A couple of weeks ago I posted one of the most depressing headlines I had seen in years: McDonald’s aims to fill 50,000 jobs in a day What made this so depressing is the rate at which this news item grew. Our job market has reached a point that people are excited over McDonald’s hiring. […]
Well that’s if you believe a new report that news organizations like the Washington Post is pushing as some sort of big news item: After months of collaboration on President Obama’s attempt to overhaul the nation’s health-care system, the insurance industry plans to strike out against the effort on Monday with a report warning that […]
Eliot Spitzer is back, this time as Slate’s newest columnist: Last month, as the financial crisis and the government rescue plan dominated headlines, almost everyone overlooked a news item that could have enormous long-term impact: <a href=”http://www.avbuyer.com.cn/e/2008/30063.html”>GE Capital announced the acquisition of five mid-size airplanes—with an option to buy 20 more—produced by CACC, a new, […]
Yup – that is a big news alert. Phil Angelides, a gubernatorial candidate in California says he would bring the National Guard home and FOX considers that a major news item. I wonder if FOX considers the two soldiers that died in Iraq today a “news alert”? Nah – they don’t even deserve to be […]
What a better way to see how confusing things are in Iraq than through the eyes of a fellow blogger and Iraqi citizen: I was trying to decide between a report on bird flu on one channel, a montage of bits and pieces from various latmiyas on another channel and an Egyptian soap opera on […]
As I go through trying to fine tune everything I have noticed a couple small problems with the site. First off there was a couple days where it was slow loading. This was actually a problem with the hosting company. Thankfully they were quick to remedy the situation. It took a couple days because I […]