I enjoy City AM, the free paper daily paper (Mo-Fr) distributed in parts of London, but it is firmly aimed at bankers and others working in financial services. A couple of weeks ago most papers had headlines like i‘s (on the right below), but City AM (on the left) went the other way: Of course, [...]
This is based on the attack ad that sank Romney when he ran against Ted Kennedy in the 1994 Senate election. The new version, apparently starring the same cast of heart-broken ordinary citizens whose lives were allegedly destroyed by Romney as Gordon Gekko incarnate, has now been remade and re-released by a SuperPAC loyal to [...]
It’s morning again in America. Today, more men and women will go to work than ever before in our country’s history. With interest rates at about half the record highs of 1980, nearly 2000 families today will buy new homes, more than at any time in the past 4 years. This afternoon, 6500 young men [...]
At the end of the main evening news on Channel 4 (in the UK) there is usually a short (1 – 1½ min) 4thought.tv spot in which someone talks briefly on the week’s chosen theme. Recently the themes have been somewhat religious and a fortnight ago (Thu 5 Jan 11) Rabbi Josh Levy was addressing [...]
[The subheading made me feel better about my typos!] Diane Abbott (58), Labour MP for Hackney North & Stoke Newington since 1987, twitter @HackneyAbbott, tweeted at 12:53pm on 4 January @bimadew White people love playing “divide & rule” We should not play their game #tacticasoldascolonialism [106 bytes, 34 bytes under Twitter's 140 character limit. Tweet [...]
