Monthly Archive for July, 2008
Am I the only one who thinks that David Schor’s painting of the Second Coming Obama looks more like Bryant Gumbel?
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this is my current IM icon.
Yes that’s an actual advertising campaign to encourage people to sign up for food stamps, running now in New York f’ing City.
Wonder how much that’s costing me, freaking commies.
yesterday at the annual Brooklyn Bastille Day celebration they thew a new twist into the mix. a collection of vintage Solex bikes. Okay, they may look like someone bolted a sewing machine to the front wheel of a ghetto bike, and sure walking may be faster, they’re fascinating pieces of machinery. If I had been a little more sober I may have begged a test ride.
Commissioner Kenneth Mayfield, who is white, said it seemed that central collections “has become a black hole” because paperwork reportedly has become lost in the office.
Commissioner John Wiley Price, who is black, interrupted him with a loud “Excuse me!” He then corrected his colleague, saying the office has become a “white hole.”
That prompted Judge Thomas Jones, who is black, to demand an apology from Mayfield for his racially insensitive analogy.
Increasing exposure to carbon dioxide appears to boost crop yields, Hans-Joachim Weigel of the Johann Heinrich von Thuenen Institute for rural areas, forestry and fisheries in the central city of Brunswick told AFP.
“Output increased by about 10 percent for barley, beets and wheat” when the plants were subjected to higher levels of carbon dioxide, Weigel said.
NEW YORK (AP) — Oil tumbled more than $5 a barrel Tuesday in its second big drop this week, hurling crude back to levels not seen since June 26 as traders wary about the health of the global economy cashed in gains from oil’s recent rally.
Analysts attributed much of the recent sell-off to profit-taking, saying traders were cashing in on the previous week’s gains. A stronger dollar also helped keep prices lower by discouraging investors from pumping more money into commodities.
At the same time, concerns about global oil supply disruptions subsided and fears that the economic slowdown is spreading moved to the forefront.
yes I took both.
