Browsing archives for December 11th, 2008

One Overstates the Number of Presidents We Currently Have

Bush Admin, Economy, Politics, Society & World 11 December 2008 | 0 Comments

Following up on the posts about economic bad news and our current lack of leadership, a great quote from the administration.  Why can’t we have foreclosure relief?  According to an anonymous White House official, “We’re done in two months. The next administration can try to find a way out of that maze.”
Yeah, no worries. [...]

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All We Ask of Obama is That He Save the World

News, Obama Admin 11 December 2008 | 0 Comments

For the last couple months, many members of my generation (known as The Youth) have been feeling an odd sensation, correlating closely with Obama’s rise in the polls and subsequent election win. After being raised on a steady diet of Simpsons, irony and cynicism, and after 8 years of Bush, we’ve started to feel something [...]

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Will Work For Food Redux

News 11 December 2008 | 0 Comments

Via Reuters:
The number of U.S. workers filing new claims for jobless benefits surged to a 26-year high last week as employers tightened their belts to help weather what many fear will be a deep, long recession.
Initial claims for state unemployment insurance benefits jumped last week by 58,000 to 573,000, suffering the biggest increase since September [...]

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Indie Retailer of the Day: Andi Green

Art, For Kids, Indie Retailers 11 December 2008 | 0 Comments

I’m a little unclear whether this technically qualifies as “indie,” but since this is a storybook/toy project that arose from a tiny art show, I’m going to err on the side of rags to riches at worst.  Andi Green designed these “WorryWoo Monsters” originally in 2001 for an exhibition called “Monsters in My Head” and [...]

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