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| Financial Jihad and the Crisis on Wall Street |
| Published: October 11, 2008, 1:13 pm |
| Tags: Economy, Finance, Islam, Politics, Terror, Terrorism, Wall Street |
| overview of short-selling at Wikipedia here. Short-selling is perfectly legal and a means of manipulating the market. For an idea of the role that short-selling has played in our current market woes and the potential that it was used by financial terrorists, see the following articles. In this AP article note that Christopher Cox, chair of the |
| Foo Fighters to McCain: you're not my hero |
| Published: October 10, 2008, 9:20 pm |
| Tags: Political |
| The Foo Fighter wants Presidential Nominee John McCain to stop using their 1998 hit “My Hero”. “The saddest thing about this is that `My Hero’ was written as a celebration of the common man and his extraordinary potential,” the band said in a statement. “To have it appropriated without our knowledge and |
| Features from the Outskirts:”Beauty of Form and Beauty of Mind” by Hans Christian Andersen |
| Published: October 10, 2008, 7:30 pm |
| Tags: Books, Fiction, Literature, Beauty Of Form And Beauty Of Mind, Fairy Tales, Hans Christian Andersen |
| in 1869 (Wikipedia) Andersen’s fairytale of a sculptor who marries a beautiful girl and decides to capture the love he feels in his work is a classic tale of art imitating life… on the Outskirts. Facts from the Outskirts: Andersen (1805-1875) was a poet and a novelist but is mainly remembered for his fairy tales including The |
| Do Cookbooks Count as Books? |
| Published: October 10, 2008, 1:04 pm |
| Tags: Books, Cookbooks, Cooking, Eating, Food, Life, Pesto, Reading, Stories |
| By November I had convinced myself that I had better things to do than read ‘Moby Dick’ and learn about the Continental Congress. Cook for instance. - Ruth Reichi, ‘Tender at the Bone’ The only problem that I have with pesto pasta sauce is that if you should happen to miss a piece of it while you are brushing your |
| First Post - Today.com |
| Published: October 10, 2008, 11:27 am |
| Tags: Claire S Blog, Introduction, Today Com |
| blogging! Image via Wikipedia First Post - Today.com There is a new post paid site that appears to be a valid means of earning money for |
| Is the year’s best action-comedy coming from Russia? |
| Published: October 10, 2008, 11:25 am |
| Tags: Action, Foreign Cinema, Movie News, 007, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Bruce Willis, Day Watch, Film, Invincible, James Bond, Man Of The East, Movie, Night Watch, Oleg Pogodin, Russia, Secret Agent, Trailer, Vladimir Yepifantsev |
| If the roof-raising buzz is to be believed, then that could end up being the case. Oleg Pogodin’s Invincible (a.k.a. , or Man of the East) has been getting the fanboys salivating ever since its testosterone-fueled trailers started hitting the web. The movie’s ostensibly a Russian secret agent pic, a James Bond |
| Palin - Puck Drop at Flyers' Opener |
| Published: October 10, 2008, 10:02 am |
| Tags: Current Events, My Life, Politics, Sports, Sports And Politics, 2008, Election, Flyers, Hockey, Lame, Mom, Nhl, Obama, Pain |
| note: according to Wikipedia.org, Flyers' owner Ed Snider and philosopher Leonard Peikoff founded the Ayn Rand Institute for the advancement of Objectivism in 1985. ***In addition, on Keith Oberman last night, he mentioned that Ed Snider is a maxed-out GOP donator and he is using Philadelphia and Pennsylvania tax dollars |
| Baked Armadillo in Amarillo? No?, what about a 72oz steak for free! |
| Published: October 10, 2008, 5:19 am |
| Well the simple fact is you can have either, or both if you feel so inclined! Amarillo, TX is an amazing place, I should know, I grew up there. For my first 17 years of life it was really all I knew, sure I got down to the “Big City” of Dallas/ Fort Worth a bit, hell I even lived there for a while! Amarillo was always home to me |
| My goal is to get paid for doing what I’d be doing anyway |
| Published: October 10, 2008, 12:15 am |
| Tags: Jobs |
| other night. According to Wikipedia, “Sarah Jane Vowell (born December 27, 1969) is an American author, journalist, humorist, and commentator. Often referred to as a “social observer,” Vowell has authored several books and is a regular contributor to the radio program This American Life on Public Radio International. |
| Obama’s Transcendence — The Good and the Bad |
| Published: October 9, 2008, 7:06 pm |
| Tags: Election, Obama, Politics |
| A new Gallup poll shows that people are more likely (not less likely) to vote for Obama due to his race. When asked the same question about McCain, voters responded with nearly identical numbers. Eighty-five percent of Obama voters and 87% of McCain voters say that race makes no difference whatsoever to them according to the Gallup poll which was |
| Congratulations to me |
| Published: October 9, 2008, 2:51 pm |
| Tags: Elephant Gestation Period, Full House, Nick At Nite, Tv Land |
| elephant is 22 months, (Wikipedia, the source for all that is true, has confirmed it). Actually, I did know that, is Danny Tanner's reply. Dude knows a lot. When Uncle Jesse failed his driver's test, he comments, like any actually knows how far away you have to park from train tracks. It turns out that both Danny and Uncle Joey |
| Most Remade and Played Songs Ever |
| Published: October 9, 2008, 2:30 pm |
| I can’t think of any. Wikipedia says the song has over 3000 cover versions. (A Cover Version is a band other than the original who does the song sort of as a tribute to the original artist.) Guinness World Records had that listed at a more conservative approximate 1600 recorded versions. Yet I still can’t remember a single popular |
| Check out the teaser poster for Dario Argento’s latest thriller |
| Published: October 9, 2008, 12:34 pm |
| Tags: Foreign Cinema, Horror, Movie News, Adrien Brody, Anthony Franciosa, Cinema, Dario Argento, Elsa Pataky, Emmanuelle Seigner, Film, Giallo, Gomorra, Italian, Italy, Mother Of Tears, Oscar, Roman Polanski, Suspiria, Tenebre, The Pianist, Thriller, Tony Musante |
| I’m a longtime fan of/apologist for Italian thrill-maestro Dario Argento (yeah, yeah, I even got a kick out of his most recent film, the generally crummy Mother of Tears), so color me excited for his latest production, a pic entitled Giallo. The title’s a bit of a double entendre, as it refers not only to a serial killer who calls |
| Black pudding!, Tastes great, but damn It’s gross! |
| Published: October 9, 2008, 5:25 am |
| Tags: Recipes Techniques |
| What is black pudding, you ask? Well It’s also called blood sausage! there are several recipes for this dish, some are actual sausages, while others are custards(puddings). The most recognized is the traditional blood pudding found in your English Breakfast, this is a sausage, hence called blood sausage! It is made by mixing fresh blood with |
| Black pudding!, Tastes great, but damn It’s gross! |
| Published: October 9, 2008, 3:25 am |
| Tags: Recipes Techniques |
| What is black pudding, you ask? Well It’s also called blood sausage! there are several recipes for this dish, some are actual sausages, while others are custards(puddings). The most recognized is the traditional blood pudding found in your English Breakfast, this is a sausage, hence called blood sausage! It is made by mixing fresh blood with |
