b Feeling the Space...: 2006-08-27

Feeling the Space...

2006-08-31

Couldn't have put this any better...

From Americablog: more feeble jobs numbers...

As one who has received a whopping 2.5% wage increase this year (enough to almost buy a tank of gas per month) I know that the numbers games are flying when it comes to evaluating inflation - and NOT taking into account fuel costs, housing costs, and food costs (what the #%&! is left?) that I'm one of (probably) the majority of americans struggling to tread water in this economy. And let me tell you - it has SUCKED SO FAR THIS MILLENNIUM! -sigh- I miss the 90's...

posted by Russ at 21:17 | 2 comments

Backyard blogging thursday (with cats)!


Sitting-out-back-blogging with help from Carl -











I've included some gratuitous rose shots, too...


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Here's a bonus shot of the backyard "view" such a "work in progress" And I mean a LOT of WORK...

posted by Russ at 12:40 | 1 comments

Is our corporate media great, or what?!

How many times has this been in the news lately? "There are no hereditary kings in America and no powers not created by the Constitution," (more here) - probably not as much as this story (caution - story may require NYT user login).

So, here's what I noticed -

I was watching Supernova last night - (YIKES) Storm (my favorite) made the bottom 3! They dumped Ryan - it's getting really weird now - they are ALL very good so when one gets sent home it is sheerly subjective. So far ALL of the contestants have been/are great - the goal is to be the front man(woman) for "Supernova" consisting of Tommy Lee, Dave Navarro, et, al... Not a band I'm going to go out and buy tickets for. I will certainly see any of the contestants on a small stage with an acoustic guitar in hand or in front of their own band. That would be worth seeing...

So, I flipped channels to see what's on - and found that all of the news networks - I do mean ALL - had the Karr/Ramsey saga(or lack thereof) on full bore. Only it's the other shoe now. The story is that the DNA tests mean he's off the hook! Hey - is that any surprise to ANYONE who was paying attention in the first place? Sure, it's convenient, but why did this require dept. of Homeland Security intervention?
Now, does anyone remember a small sidebar to the Karr story? That the "homeland security agent" went to Thailand to accompany Karr back to the U.S.? Here's Thom Hartland (from Portland, even!) all over it.
Alan , while he was at work, remarked to someone that this was "the plan" - to dredge up the whole JonBenet thing and let the media have their feeding frenzy. It's completely overshadowed the current ruling which makes George Bush a criminal subject to prison time! - if it stands. The response he received was the standard "you're just a conspiracy theorist..." drivel that is used to wash out any subject from JFK - to questions about the WTC "collapse". All I could say was ... "welcome to the club"... now you're a conspiracy nut, too.

posted by Russ at 11:48 | 2 comments