- Are you a parent worried about telling your kids that thanks to the poor economy they can’t get the Tickle-me-Elmo or whatever the hell kids want these days? Just have Santa do it. Really. It makes sense I guess. The kids will never see the department store St. Nick again. Plus parents could feed Santa a list and turn Christmas into an opportunity to have a third party tell their kids all the ways they have disappointed them over the past year.
- Tiger Woods update: He’s going to skip his own tournament because of his injuries.
- John Harris with The Politico has a look at the seven stories from Obama’s first year that he hopes you’ll forget by 2012. The funniest may be Obama’s obsession with Obama, but I don’t think that would actually cost him any votes.
- As if the songs about President Obama weren’t bad enough, now kids are singing songs about Global Warming in school.
- Speaking of Global Warming, remember how it was going to create a Katrina every year? Well the hurricane season just ended and it was one of the calmest in nearly 20 years.
- It looks like President Obama will have to have another talk with the CBO: They’ve released a report that says individual insurance premiums would increase by an average of 10% or more.
- Is the recession fuelling office gossip? A survey indicates that people are passing around malicious gossip in an attempt to get their co-workers to the top of the layoff list instead of themselves.
- The poor economy is forcing some honor graduates into community college. It’s kind of like Good Will Hunting, except instead of a janitor being surrounded by smart people you have the smart people in classes with Cletus The Slack-Jawed Yokel.
- Remember when President Obama said that the critics would be silenced when the New York jurors hand the 9/11 terrorists the death penalty? Well legal scholars say that its highly unlikely that’ll happen. Federal juries don’t like to do that in most cases, especially when the defendant is in a big hurry to be a martyr.
- The Bears love affair with Jay Cutler looks to be a thing of the past. Brian Urlacher says that he doesn’t like the teams new identity, and seems to miss the good old days of Kyle Orton.
- Is Sarah Palin racist or folksy? The former Alaska governor and noted half-race runner posted a letter from a 95 year old man calling Obama “son.”
- It’s that time of year again: The 12 days of Christmas would cost you $87,403 in 2009. Those Lords don’t go a-leapin’ just for the fun of it, ya know.
Friday September 10th 2010

