Another Stupid Newspaper Story

This is a classic newspaper story of the modern, liberal media. Find one person who has been negatively effected by something, and then spin it out of proportion. This article, State universities fear brain drain is setting in, in The Tampa Tribune seems to indicated that the Florida state higher education system is losing professors because the state bans travel and research in Cuba. Assuming what this professor is doing is valuable, and it doesn't look like rocket science to me, then his move to South Carolina won't be that negative an effect on a system of several colleges and universities. He probably knows someone at the newspaper.

Time for Platitudes and Saws

You know it had to happen. I heard an analyst on CNBC this morning talking about what a great time it is to buy in the market now. Of course you have the ability to continue to lose lots of money even though some stocks are cheap. AAPL is down 20 from when I bought it, and it is a great company with great products. I don't see it hitting 200 anytime soon.

Weird Object Washes Ashore In Scotland

On 29 December a mysterious cylindrical tank washed ashore on an Island off of Scotland. Nobody seemed to know what it was, and the manufacturer didn't respond to questions. So read this article and see if you can figure it out.

The Spears' Guide to Parenting

This is one of those stories that is just too funny to be true. Brittany Spear's Mom was writing a book about parenting for a Christian publisher. With this week's news about her younger daughter it has been put on hold. LOL!!

Lynne Spears' Book Delayed Indefinitely

Silly Story about Iraq

I know that as the situation in Iraq grew better this last six months there have been some pretty silly stories. The ones about the grave diggers losing business, and the taxi drivers not being able to drive people from the hospitals were pretty bad. This is a silly one as well: Gays Living in Shadows of New Iraq. Somehow The New York Times is trying to say that it was easier being gay under Saddam then it is now. Perhaps Iraq is becoming more like other Muslim countries in this way? I don't know, but I think there are bigger issues in Iraq and the world.

Bad Bosses of the Year

Fortune Magazine has a little slideshow about the worst bosses of 2007. Luckily I don't have bosses like these. But it is kind of funny, so see 101 DUMBEST MOMENTS IN BUSINESS Bosses behaving badly

Clinton Moves Quickly for Damage Control

Imagine that, the Hillary supporter in NH who called Barack Obama a drug dealer quit this evening. That took a little longer then people thought. Once he said he did it on his own, the writing was on the wall. I guess Hillary was keeping her word when she said she wouldn't campaign this way. Anyway, story is here on the Time magazine blog: Bill Shaheen Resigns from Clinton Campaign

Stupid Criminals

In the next town over somebody broke into the coke bottling plant by throwing a cinder block through the door. It has rained solidly for three days here, and the police followed a trail of muddy footprints to the motel next door to the break in site and arrested two men with a cinder block. I guess they forgot to look down.