Bits & Pieces
Bits and pieces from this reporter’s notebook.
Da-deet-da-deet...If you didn’t know it by now, the Supreme Court is grossly mislabeled. They decided 5-to-4 that the Navy should continue sonar testing that is destructive to whales and other creatures.
Da-deet-da-deet-.....It says something about Detroit’s control of Congress – the companies own the Republicans and labor owns the Democrats – that a bailout is even being considered. They have been being bailed out for decades, to the nation’s detriment. Let ‘em fold and rebuild with quality management.
Da-deet-da-deet...While you’re pleased that the price of oil is dropping, consider what it means. Speculators believe the global economy is heading to its knees and won’t get up for a while.
Da-deet-da-deet...IBM is putting its money behind delivering broadband access through ordinary power lines. This means that you will be able to tell your kitchen when to make breakfast. Okay, well maybe not, but it certainly could shake up the telephone and cable delivery plans.
Da-deet-da-deet...In case you are in need of a heart transplant, try to get a same-sex replacement. Apparently women do better replacing with women’s parts and men to better with men’s.
Da-deet-da-deet...Speaking of same-sex, such marriages are legal in Connecticut. Such coupling started today.
Da-deet-da-deet...Two would-be movie producers have been revealed as perpetrators of a hoax to feed misinformation to the media. Their targets included Rudy Guiliani and Sarah Palin. They were responsible for leaking, falsely, the story that Palin didn’t know Africa was a continent. They seem to think their gaming the media about who should be in the White House was funny.
Da-deet-da-deet...Finally, Lindsay Lohan may have stepped in it again. Or not. In an interview she referred to President-elect Barack Obama as the country's "first colored president." Let’s give her the benefit of the doubt and presume that she simply meant that he is non-white.
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