current things
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Things that don’t make sense: alcoholic energy drinks.
I haven’t said anything about this, but I’ve been watching the four loko saga unfold. First there was the incident with the college students in the great state of Washington (which turned out not to be a good thing for the makers, because the Attorney General in that state does his job). Then the state Read more
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Remember when the TSA told you that those body scans were confidential?
or wouldn’t be saved? or some malarky like that? Well guess what? Gizmodo got hold of about 100 body scans. Between this, the service at the airport and the invasive groin checks the TSA likes to execute when one chooses to opt out of the radiation laced nude photography, maybe driving and trains aren’t so Read more
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Walmart same store sales are down…
for the seventh straight quarter (because of cost cutting measures by the company and international expansion, though, their net profit is up). I think that’s interesting because it could mean that even bargain shoppers or cutting back, or it could mean that those who have survived this recession with their income in tact could be Read more