Standing athwart history yelling, "Slow down, you'll hit a young mother crossing the street on her way to the organic co-op with her dual-child stroller!"

Monday, August 4, 2008

NY Times Front Page - Monday, August 4th, 2008

Housing Lenders Fear Bigger Wave of Loan Defaults

Apparently, the hip trend of not paying your mortgage is spreading from the lower rung of borrowers (and the occasional Congresswoman) to a higher class of home "owner." I wonder if this has any correlation to the newly discovered idea that you no longer have to really "pay" your mortgage, merely hang around long enough until the government forces everyone else to pay your mortgage for you. Thanks, Government!

Ragtag Taliban Show Tenacity in Afghanistan

Oh, those international terrorists, they're just so darned scrappy! If there was a Sixth Man of the Year Award for murderers, I'd give it to the Taliban in Afghanistan. They're doing a helluva job coming off the bench this year, after everyone counted them out, so much attention was focused on those big name guys in Iraq, so much hype, but these guys in Afghanistan just won't give up! They're doing all the little things, selling opium, blowing up wedding parties, grabbing offensive rebounds, beheading children, all those things that those high-paid boys up in Iraq just won't do anymore! Gotta love the hustle!

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