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Monthly Archives February 2007

Lily Allen: “Alright, Still”

I have a weakness for female singers (as in Rilo Kiley, the Cardigans, Brazilian Girls, and the Dixie Chicks, to name a very few), and for female British singers especially. So I was very pleasantly surprised to come home on Saturday night in time to catch Lily Allen (whom I had never heard of) perform [...]

Posted 05 February 2007 by Will § Observations ‡ Comments Off °

Super Bowl endorsement

The American Prospect’s Michael Tomasky alerts the internet to the one Super Bowl stat difference that matters — political contributions! According to Kos diarist teenvote, we see that Manning gave $2,000 to Bush last cycle and maxed out ($4,000) to Bob Corker in Tennessee. The only political-checkbook-opening Bear that teenvote could find happened to be [...]

Posted 02 February 2007 by Will § Observations ‡ Comments (1) °

Maximum profit, minimum wage

Congratulations to Exxon Mobil, the new world-record holder for highest corporate profits in a single calendar year! The company’s 2006 total of $39.5 billion surpassed, by $3.4 billion, the previous record, which was set by Exxon Mobil’s 2005 earnings, which one year earlier had knocked — you guessed it — Exxon Mobil’s 2004 earnings from [...]

Posted 01 February 2007 by Will § Observations ‡ Comments Off °