April in Las Vegas and Southern Nevada ?http://www.lvrj.com/news/43087482.html
A trace of snow at McCarren on the 17th of April, a freak happenstance and rather surprising...
Future Dangers and Perils
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/financetopics/recession/5166956/IMF-warns-over-parallels-to-Great-Depression.html
In spite of proclamations by some government officials and those in the mainstream media, we are not out of the woods by any measure or extent....
Changes, Big Changes, for Many are Coming
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123992073614326997.html
The immediate future for many individuals and families, largely still aware of the current dynamics underway....
Northwest High Speed Rail Corridor Outlook
http://www.oregonlive.com/news/index.ssf/2009/04/_the_oregonianpresident_barack.html
About one hour between downtown Portland and Seattle and less than two hours to downtown Vancouver BC. Hopefully this is a reality by 2025.
Revealing Misguided Falsehoods about the End of the Downturn
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/17/opinion/17krugman.html
Telling it like it is...the worst is still yet to come, and harshly....
YouTube to Gain in Profile
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/17/business/media/17youtube.html
This was expected and somewhat overdue.
Ticket Prices and Purchases at the new Steinbrenner Palace in the Bronx
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/17/sports/baseball/17stadium.html
There are sure a whole hell of a lot of people that are greedy, arrogant, and shortsighted that have no understanding whatsoever what the concept of value is.
Columbine High School Massacre Reflections a Decade Later
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2009/04/17-6
The worst consequences of years of Reaganism-Bushism and Absolutist Market Corporate Capitalism.
Some Accountability at CNBC ? Not Nearly Enough !
http://www.nypost.com/seven/04162009/gossip/pagesix/cnbc_sweats_obama_bashing_164608.htm
The slackjaws and hacks at CNBC are taken out to the woodshed !
The Decline in Healthy and Vibrant Forests
http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1891121,00.html
The rapid demise of the pinon pine in the Four Corners Southwest.
Grim Unemployment Numbers Continue to Worsen
http://www.calculatedriskblog.com/2009/04/record-unemployment-rates-in-california.html
Of course the actual real unemployment rates are about 75 % more than the figures reported in this link. That means unemployment rates in excess of 20 %, perhaps nearing 25 % in the states with the most grim of numbers....
Also see this link for more details:
http://www.bls.gov/news.re
Blatantly Repeating Mistakes of Now Gone Competitors
http://denver.bizjournals.com/denver/stories/2009/04/13/daily78.html
Best Buy continues strongly on the trail taken by their recently vanquished competitor Circuit City. I give Best Buy about 2-2 1/2 years of still being around, then they go belly up and liquidate.
Commercial Real Estate Collapse Just Beginning
http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2009/apr/17/lv-braces-commercial-foreclosures/
What is about to happen in Las Vegas is a sneak preview of what will strongly beset much of the nation in the comng years. Commercial real estate is so overwhelmingly overbuilt in most places that is utterly scary.....
Memories of 1970s Motor Vehicles
http://www.wired.com/autopia/2009/04/cars-from-the-7/
Not so beloved automobiles from the '70s.
Interactive Map
http://www.slate.com/id/2216238/
The when and where job losses occurred in this economic collapes
A Subject for Serious Debate, Conversation, and Thought
http://www.americablog.com/2009/04/its-time-to-pick-new-name-for-texas.html
Hilarious ! Suggestions for new names for Texas when they quit the union or get partitioned.
This is Definitely a Possibility
http://www.consumerfreedom.com/news_detail.cfm/headline/3878
No more fat kids allowed or the government will be making them attend mandatory exercise camps !
Joel McCrea, 1934 - 2009
http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-jody-mccrea17-2009apr17,0,3886252.story
McCrea was a mainstay in movie westerns in the '50s and '60s before moving on to lighter roles in the "Beach" movies of the early to mid '60s.
Marketing '09 Style
http://www.wired.com/autopia/2009/04/how-the-fiesta/
It will be interesting to hear how successful this strategy will be.
Technology's Impact on Humans Personally
http://www.alternet.org/mediaculture/136300/lonely_in_an_electronic_wilderness:_%22the_great_emotional_sickness_of_our_era%22/?page=entire
There can be no doubt technology is having an impact on interpersonal relationships and how one individually interacts with ones environment and community.
The Voice of an Angel Unexpectedly
http://www.mirror.co.uk/celebs/news/2009/04/17/britain-s-got-talent-star-susan-boyle-won-t-get-makeover-says-amanda-holden-115875-21283622/
Go to YouTube and find a video of Boyle singing -- she is fantastic and amazing, almost as much as Paul Potts, another amazing talent discovered in England.
Also see this link for more information
http://www.latimes.com/ent
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