03-10-09
- It's not who votes that matters, but who counts the votes:
- Brad Friedman: A draft summary of what I see as the most important, most doable, federal election reform priorities for 2009 (bradblog) -- If Obama does not fix the electoral system before 2012, I predict the lying, conservative-owned corporate media, together with the failed economy, will have turned enough Democrat votes away from Obama to make it easy for Republicons to yet again steal another presidential election. Democrats seem dumb as logs about this problem, but it will bite them and the nation again if they don't fix it while they have the power.
- The Great Economic Shakedown:
- Olbermann: Blame for economic crisis goes beyond Washington (youtube) "Olbermann places the blame for the economic downturn past President Barack Obama and President Bush to the Wall Street executives who paid politicians and brought deregulation."
- Market Up 5.8% Today Because It Was Deeply Oversold, But Roubini Says S&P 500 May Drop to 600 OR LOWER This Year as Profits Fall (bloomnerg) "A level of '500 is less likely, but there is some possibility you get there.' . . . The global economy is likely to shrink for the first time since World War II and trade will decline by the most in 80 years, the World Bank said yesterday."
- Horsehead and Orion Nebulae (apod)
- Worm Moon (spaceweather) "Tonight's full Moon has a special name--the Worm Moon. It signals the coming of northern spring, a thawing of the soil, and the first stirrings of earthworms in long-dormant gardens. Step outside tonight and behold the wakening landscape. 'Worm moonlight' is prettier than it sounds."
