D. C. Housing Rush Bottoms Out:
The get rich quick schemes to rent out homes and apartments for a few days during the Obama inaugural has fallen the same way as the rest of the housing market. David Nakamura reports on the schemes to rent out rooms for a week or less at $1500 a day and how the supply has far exceeded the demand.
When Will the Sex Video Be Released?
Alaskan governor Sarah Palin may have lost her bid to become the power behind the throne in a McCain White House (ala Dick Cheney), but she's apparently going to be the one losing vice presidential candidate that no one ever forgets.
Who has time now to worry about which two Hollywood honeys are cat fighting over some Hollywood hunk when we can all salivate over Sarah versus Caroline or Sarah versus Katie in the press. And then there's that gorgeous moment when Sarah blurts out "that guy is evil!" while looking at a picture of MSNBC's Keith Olbermann, although to be fair Olbermann does appear to have some oddly shaped bumps hidden in his bushy hair.
In the Real News:
Jobless rate hits 7.2%, a 16-year high, with a total job loss for the past year reaching 2.6 million. More job losses are expected in the near future, with the only hope for a turn around coming from the expected Obama stimulus package, the effectiveness of which is highly suspect. (See The New York Times story.)
Meanwhile, Illinois has for the first time in its questionable political history voted to impeach its governor. Considering how many of their governors have ended up in jail, you have to wonder why is Blagojevich the first. (See The New York Times story.)
While the rest of the world demands a cease fire between Israel and whoever is in charge of things in Gaza, both the Israelis and Hamas are intensifying the violence that has resulted in more than 800 Palistinian deaths and 14 Israeli deaths. (See The New York Times story.)
The get rich quick schemes to rent out homes and apartments for a few days during the Obama inaugural has fallen the same way as the rest of the housing market. David Nakamura reports on the schemes to rent out rooms for a week or less at $1500 a day and how the supply has far exceeded the demand.
When Will the Sex Video Be Released?
Alaskan governor Sarah Palin may have lost her bid to become the power behind the throne in a McCain White House (ala Dick Cheney), but she's apparently going to be the one losing vice presidential candidate that no one ever forgets.
Who has time now to worry about which two Hollywood honeys are cat fighting over some Hollywood hunk when we can all salivate over Sarah versus Caroline or Sarah versus Katie in the press. And then there's that gorgeous moment when Sarah blurts out "that guy is evil!" while looking at a picture of MSNBC's Keith Olbermann, although to be fair Olbermann does appear to have some oddly shaped bumps hidden in his bushy hair.
In the Real News:
Jobless rate hits 7.2%, a 16-year high, with a total job loss for the past year reaching 2.6 million. More job losses are expected in the near future, with the only hope for a turn around coming from the expected Obama stimulus package, the effectiveness of which is highly suspect. (See The New York Times story.)
Meanwhile, Illinois has for the first time in its questionable political history voted to impeach its governor. Considering how many of their governors have ended up in jail, you have to wonder why is Blagojevich the first. (See The New York Times story.)
While the rest of the world demands a cease fire between Israel and whoever is in charge of things in Gaza, both the Israelis and Hamas are intensifying the violence that has resulted in more than 800 Palistinian deaths and 14 Israeli deaths. (See The New York Times story.)
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