The bad news first: 11 December was the unhappiest day on record
so far according to Gallup-Healthways mood measure. The pollsters find
that in general, happiness is greater on the weekends and lower on
weekdays. But in 2008, the five unhappiest days perfectly coincided
with bad economic news. On 11 December, the Labor Department announced
a 26-year high in jobless claims and the auto bailout failed to pass
the Senate.
The good news? 2008 is almost over! It probably won't get too much worse this year.
More good news: Rod Blagojevich is not planning to appoint anyone to Barack Obama's senate seat, according to his lawyer.
Not an unwise move for the sullied governor of Illinois, but not a
predictable one from the man who plans to come out fighting.
Blagojevich told the press yesterday morning that he was looking
forward to more information coming out about his case that would clear
him. Given the phone calls the feds caught on tape, we ask, what
information could that possibly be? Alien body-snatching?
Sex
workers lay down to protest police indifference to their safety
yesterday in an action in Washington, DC. "Sex work is real work!"
some of their signs read.
The action fell on the fifth anniversary of the conviction of the
"Green River Killer" who killed 48 women over the course of 21 years. Sex workers and their advocates say
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