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Daily News Roundup: Mo’ Money(0)
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The Economic Crisis Continues: Obama says in his latest press conference (we’ve lost count), basically, “You’ve got to spend money to make money.” The stimulus plan is go.
UN Halts Gaza Aid. The Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip have prevented the United Nations from delivering aid to the area—a driver of a United Nations truck [...]
Daily News Roundup: And We All Fall Down!
Now that’s what I call a snow bunny! Or a snow . . . Honey! Stop scaring the wildlife! One unlucky skier hopped on a chairlift at Colorado’s Vail Resort and fell overboard. His ski got caught in the lift, leaving him dangling with his pants down for seven excruciatingly cold and embarrassing minutes. (Psst [...]
Angry Asian Man: Asian Gangsters, Thugs and Hookers in Crank 2: High Voltage
Oh man. We knew it was coming. I don’t know how they’ve done it, considering the event at the end of the first movie, but they have gone ahead and made a sequel to Crank. You know, the ridiculous movie where Jason Statham plays a guy who is injected with a toxic [...]
Daily News Roundup: We’re BAAAAAACK
More Obama Drama: Hot on the heels of Gov. Richardson’s dropping out from consideration for his cabinet post, Obama has another mini-scandal on his hands with the selection of Leon Panetta, another Clintonite and former congressman and White House chief of staff, heading up the CIA.
Banana Republic, anyone? Does anyone remember the days when [...]
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