Goreacle skewered nicely…
The former US Vice-President has already taken over from Michael Moore as the most sanctimonious lardbutt Yank on the planet. Can you imagine what he’ll be like now that the Norwegian Nobel committee has given him the prize?
Really nothing more needs to be said; go read Damian Thompson whole piece.
If you want a good skewering of the other “lardbutt” then check out my review of Shooting Michael Moore
Both are lieing demogogues who would say anything however idiotic and untrue to get ahead with their fans.
Wonko has a great bullet point teardown of Gore’s movie.
2 commentsAFC’s Ticket Exchange Pilot Scheme
K T Dodge writes about Arsenal FC’s new scheme to combat the touting of their club’s tickets. Will it work? For now it might but touts are quite a clever lot. They seem to be able to get round any counter measures one comes up with to block them.
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RepubliDeep Ones?
The guys over at Crooked Timber, a Cthulhu-esque sounding name for a site it has to be said, have come up with this alternative logo for the Republican Convention next year.
Thanks to Alan for the find.
No commentsMore thoughts on bad loans
Further my last piece on the whole selling mortgages to people who shouldnt have them; I was part of discussion with my wife and mother about the mess. The Wall Street Journal had an interesting piece, complete with graphic showing the highest concentrations of bad loans, in the last few days on where exactly these bad loans are centred.
It should shock no one to learn that the major concentrations of the worst loans are located in the property nutty Southern Florida and in Southern California. I happen to know that the former is in a nutty situation where developers are building news property even though there is a recognised glut in the property market. Many of the bad loans have been given to people trying to speculate in a market that they cant afford. A lot of these bad loans are in a situation where the value of the mortgage is higher than the value of the property.
Lending is going to get tighter all over the US; as lenders tighten their belts and hope for the best. However there will still be companies who use direct mail and other direct marketing to find customers for their loans. These companies should be wary of using this method for their business acquisition. Instead they should use existing software to make sure that rather than using a shotgun blast approach they target those who truly afford it. It will be better for these companies and their existing customers in the long run .
We all hope that advent of revelations of bad loans in certain locales, unsurprisingly the Dakotas are almost bereft of bad loans, that all the honest people trying to borrow money to move house arent affected. Loan companies need to clean their act up to protect their bottom line and prevent more regulation from government. We all know what a mess that makes of things. Those government bailouts come with strings attached more likely than not.
3 commentsTardy CoTV
Welcome to the October 11, 2007 edition of carnival of the vanities. Sorry about the tardiness. The days of week sometimes escape when I am in the mist of a big writing push. It doesn’t help I am sitting in Maine where things just sort of saunter by.
Andrew Berardini presents >Andrew posted at Andrew.
Neil Feineman presents >Neil Feineman – Uber posted at Andrew.
CrankyBeach presents Listen Up, Midwestern Ignorant Hayseeds posted at Coffee with CrankyBeach.
tk presents Panhandling: if beggars can’t be choosers, why are they so picky? posted at Collecting Cats, saying, “This is an article discussing panhandling which provides links and asks for thoughts and suggestions on addressing the issue.”
Madeleine Begun Kane presents Television Nightmares posted at Mad Kane’s Humor Blog.
Aparna presents Good things about sugar posted at Beauty and Personality Grooming, saying, “Sugar has always come under flak for being a high-calorie food. Considered as taboo for the diabetics, it has also been associated with the risks of causing obesity, tooth decays, hypoglycemia and many other ailments, of which some could well be just myths.”
Lisa presents Books For Charity posted at My Thoughts, Ideas, and Rambligns.
Bree Barton presents Zeus Strikes the Penurious posted at Dante, Degreed, saying, “Hi Andrew, Hope you enjoy the post.
Thanks, Bree”
Adam Gurri presents Newspapers Relegated to the Dustbin of History posted at Sophistpundit.
GrrlScientist presents City Birds are Tougher Than Country Birds posted at Living the Scientific Life, saying, “A new study using a phylogenetically controlled, global comparison of birds species demonstrates that generalist organisms are better able to tolerate urbanization.”
GrrlScientist presents Why Do Wasps Do That? The Molecular Mechanism of Eusociality posted at Living the Scientific Life, saying, “How did eusociality in hymenoptera evolve in the first place? This piece describes some research that investigates this question.”
Michael@TSM presents Fall TSM Travel Writing Contest: Win $125! posted at Traveling Stories Magazine.
FitBuff presents 5 Perfect Food Duos: Nutrition Tips You Can Use Now posted at FitBuff.com’s Total Mind and Body Fitness Blog, saying, “A Batman and Robin-esque adventure to defeat the evil Belt-Busting Burger and Fatty McFries.”
b>Danogo presents The Ultimate Band Guide to Building a Myspace Music Community posted at Danogo.com – Discover. Inspiring . Media, saying, “A comprehensive guide for bands who want to use myspace to create a real following. Based on years of actual experience.”
GrrlScientist presents New Species of Bird Discovered in Brazil posted at Living the Scientific Life, saying, “A lovely new species of Formicivora antwren from Brazil has just been described in the literature, and the best part is that the majority of this bird’s status as a new species was argued based on its distinct vocalizations.”
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9 commentsTravel nursing
With the advent of universal and pretty cheap travel, specifically airplane travel there is a lot more mobility for professions that tend to be in demand all over the place. The demand for their services can rise or fall depending on demographics that can be caused by a housing boom or even a natural disaster whether be in the location or an influx of people en masse from another area.
A so-called travel nurse is on such type of profession. Travelling nursing can be an absolute god-send to an area that falls short of their need for competent experience nursing staff. Some countries, like the UK, have been forced to fill, with less than spectacular results, their NHS will foreign doctors when they fall short.
In the US there is a big enough market for nursing that there are enough in the system country wide to take up the slack where ever the need might be in the US. I am sure there was a great influx of nursing staff to the Houston area post-Katrina for example.
Those interested in the history of travelling nurses might be interested in this nursing history that is available online. I think many countries in the world would be envious of the flexibility of nursing care in the US.
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