Posts Tagged “Barack Obama”
- Better news is coming from world markets that started the new week considerably brighter, with Hong Kong, Australia, Singapore, South Korea and China all finishing with healthy increases and Eurpopean indicies showing good gains as well. The early news on Wall Street is encouraging as well–fewer brokers are on the ledges of downtown skyscrapers…
- After one of the worst weeks in Wall Street history, the White House is scrambling to get its unprecedented $700 billion economic recovery program up and running–which primarily means buying the bad assets that are at the heart of the current meltdown. Of course that doesn’t mean you’re off the hook for your crappy subprime mortgage–it’s just that if you do default, it’ll be Uncle Sam left holding the bag instead of that sleazy mortgage company…
 The American Academy Of Pediatrics is now recommending that children from infants to teens get double the usually recommended amount of vitamin D–which would mean a daily intake of 4 cups of milk, far less than most kids get. There of course is a solution for this problem–serve ice cream at every meal…- John McCain said Sunday that he plans to "whip" Democratic opponent Barack Obama’s "you-know-what" in Wednesday’s final debate and promised more of his signature "straight talk" about the race. Then he asked when the Early Bird dinner started and if "that one" was gonna try and sneak in…
 The world of competitive eating has a new superstar–24-year-old Joey Chestnut, who claimed the hot-dog eating crown the last 2 years running, grabbed the pizza-eating crown Sunday in Times Square by gobbling 45 slices in just 10 minutes. Then if was off to a friend’s home for a delicious dinner–Joey downed 3 roasts, 15 pounds of potatoes, 4 apple pies and his hosts’ pet dog Ralphie in a half-hour…- Now that the Connecticut Supreme Court has ruled that same-sex couples have the right to wed, opponents are counting on a ballot measure to force a constitutional convention–such a vote can only happen once every 20 years–as a means of rewriting the state’s charter to ban the unions. Of course, it runs the risk of further altering the constitution–such as forcing Fairfield County to pay a 90% income tax…
Tags: American Academy of Pediatrics, Barack Obama, Children, competitive eating, Connecticut, financial bailout, Financial meltdown, gay marriage, health care, John McCain, Wall Street, White House
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- At Britain’s Q Awards Monday, presented by the music magazine of the same name, Coldplay was named Best Act In The World Today, as well as winning Best Album for its Viva La Vida Loca Or Death And All His Friends. Lead singer Chris Martin said in his acceptance speech that the only reason his band had won was that, "U2 are on holiday"–besides, even Bono has got to get a little weary with all the adulation…
- Beyonce finally decided to go on the record about her marriage to Jay-Z–a little over six months later, when she told Essence magazine that the wedding was small and intimate because, "it’s been my day so many days already". And she said the reason she kept the news a secret so long is that, "What Jay and I have is real. It’s not about interviews or having the right photo op"–plus they probably also had to make sure the pre-nup was air-tight…
 Singer Shakira has endorsed Barack Obama for president, saying she wants the entire Latino community to participate in the election because she believes they can really make a difference. As a native of Columbia, Shakira isn’t eligible to vote here–but her fans are as likely to believe her voice as her hips…- Weird Al Yankovic is at it again, taking on the T.I. hit Whatever You Like with a parody version now available on iTunes–the first time one of his parodies was released while the original song was still a hit. Al credits the digital revolution with saving his career–which will probably grow even bigger once his fans start to parody him on YouTube…
- The New York Post says John McCain may be trying to mend fences with David Letterman, who he left in a lurch recently when McCain canceled an appearance on the show by telling Letterman he had to return to Washington–only to do a different interview and then not leave New York until the next day. The two sides are discussing an October 15 visit–well, McCain is; I think Letterman is still talking about hell freezing over first…
 Actor David Duchovny of X-Files fame is clean and sober…uh, sort of, now that he’s checked out of rehab for sex addiction, as his attorney told People magazine, "David is out of rehab and about to start a new movie. He successfully completed his treatment." Now, as long as he keeps his eyes tightly closed and thinks about nothing but nursing homes, he’ll be just fine…
Tags: Barack Obama, Beyonce, Coldplay, David Duchovny, David Letterman, Jay-Z, John McCain, New York Post, Shakira, U2, Weird Al Yankovic
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- As America’s credit crunch persists, the Federal Reserve announced Tuesday a plan to buy "commercial paper"–short-term financing used by many companies to fund their day-to-day operations for expenses like payrolls and office supplies–directly from eligible companies. I’m just hoping those "short-term" needs don’t include quick escapes by CEO’s who’s companies they’ve put in the tank…
- Tuesday’s second presidential debate between John McCain and Barack Obama could give McCain the edge, since the debate’s town-hall format favors him. The "town hall" approach, allowing questions from the audience as well as from viewers via the Internet, has played into McCain’s "Straight Talk" approach with potential voters–just as long as they don’t ask him to explain what "The Keating Five" and "Iran-Contra" mean…
 A Congressional hearing on the reasons for the nation’s recent financial crisis learned that the now-bankrupt Lehman Brothers was scrambling to arrange millions in bonuses for its top executives even while it was begging for federal help. But Lehman got no taxpayer money–maybe CEO Richard Fuld could have poinied up some of the almost $400 million the company had paid him since 2000…- New research has found that using a fan to circulate air in a baby’s room can reduce the risk of SIDS, or Sudden Infant Death Syndrome–the still-mysterious condition that is fatal to otherwise healthy babies. Experts believe it relates to providing the right environment–keeping the infant on their back on a firm mattress, keeping toys and pillows out of the crib, making sure the room temperature isn’t too warm–and of course, avoiding any deliberate suffocation…
 John McCain’s campaign is feeling the heat from a report that links him to a key organization involved in the Reagan administration’s Iran-Contra fiasco–where arms were illegally sold to Iran to raise money for the ultra-conservative Contra rebellion in Nicaragua. McCain claims he left the group prior to Iran-Contra, but no one there remembers it happening. On top of the Obama campaign’s release of details of McCain’s involvement with The Keating Five during the savings-and-loan collapse 20 years ago, McCain may find that "Straight Talk" may do more harm than good…- Ford says it will introduce a new feature on several 2010 model cars that will permit parents to limit the speed a teen can drive to 80 mph. The company said they arrived at that number after taking into consideration freeway speeds from different states–but it does me no good in trying to keep my driveway limit under 50, does it?
Tags: Barack Obama, debate, Federal Reserve, Financial meltdown, Ford, health care, John McCain
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- It appears the Republicans are ready to play hardball in the final month of the presidential campaign, as vice-presidential nominee Sarah Palin defended a claim Sunday that Barack Obama "pals around with terrorists"–a reference to his one-time association with a former leader of the radical anti-war group Weather Underground, who is now a University Of Illinois professor. As Palin put it, "the heels are on and the gloves are off"–they must give her better traction, since she’s obviously used to stepping into moose doo before…
 Jurors who convicted OJ Simpson Saturday of all 12 armed robbery and kidnapping charges he faced say secret audio tapes and surveillance video were what convinved them, and not the testimony of witnesses who were given plea deals. I’d say The Juice was smart not to take the stand–they might have decided to find him guilty of stuff he wasn’t even charged with…- The Supreme Court will open its new term Monday with a case concerning whether federal regulation of cigarettes can prevent smokers from suing tobacco companies under a state law for deceptive advertising of "light" cigarettes. The case boils down to whether federal laws covering labeling and advertising trumps any state law on cigarette advertising– and whether the tobacco company’s lawyers’ suits are more expensive than the plaintiff’s entire legal team…
 The American Academy Of Pediatrics is warning parents that children younger than 5 should not keep pets like hamsters, baby chicks, lizards, turtles or hedgehogs due to risks that these animals might pose from disease–and that they may be more prone to bite or claw than cats or dogs. Of course, ER physicians have been cautioning against the same thing for years–only it’s to adults who keep shoving them inside their rectums…- An Associated Press investigation has revealed that Hurricane Ike’s winds and waves destroyed oil platforms, tossed storage tanks and punctured pipelines, and the environmental damage from it is only now becoming apparent: at least a half-million barrels of crude oil have spilled into the Gulf Of Mexico and the marshes and bayous of Louisiana and Texas. At least there’s a good reason for why gas stations in the South keep running out…
- A new Rhode Island law will require all public middle and high schools to teach students about dating violence in health classes–the result of an intitiative by the parents of a young daughter who died due to an abusive relationship with her boyfriend. It becomes the first state to inisist that schools teach about it–and likely the first step in helping to put a stop to it…
Tags: American Academy of Pediatrics, Associated Press, Barack Obama, Hurricane Ike, OJ Simpson, Rhode Island, Sarah Palin, smoking, Supreme Court
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