Monday, March 09, 2009

Morning links 3/9/09

-Even wonder where drug-addicted Wall Street people go to get their fix when they're at work? At the TGI Fridays in the financial district, naturally! (NY Post)

-Remember 13 year-old Jonathan Krohn, the right-wing brat who spoke at the CPAC gathering recently? The Times did a big piece on him over the weekend. (New York Times)

-Barack Obama will undo the last eight years of religious fundamentalist horseshit interfering with science and remove the ban on federal funding of stem cell research. (Bloomberg)

-David Simon, creator of The Wire, is developing a new show for HBO set in post-Katrina New Orleans titled "Treme." Whose cock do I need to suck to get a writing gig on this bitch? (Nola.com)

-Obama may also end the ridiculous decades-long embargo against Cuba. (Guardian)

-The New York Times finally notices that internet is slowly dismantling all aspects of what used to be known as privacy. (New York Times)

-Are chimps not as strong and ferocious as people are making them out to be? (Slate)

-A bunch of Republicans who favored bailing out the banks are now advocating letting them fail. (IHT)

-Would you wrangle a monster rattlesnake for $400? (New York Times)

-Will the Dow dip as low as 5000...probs. (WSJ)

-Tony Mandarich not only did steroids back in the day, but supplied so many others that his nickname was "The Doctor." (Sports Illustrated)

-Barack Obama doesn't read blogs. (Politico)

-Will fed-up Americans rise up and revolt against our political and economic systems? Ha!!! (AOL)

-Could absurdly low home values in Detroit, where you can actually buy a functioning home for less than $1000, lead to the creation of a new creative Mecca centered in the city? (New York Times)

2 comments:

Indra said...

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Anonymous said...

Why do I get the feeling that Jonathan Krohn will one day be apologizing to an Assembly of God Fellowship in Baton Rouge?

RJ