Some media people are blaming the negative fourth quarter GDP number on Hurricane Sandy. Post Katrina growth was +1.8, but that was when Republicans were in control and everyone knows Bush made a pact with the devil.
President Obama will nominate John Brennan as head of the CIA. In an op-ed piece in today’s NY Post, Michael Walsh suggests, during the vetting process, asking Brennan why he supports drone strikes, which have killed approximately 2500, and why he is against water-boarding, which has killed no one. I’m still waiting for Springsteen or other leftist musicians to come up with protest songs titled Drone, Baby, Drone or Kill List.
Nashville repeated an episode last wherein the arch-rival divas are forced to perform together at the legendary Ryman Auditorium. Here’s a clip that shows why this is a terrific show not only dramatically but musically. From what I've read, the actors, in the case Connie Britton and Hayden Panettiere, do their own vocals. Enjoy: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BlOxk1Gzo2E
Given the high wind, I wasn't sure I'd be selling books today. Since I had to move the car for the alternate side regulation, I thought: What the heck? The sun was shining. It wasn't really that cold. And I could simply pack up and go home if conditions proved inhospitable. It looked like an unwise choice when Ol' Smokey showed and hit me up for a small loan. I expect he will be homeless soon. He's had his Medicare and Medicaid taken away. He's been received aid since 1975. I wouldn't be surprised if he'd fake his way into them back then, but he is truly a scatterbrain these days after decades of substance abuse and needs help. A young Asian woman was walking her beautiful white German Shepherd, as she does every day, and Smokey said: "Does he bite?"
"No," said the woman.
"Why not?"
The woman and I both laughed. Anyway, no sooner had he left than Lev, one of my regular customers, visited and bought four Russian CDs and a nine-disc audio book of Sherilyn Kenyon's Bad Moon Rising. Not only did he take the music without ever have heard any of the artists, he overpaid, as usual. Spasibo, sir. Later, Simon, the 85-year-old veteran, came bearing gifts, ten paperbacks. I was sad to hear he'd recently spent a week in the hospital and is scheduled for a battery of tests. Best of luck, sir.
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