The New York Times juxtaposes these gems:
Banks are in Need of Even More Bailout Money
and
Bank Lends Little of Its Bailout Funds
Is there anyone at the wheel here? I want my $700 billion back. With interest.
Last night at George Will's house, President-Elect Obama dined with the crowned heads of conservatism. The guest list, according to The Daily Beast, included William Kristol (Weekly Standard), David Brooks (New York Times), Paul Gigot (Wall Street Journal), Larry Kudlow (CNBC's Kudlow and Company), Rich Lowry (National Review), Michael Barone (FOX and US News & World Report) and Charles Krauthammer of The Washington Post.
It's beginning to look like Obama isn't just a "liberal snob" (Michael Barone) and a "platitude salesman" (Charles Krauthammer) afterall, but rather, a man who genuinely wants to solve the deep divisions and problems in his country by embracing his enemies.
Weird, huh?
In shallower news, you can now get longer, thicker eyelashes for a mere $4 a day and a willingness to suffer various side-effects from a drug originally developed to treat glaucoma. But don't worry your pretty little head about that. Everyone knows that for women, looks matter more than health. And what could be more important than eyelashes? Well, as one Latisse marketer put it:
“I am sure that within a week of Latisse becoming available, someone will call to say ‘I am Dr. Jones in wherever, and I would like to conduct a study on eyebrows.' For a lot of women, the eyebrow is every bit as important as the eyelash.”
Four dollars a day is a bit rich for my blood. Instead of Latisse, I plan to look to Michelle Obama for my fashion cues. She has, apparently, just chosen interior designer, Michael Smith, for the White House. Smith plans to put the Obamas' penchant for "utilizing affordable brands and products" into his plans for their new home.
Why spend any money at all redecorating the First Home? It seemed a bit wasteful to me too, until I considered the problem of third-hand cooties. If I was Michelle, I'd wanna paint over every surface likely to have been touched by Dubya, too.
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