six nations - ireland vs england

england play ireland today at croke park (ireland).

have to pick ireland at home.

:(

5 weeks to change the past 30 years...

it took obama just 5 weeks to reverse an economic policy in america that has prevailed since reagan took office.

let the rich pay, instead of the poor.

like i always say, it has to get really bad before it gets better.

wait for the sell-off on wall st, when 4th qtr GDP figures bring home reality to what's going on.

comet in the night sky

o.k. the challenge is to spot it from heavily light-polluted downtown washington, d.c.

that very bright 'star' you see in the early evening night sky is actually venus.

i'll have a go this evening using binoculars.

saturn should be easy, but i'm not too hopeful about spotting the comet (at least it will be clear - er, and very cold up on my rooftop)



see:
http://www.skyandtelescope.com/observing/highlights/35992534.html

it's not all bad news.

2009 world superbikes begins next weekend.

philips island in australia.















and yes, that is a bmw (not the girl).

New York Post Apologizes for Chimp Cartoon

how can one cartoon manage to fuck up on 3 levels?

the woman who was attacked.

the new president who has to fix the mess the last one got us into.

oh, and racism.

that's pretty good going.

your future - brought to you by the american people who put him in office..TWICE

republican = tax cuts. just ask californians, whose republican governer can't even get his own party to support him in an effort to balance the budget.

that's it.

welcome to a new era.

i predict that the S&P will go down to 650, and the DOW will tumble to 6,500 before we emerge from the greatest financial crisis since the great depression.

just think about that. greater than a world war and the oil crisis, and 9/11.

it's the great unwind of credit-created assets and wealth, deregulated financial markets, and an ideology that simply has been proven wrong.
free markets clearly don't work without a government protecting the interests of the taxpayer.

obama can't 'mend' the economy in an instant, just like we didn't get here in an instant. the only difference is that this time, everybody will feel the impact. and it's going to take time.
only this time you will be paying.

in 4 years time, when it's time to re-elect, remember how successful tax cuts and 8 years of a republican president has worked out for you.

it could be worse...McCain could be your 'trickle down' president, right now.

the republican party looks so 20th century.
sorry, make that 18th century.

apologies for not blogging enough...

A-Rod signs new endorsement megadeal.

...along with every other MLB baseball player.

image of the day

bank loans - simplified

...and we have to give you $700,000,000,000 of tax payer money to keep you in business.

why doesn't the government just give each working, retired and unemployed american, school kid, college student, 3-month old baby, et al, a check for $2,300?

now that's a stimulus package.

motorcycling in god's country...

it's true - michael phelps is dope

feel-bad photo of the day award...

it's your typical superbowl sunday at the whitehouse

yes, it's business as usual at the whitehouse...

five of the 15 lawmakers invited to join obama are from pennsylvania, and two are from arizona. there are four senators and 11 representatives. the group includes 11 democrats and four republicans.






kurt warner - always praying to god and giving thanks when he wins, but whenever he fucks up, he's like a teenager who can't get laid.

biden is also hosting a Superbowl party at the naval observatory.

if arizona wins, flat eric says he will go without beer for a whole week...