Month October 2011

For Amanda Knox

“Well, oh well, I feel so good today We just touched ground on an international runway Jet propelled back home from overseas to the USA”

Craigslist jobless desperate for work

USA Today Craigslist… is a portal into the misery of people who are struggling to find jobs. Posts from people who are desperate for work read like Haiku poems that detail hard times and fear. Meanwhile, D.C. continues to be…

Leaderless protest leads to arrests

The arrests at the Brooklyn Bridge during the Occupy Wall Street march probably could have been avoided had the march been led by seasoned organizers. The police suckered the marchers into the arrest trap. NYPD was on bullhorns saying if…

The fat lady is clearing her throat in Europe

Greece has mostly admitted it won’t be able to make payment. Haircuts on bonds and loans to them is now expected to be 50% rather than 21%, and a major Belgian bank is wobbling. Markets everywhere are getting clocked.