Archive for October 16th, 2008
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Get in the car, kids! We’re goin’ to Switzerland!
And we get to hear Hank-the-Bank Paulson yodel! Swiss authorities moved to stabilize their storied banking system today, agreeing to take $60 billion in troubled assets off the books of financial giant UBS and put them into a special government-backed fund, in a deal financed at least initially by the U.S. Federal Reserve. In a [...]
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The lost stone age tribes of Ohio
Sarah Palin is certainly full of something, but it ain’t the Holy Spirit, kid. [youtube]http://ie.youtube.com/watch?v=zRqcfqiXCX0[/youtube]
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On the other hand, Joe (not a) Plumber probably finds it hilarious.
Inland GOP mailing depicts Obama’s face on food stamp The latest newsletter by an Inland Republican women’s group depicts Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama surrounded by a watermelon, ribs and a bucket of fried chicken, prompting outrage in political circles. The October newsletter by the Chaffey Community Republican Women, Federated says if Obama is elected [...]
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a thousand words
US Republican presidential nominee Senator John McCain (R-AZ) reacts to almost heading the wrong way off the stage after shaking hands with Democratic presidential nominee Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) at the conclusion of the final presidential debate at Hofstra University in Hempstead, New York, October 15, 2008. By Emmanuel Dunand/AFP/Getty.