Sweetness & Light

(S&L) Yellow Is The Big Color For 2009

SG — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 17:45:34 +0000

From the, for once, prescient Associated Press: This undated photo provided by Pantone, Inc. shows a swatch of PANTONE 14-0848 Mimosa. Pantone, which provides color standards to design industries, specifically cites mimosa, a vibrant shade illustrated by the flowers of the mimosa tree as well as the brunch-favorite cocktail, as its top shade of the [...]

AP: ‘Recession’ Among Longest Postwar

SG — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 16:43:25 +0000

From the fashion writer turned economics maven, Jeannine Aversa of the Associated Press: Paul Nawrocki, left, from Beacon, N.Y., listens as Wayne [sic], after reading his sign, points him in the direction of a job ‘handing out flyers’ near Bryant Park in New York, Tuesday Nov. 18, 2008. Nawrocki, who has been out of work [...]

Treasury To Force Lower Mortgage Rates

SG — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 13:21:06 +0000

From a slow to learn Washington Post: [Profession protestors from ACORN] (L-R) Victoria Lopez, Soledad Martinez and Amelia Rangel rally to ask state lawmakers to stop home foreclosures and help modify loans at the State Capitol in Sacramento, California November 25, 2008. The U.S. Federal Reserve threw a massive life-line to consumers on Tuesday with [...]

Greenpeace Behind Sark/Obama Posters

SG — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 13:02:05 +0000

And while we are on the subject of those courageous bravos of Greenpeace… From France’s momentarily outraged AFP: Posters of French President Nicolas Sarkozy copy-catting some of US president-elect Barack Obama campaign posters done by US street artist Shepard Fairey, which have sprung up across Paris. Greenpeace admitted Wednesday it was behind the mystery poster campaign [...]

Greenpeace Blocks Coal Ship In Denmark

SG — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 12:39:01 +0000

Speaking of Greenpeace… First from France’s (approving) AFP: Greenpeace Activists Stop Unloading Of Coal Ship In Denmark Thursday December 4th, 2008 COPENHAGEN (AFP)–Nearly 30 Greenpeace activists Thursday blocked the unloading of coal from a Panama-flagged cargo ship for the second day to protest the fuel’s damaging effect on the climate, the group said. “Eight of them (activists) spent [...]

Tiny UK Electric Car Sales Down By Half

SG — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 12:21:43 +0000

From the UK’s Times: The new Cooper Mini E, electric version of the Mini, is unveiled during the Los Angeles Auto show, November 19, 2008, in Los Angeles, California. Electric shock as sales of green cars go into reverse Ben Webster December 4, 2008 Sales of electric cars have fallen by more than half this year, according [...]

Brit School ‘Moves’ XMas For Muslim Eid

SG — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 15:04:46 +0000

It’s that time of year again. From the UK’s Telegraph: School cancels Christmas nativity in favour of Muslim Eid celebrations A primary school has cancelled its Christmas nativity in favour of Muslim festival of Eid celebrations because it would be too much for the children to do both. By Nick Britten 03 Dec 2008 Greenwood Junior School [...]

An ‘Obama Defecating’ Xmas Ornament?

SG — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 11:28:48 +0000

From Reuters: Figurines known as “caganer” of U.S. President-elect Barack Obama are sold at the Santa Llucia Christmas market in central Barcelona December 1, 2008. Catalans hide “caganers”, or defecators, in Christmas Nativity scenes then invite friends to hunt for them during Christmas celebrations. The “caganers”, which symbolise defecating and fertilizing the earth, are believed to [...]

Alabama County Creates Obama Holiday

SG — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 11:08:12 +0000

From Alabama’s Birmingham News: Alabama Black Belt county creates holiday in Barack Obama’s honor Black Belt offices to close with pay Wednesday, December 03, 2008 TOM GORDON Barack Obama’s election as president has generated a number of firsts. The latest may be the creation of a paid holiday in his honor in an Alabama Black Belt county. At its [...]

NYT Lies About Hillary’s Qualifications

SG — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 05:05:15 +0000

In a less dangerous world this would be a real knee-slapper from New York Times: An Uncommon Résumé in an Unusual Time By HELENE COOPER December 3, 2008 WASHINGTON — Hillary Rodham Clinton speaks no foreign languages, but has visited 90 countries. She has never negotiated an agreement between two warring sides, but a speech she delivered [...]

How Gerald Ford Saved NYC From Itself

SG — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 05:04:28 +0000

It would seem that Gerald Ford never told New York City to “drop dead.” Still, in hindsight, he was right to refuse to give its city fathers an unconditional taxpayer financed bailout, which would have amounted to nationalizing New York City’s profligate ways. All of which is perhaps a very timely lesson for today. After former [...]

Pelosi Promises To Keep Charlie Rangel

SG — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 05:00:06 +0000

From the New York Post: PELOSI ‘PLEDGE’ TO KEEP RANGEL By DAPHNE RETTER in Washington and DAVID SEIFMAN in New York December 3, 2008 Rep. Charles Rangel said yesterday that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has promised him he will keep his chairmanship of the Ways and Means Committee as long as he wants - even though investigators haven’t [...]

British Send Islamic Cleric Back To Jail

SG — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 22:49:35 +0000

An update on an old friend from the New York Times owned International Herald Tribune: British court orders radical Islamic cleric back to prison By John F. Burns Published: December 2, 2008 LONDON: A panel of immigration judges ordered the immediate return to prison on Tuesday of a radical Islamic preacher known as Abu Qatada, dubbed by Britain’s [...]

Harry Reid Says Congress Tourists Stink

SG — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 16:02:05 +0000

From the DC Examiner: Reid: We won’t smell the tourists anymore By Jeff Dufour and Patrick Gavin December 2, 2008 The Capitol Visitors Center, which opened this morning, may have tripled its original budget and fallen years behind schedule, but Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid found a silver lining for members of Congress: tourists won’t offend them with [...]

Big 3 Submit Their Re-Education Plans

SG — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 15:39:32 +0000

From an overjoyed Associated Press: Big Three automakers to submit plans to Congress By KEN THOMAS and TOM KRISHER, Associated Press Writers WASHINGTON – Detroit’s automakers, making a second bid for $25 billion in funding, are presenting Congress with plans Tuesday to restructure their ailing companies and provide assurances that the funding will help them survive [...]