wow!
Seriously, I think this guy might be me! Or at least we appear to have a similar outlook as far as getting shit done is concerned. Except for the nap thing. Might have to try that. After I look at these LOLcats…
4) Drink a coffee and take a 15 minute nap
If you’re anything like me [...]

http://www.gnn.tv…
The first thing to keep track of is that this news is being brought to us by Rupert Murdoch’s Wall Street Journal. A substantial number of his respected readership will have cashed out on this latest heist of the global economy. So it’s a joke. They’re laughing at us.
No one knows exactly how much fiat [...]

http://www.terraplexic.org…
System Failure?
Tim Stevens
All is not well in the land of the Human Terrain System, that much is apparent from the last few months.  Two recent posts illustrate well the debate that is occurring in the blogosphere with relation to the intent, conduct and ethical issues of the HTS and their employees.  Both commentators are always worth [...]

http://www.gayguidemiami.com…
Officials with President-elect Barack Obama’s transition team this week named at least seven openly gay people to transition panels assigned to review federal departments and agencies.
Three of the seven gays named to the transition panels — businessman Fred P. Hochberg, former San Francisco Supervisor Roberta Achtenberg, and labor attorney Elaine Kaplan — held high-level positions [...]

http://www.nytimes.com…
By PETER S. GOODMAN
From the Great Depression, we remember the bread lines. From the oil shocks of the 1970s, we recall lines of cars snaking from gas stations. And from our current moment, we may come to remember scenes like the one at a Long Island Wal-Mart in the dawn after Thanksgiving, when 2,000 frantic [...]

http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/reuters…
Sat Nov 29, 2:01 AM
By Jon Hemming
KABUL (Reuters) - The U.S. general commanding NATO forces in Afghanistan has ordered a merger of the office that releases news with “Psy Ops,” which deals with propaganda, a move that goes against the alliance’s policy, three officials said.

http://www.upi.com…
HAVANA, Nov. 29 (UPI) — Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and former Cuban leader Fidel Castro met in Havana Saturday, discussing further ties between the countries, officials said.

http://www.911truth.org…
UPDATE 11/29/08: A reader has kindly brought to my attention an error in my original introduction: The SFgate link provided here does not reflect the statistic, “18 veterans per DAY commit suicide.” My apologies for less than exacting journalism–please allow me to direct readers to the horse’s mouth. Please refer to this story regarding an [...]

http://rawstory.com…
RAW STORY
Published: Friday November 28, 2008
A lawmaker is upset with his state’s Department of Homeland Security for its lack of credit to a “higher power” for its work in protecting the state’s citizens.
Kentucky State Rep. Tom Riner, a Southern Baptist minister who helped establish a requirement that the federally funded agency credit God with keeping [...]

OTTAWA — Canada’s minority Conservative government, re-elected less than two months ago, could be toppled in the next few days if Prime Minister Stephen Harper doesn’t make changes to an economic statement that has all three opposition parties up in arms.
Two of the three Canadian opposition parties are negotiating to form a coalition government, which [...]