Archive for February, 2009
Superbowl commercials and the economy, the case of the corporate jets, elections in Iraq and chaos in Kenya. Links Mentioned: the corporate jet lobby speaks … preliminary Iraqi election results … Bipartisanship and the stimulus … the domestic violence/Superbowl urban legend.
How do we know things are getting better in Iraq? Because our Iraqi brothers and sisters are reaching US-levels of nonchalance about voting! But while election monitors hailed a smooth vote, Iraqi officials reported that turnout was 51 percent – lower than expected, particularly in Baghdad, where only 40 percent of registered voters went to [...]
Back before HornyManatee.com and ten-digit telephone numbers there was 867-5309: One day five years ago, Mr. Potter, who was living in Weehawken, N.J., and working as a disc jockey for weddings and parties, needed a phone number for his business. On a lark he asked if 867-5309 was available. To his surprise, it was. It [...]
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