I feel so secure knowing the Fed is in charge
Bob Morris @ Jul 8th 2008 22:30 - Category: Credit crisis ;
Fed to clamp down on exotic and subprime mortgages
Sadly, this is not a satirical headline. The Fed appears to be that comatose.
Archive for July 8th, 2008
Australian minister: Climate change report like “disaster novel”
Bob Morris @ Jul 8th 2008 18:30 - Category: Unfiled ;
A new report by Australia’s top scientists predicts that the country will be hit by a 10-fold increase in heatwaves and that droughts will almost double in frequency and become more widespread because of climate change.
To make things worse, New South Wales is suffering a plague of locusts, no joke. The government is planning what to do, can’t see how any of their options don’t involve wrenching change for Australia, but then climate change will be doing that anyway.
Iran says it will hit U.S. Ships, Israel, if attacked
Bob Morris @ Jul 8th 2008 14:30 - Category: Unfiled ;
Are the Bushies insane enough to attack Iran? (While the actual attack could come from Israel, they won’t do it without an explicit ok from the US.)
Why is no one in Congress opposing this? The antiwar movement seems asleep. The time for people in the streets is before a possible attack, not after it happens.
I Met The Walrus, Animated John Lennon interview
Bob Morris @ Jul 8th 2008 10:30 - Category: Unfiled Tags: John Lennon;
14-year-old Jerry Levitan interviewed John Lennon in ‘69, then decades later created a visual animated narrative to the interview. The result, I Met The Walrus, was an Academy Award Nominee this year for Best Animated Short Film.
Thoughts on Obama
Bob Morris @ Jul 8th 2008 05:30 - Category: Election 2008 Tags: Obama;
One of the final reasons that apartheid fell in South Africa was because their ruling class came to the conclusion that it was no longer tenable or defensible. It was no longer working and was doing nothing but lose them friends and allies worldwide. Sound familiar? Maybe like the US now after eight years of Bush?
So, Obama is their choice for change. No, not revolutionary change. But a serious step back from the precipice and time to get rational adults in the White House again. The neocons have been a disaster for the economy, business, and the influence and power of the US. Thus large parts of the ruling class know change is needed now, and Obama is their choice to do it.
Nogales. US / Mexico border
Bob Morris @ Jul 8th 2008 00:30 - Category: Unfiled ;
Border patrol truck at US / Mexico border fence, next to electronic monitoring tower. Full size.
