Week 8 NFL Picks

2006-10-29 Thread John D. Giorgis
It doesn't get much worse than it was last week for me, a woeful 5-8 on the picks..I am nothing, however, if not persistent... Jacksonville at Philadelphia - The Eagles have lost two in a row, their second and third losses of the season on the last play of the game. With the Jaguars playing

Bill Amend does political humor?

2006-10-29 Thread Jim Sharkey
I love Foxtrot; it's the geekiest newspaper strip out there. But today's (10/29) strip takes a different approach: http://www.gocomics.com/foxtrot/ I thought it was a pretty good commentary on American politics right now, and some of you might be alternately amused and scared by it. Jim

Are You Ready For Some (Political) Football?

2006-10-29 Thread Robert G. Seeberger
http://mysite.verizon.net/kamaris2/ (All the appropriate hyperlinks are on the site) Why the Elections Matter, A Football Translation OK, all you undecideds, listen up. The World Series is over, and maybe you can pay a little attention to another national pastime, the upcoming midterm

The Stern Review

2006-10-29 Thread William T Goodall
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/6096594.stm The Stern Review says that climate change represents the greatest and widest-ranging market failure ever seen. And on the basis of this intellectually rigorous and thorough report, it is hard to disagree. Sir Nicholas Stern, a distinguished