Obama's Ohio opening optimism...

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Optimism thinking the glass is half full...unfortunately it was the arena that looked half full! The NYT does its best to hide that part: they report that David Plouffe, 'a senior adviser to the president, said he was happy with the crowds at this point noting that they dwarfed those that turned out for Mr. Romney.' Pah! Plouffe! Not a good opening rally but it didn't start well when he left Michelle on the plane!

Obama's Ohio opening optimism...

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Optimism thinking the glass is half full...unfortunately it was the arena that looked half full! The NYT does its best to hide that part: they report that David Plouffe, 'a senior adviser to the president, said he was happy with the crowds at this point noting that they dwarfed those that turned out for Mr. Romney.' Pah! Plouffe! Not a good opening rally but it didn't start well when he left Michelle on the plane!

Ongoing onomatophobia...

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The words that dare not be mentioned: he who must not be named...Voldemort you ask? No.
Last night the Governor of the Bank of England Sir Mervyn King, gave the 2012 BBC Today Programme Lecture [Link] : a speech on radio by the BoE head honcho for the first time [in peacetime] since March 1939. His speech could be seen as trying to rewrite history, so too the BBC who find it very difficult - surely couldn't be bias - to write the words 'Gordon' and 'Brown' anywhere (and most certainly not mentioning his inaction losing a million jobs); mind you, the articles [one, two] are by Robert 'my-dad's-a-Labour-peer-and-I-wrote-the-book-on-Brown'* Peston (who even uses 'boom and bust' in the title! and yet still no mention of his hero**) and rely on David 'lefty-economist extraordinaire' Blanchflower so no surprises that the Beeb continue their 'news blackout' over mad Crash Gordon.



* ...your's for a penny.

** and don't forget his dodgy Balls.



 

Ongoing onomatophobia...

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The words that dare not be mentioned: he who must not be named...Voldemort you ask? No. Last night the Governor of the Bank of England Sir Mervyn King, gave the 2012 BBC Today Programme Lecture [Link] : a speech on radio by the BoE head honcho for the first time [in peacetime] since March 1939. His speech could be seen as trying to rewrite history, so too the BBC who find it very difficult - surely couldn't be bias - to write the words 'Gordon' and 'Brown' anywhere (and most certainly not mentioning his inaction losing a million jobs); mind you, the articles [one, two] are by Robert 'my-dad's-a-Labour-peer-and-I-wrote-the-book-on-Brown'* Peston (who even uses 'boom and bust' in the title! and yet still no mention of his hero**) and rely on David 'lefty-economist extraordinaire' Blanchflower so no surprises that the Beeb continue their 'news blackout' over mad Crash Gordon.

* ...your's for a penny.
** and don't forget his dodgy Balls.

 

Olympian Oen outrage...

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The Norwegian swimming champion (and World Championship gold medal holder in the 100m breaststroke) Alexander Dale Oen died yesterday in Flagstaff, Arizona after training. He was aged 26 (TWENTY SIX!). Officials said he had suffered a cardiac arrest. This is a tragedy in itself but why do the BBC decide to write what they did (click on image) in what is essentially an obit piece?



Update 11pm: it has been pointed out to me that others have reported similar things due to the fact that Dale's World Championship race win was the country's first swimming world title and came at a time when it was 'in desperate need of something to cheer for.' I still think it out of place.

Olympian Oen outrage...

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The Norwegian swimming champion (and World Championship gold medal holder in the 100m breaststroke) Alexander Dale Oen died yesterday in Flagstaff, Arizona after training. He was aged 26 (TWENTY SIX!). Officials said he had suffered a cardiac arrest. This is a tragedy in itself but why do the BBC decide to write what they did (click on image) in what is essentially an obit piece?

Update 11pm: it has been pointed out to me that others have reported similar things due to the fact that Dale's World Championship race win was the country's first swimming world title and came at a time when it was 'in desperate need of something to cheer for.' I still think it out of place.

Olympic observations...

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...and nothing to do with the Olympic Games but more the Olympic class ocean liners one of which was the mildly famous Titanic and even then not entirely about that either: "The madness of billionaires, central bankers, and Chancellors" [The Slog]: The Titanic, the Quantitative Easer, and the Austerititor System. "Sir Mervyn King has spent 96% of the Get out of Jail pot on strengthening the financial system, while Little Osborne has patched just 4% of the hole in the bottom of the pot...It really isn’t going to work is it? No, it isn't."..."But here’s the truly terrifying part: Ed Balls has an idea for another machine, the Bollockometer. It consist of his mouth emitting spittle and bollocks. That’s it."

Olympic observations...

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...and nothing to do with the Olympic Games but more the Olympic class ocean liners one of which was the mildly famous Titanic and even then not entirely about that either: "The madness of billionaires, central bankers, and Chancellors" [The Slog]: The Titanic, the Quantitative Easer, and the Austerititor System. "Sir Mervyn King has spent 96% of the Get out of Jail pot on strengthening the financial system, while Little Osborne has patched just 4% of the hole in the bottom of the pot...It really isn’t going to work is it? No, it isn't."..."But here’s the truly terrifying part: Ed Balls has an idea for another machine, the Bollockometer. It consist of his mouth emitting spittle and bollocks. That’s it."