the 3rd day of a music festival, you are well into the filler acts, you don’t have any clean clothes lets, and Ted Kennedy has been passed out in your tent for 16 hours. However, that hasn’t stopped the President from gearing up to make his festival announcement. The president is expected today to announce that Army tours will be cut from 15 months to 12 months. But don’t think this is a sign that our troops might get a break, this is just a necessary change so that we can stay in Iraq even longer without totally decimating our armed forces – imagine it as shifting from 4th to 5th gear.
Bad news for anyone trying to come home from Petraeusstock – American Airlines has canceled 1100 flights yesterday and are expected to cancel at least 900 more today. The flights have been grounded for maintenance because the FAA decided to get all huffy and start actually doing its job. They started inspecting planes and it became apparent that the entire American Airlines fleet was held together with twine, chewing gum, and prayer.
Yahoo is becoming the belle of the ball. We have talked before about the ongoing saga of Microsoft’s attempted takeover of the Internet giant, but yesterday saw several new players enter the game. Yahoo has entered a trail partnership with Google and is now Yahoo is in talks with AOL to combine internet operations. Microsoft, on the other hand, is now getting Newscorp involved for a joint bid. If someone asks you about it, it is safe to bet that Yahoo is using these partnerships to drive up Microsoft’s asking price (that hussy). However, don’t talk about this via e-mail because one or all of the companies I mentioned in this paragraph probably scans through your e-mail on a regular basis.
