The issue of TIME scheduled to hit newsstands Friday is described in a news release today as the “most anticipated issue of the year.” Why? Because it features Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke on the cover as the magazine’s “2009 Person of the Year.” Come again? Why on earth would the folks at TIME select [...]
‘Banana Ben’ Bernanke TIME’s ’2009 Person of Year’
December 16th, 2009 · No Comments
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Message to Old Folks: ‘We’re Going to Let You Die”
October 14th, 2009 · 3 Comments
“We’re going to have to, if you’re very old, we’re not going to give you all that technology and all those drugs for the last couple of years of your life to keep you maybe going for another couple of months. It’s too expensive, so we’re going to let you die.” The words shown above [...]
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Democrats, Space Aliens Expected in Denver
May 29th, 2008 · 2 Comments
People in Denver appear to be getting excited about the upcoming Democratic National Convention which takes place there Aug. 25-28. According to an article in yesterday’s edition of the Rocky Mountain News, one man in the Mile-High City is pushing a ballot initiative to create an Extraterrestrial Affairs Commission to prepare the city for close [...]
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McCain Second on List of Most Powerful Americans
February 6th, 2008 · No Comments
This post will be short, primarily because it deals with an item written by Robert Reich, the diminutive fellow — only 4′ 10″ to be exact — who served as Bill Clinton’s secretary of labor. In a post on his blog 15 months ago, Reich predicted The Five Most Powerful Americans Over the Next 18 [...]
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