The picture that we have seen shows that there are far too many imponderables and links that make policy making an almost impossible task.
When the collapse of the financial system in Iceland is bound to affect several of the highstreet big names or even leave on the lurch ordinary Britons, we need to understand that the complexities we face would not change whatever government is in power.
Today, four major British banks went asking for help while the value of their shares plummeted and people became increasingly worried about the safety of the British banking system. If Lehman Brothers, Freddie Mac and Fanny Mae could go down in the United States, nothing would stop any of the major British banks from going under.
Now, what do we do? Do we panic and run for cover? If we panic, we are going to make things far worse than things actually are. So as they say in the Navy - Steady as She goes. Keep your head safely attached to your body and your feet soundly based on the ground.
Coming back to the headline - Dithering or Impotence - there is so much any government can do when everybody is shouting that the house is on fire.
Samhain? End of Summer? Halloween, ShadowFest, Martinmas, Old Hallowmass. What does it really mean?
To me and my family it means, a peaceful night dinner at home to reflect on what has transpired during the year. We look and pray on ways that we could improve as an individual and as a family in the coming year. We also set an extra plate at the table to honor our deceased family members, we also put a plate of food outside for the deceased that are wondering. We pray and reat the tarot for the family as a whole.
My children do not dress up, since they do not go out at night on this night and to not participate in "Halloween" festivities. I have tried to raise my family "wiccan". Everyone that knows me, know what path I follow as well as my family.
We have had a hard past year, with relocating and everything. It was not a surprise since before the decision was made to relocate I consulted the cards and it was a move that was necessary but very hard at the on start. This year everything will come into prespective for my family.
We are a down to earth Wiccan Family, down to the black cat as a familar.
An accidental hand brush between two men on a South Side CTA bus Sunday night led to the shooting death of a 17-year-old Chicago high school student.
The shooting interrupted a typical teenage moment -- Julian High School senior Kiyanna Salter was chatting with a friend on her cell phone when the shots rang out aboard the No. 71 bus traveling along 71st Street in Grand Crossing, said her cousin who was with her.
"The last thing she said was, 'why are you in the house,' '' said Jasmine Wilcox, 18. " . . . I ducked down. I looked up. She was lying on the floor and I was just holding her hand, telling her to wake up."
Chicago Police were checking videotape: All CTA buses are equipped with four to seven security cameras. They also were canvassing the area, but no arrests had been made as of Monday afternoon.
The cousins -- more like best friends or sisters -- were on their way home at 10 p.m. to the 11300 block of South Racine from visiting a sick aunt when the shooting happened. The bus was just coming to Cottage Grove.
The shooting was a chilling reminder to many of the 2007 fatal shooting of another Julian student -- honor student Blair Holt. He was on his way home when he was shot on the No. 103 at 103rd and Halsted.
"I was numb,'' said Ron Holt, Blair's father. "You can't pat people down [on a bus]. And look at what we get. It seems like it's the young and innocent who get killed.''
Wilcox said the argument between the two men started because one man accidently touched the hand of the other as he was getting off the bus.
There was a short exchange of threats, and she thought one displayed a handgun on the bus, Wilcox said. The other man then got of the bus and took out his own gun, firing back through the back door where the cousins were sitting.
"They're killing our kids,'' said Kiyanna's aunt, who did not want to give her name. Kiyanna stayed with her on Racine during the week so she could attend Julian. "How would they feel if it was one of their kids? You have to experience this to learn how it feels.''
Kiyanna was well-liked and had lots of friends at Julian, said family and school officials. She loved basketball and her fashion design class and planned to study medicine or to be a medical assistant.
"She was mellow,'' said Wilcox, adding that her cousin stayed mostly to herself. Kiyanna's aunt agreed -- and that's why she didn't worry about her.
"If you've got a good child and you know they're not doing anything wrong, you don't too much worry about them because you know God's got them,'' she said, tears streaming her face. "I guess it was her time to go. He just needed her. He needed her.''
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That's right...With your Thanksgiving dinner, you can have a little Kanye on the side! Mr. West is planning on pushing his album right up for a Thanksgiving release, just because he feels like it!
Kanye West's new album, 8-0-8 and Heartbreak, will hit stores on November 25th. 'Ye relayed the info on Friday in Los Angeles, during T-I's secret MySpace show at the Key Club.
It's not just the opinion polls that are looking rosy for Barack Obama in some key battleground states. Another crucial set of figures came in this week - new voter registration statistics.
The deadline for registration has just passed in much of the country and the much-vaunted Obama machine seems to be operating as smoothly as ever.
In Florida, for instance, Democratic registration gains this year are more than double those made by Republicans; in Colorado and Nevada the ratio is 4 to 1, and in North Carolina it is 6 to 1.
Of course where there is voter registration, there is also scope for voter fraud. So expect some Republican challenges over these striking figures.
But these new tallies, combined with the parlous state of the economy, leave John McCain and Sarah Palin with a mountain to climb.
It should be pointed out that getting people on the rolls is not the same thing as getting them to the polls. But as we saw during the primaries, the Obama campaign is very effective at the Get Out The Vote operation as well.
If the voters who turn out this year are much the same as the electorate in the Bush-Kerry battle in 2004, then the McCain-Palin ticket is still in with a fair chance. But if these new registration figures are a harbinger for turn-out on Nov 4, then there could be an Obama landslide.
Thinking of applying for a job with the Police, nothing to do with actual policing, just number crunching.
I have had to remove more than half of my current tasks to fit it into the tiny box given. but have half a page to talk about my respect for race and diversity
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Music's new "It" girl, Katy Perry, is on the cover of the new issue of Blender magazine.
And, we've got a juicy preview of all the HIGHlights!
Jesus Christ, Superstar: Growing up in her parent's Evangelical ministry, she says "It was kind of an island. We spoke in tongues. We knew there was this one way, and all the other ways were wrong." In Perry's house, deviled eggs were called angeled eggs. "I didn't know enough to ask my mom, ‘How come we call them that? Everybody else calls them something else.'" She's protective of her parents beliefs, even if she doesn't share them anymore: "They found God at a time when they really needed to, and I believe in the God they found. My dad would have died from one tab of Strawberry Fields (LSD) too many if he hadn't found God." Despite any religious conflicts, she's part of the family tree. "I'm still in the will," she explains. "It's just that I have more money than them now."
Breaking In: "The first time I got signed, they brought me in a room with three other girls they signed at the same time. They sat us down and said, 'Maybe one of you will ever make a record. The other three can go back to Middle America and pop out babies.'" Despite her long wait, she didn't quit: "What else was I gonna do? I'd just turn into a depressed, pill-popping disaster of a housewife." She decided to stick it out until she turned 25, but it only took until she was 23. "It was really difficult, drinking became a problem. It got out of control until I said, OK - back to work. I know I'm speaking for someone, even if it is someone silly."
Thug Life: Of her boyfriend, Gym Class Heroes front man Travis McCoy "He's thug-nificent," Perry says. "I can't believe I got a thug to commit!" "We weren't really together, it was casual. But soulless hooking up didn't seem so hot to me. I always wanted to have a romance. I said "Excuse me, I've been coming to a number of your shows in the greater Los Angeles area for quite some time now. I've been your Penny Lane long enough, and now I want to be your Grace Kelly."
She's from Santa Barbara, not The Hills: Perry's thrift-store bombshell style is a big part of her appeal - this is definitely one pop star you wouldn't get confused with the girls from The Hills. "Hellz to the f**k no! There's no comparison. No offense, but those ladies are a totally different breed. A cheeseburger's fine if you're just looking for something quick to fill you up, but there's no substitute for the filet!"
I was just going through my old word documents and disgarding any that no longer had any relevance, when I came upon this jem. It shows the supreme contempt that all of the troublemakers have have for this site. Who would have written this? I used to tell this troll that he needed medication, well judge for yourself
Last week my girlfriend went to Paris
to her parents after a monumental row between us . I had a couple of
glasses (more) of wine and I copied and pasted through laziness from
my favourite information site and got caught. Was I mad or what?
MyT was a site which I used to
aggravate, irritate and harass those who were brought up to believe
in institutions and who were lucky enough to have led an extremely
privileged life. When you are part of an organization whether it be
the army or a corporate, it’s pretty much impossible to put
yourself in the place of those who indirectly suffer from your
actions. You are too busy ‘pleasing the boss’, taking
instruction, making sure you gain recognition in order for the
rewards to follow.
The Chancellor has delivered a short statement which only serves to emphasise how chaotic the government's handling of this crisis has become. It amounted to: we're on the case, still quite a lot of details to work out, can you come back tomorrow please?
Before the markets open there will be a British banking bail-out of some kind. Let's hope it works.
But the handling of this today has been beyond appalling, in policy and presentational terms. When it is all over, reputations will have been shredded, answers will be required and there will have to be a reckoning. Otherwise we will have become a banana republic. Sorry, what's that I'm hearing from Robert Peston? The government is going to announce in the morning that we are a banana republic.
Hi, I am from Denmark and I have met an american family that changed my life.
They are teaching people in denmark what love can do whit people...that is amazing. it is a NON PROFIT organisation, and they live from generous people that donate money.
Now I am teaching whit them and would like to know if anyone here have heard about this couple, named Wayman and Susan Howard.
I would like to make a group of people that will support this family economicly through inviting people to go hunting on privat property and in that way pay the money to this family.
Hunters in Denmark would give alot of money to go hunting in the USA.
So if you have privat property and would like to support this family or just knowing more about "Love works" then write me.
Why is the current financial crisis called a crunch and not a collapse?
Most people at some stage have borrowed. It seems that worldwide, people have borrowed far too much. Many years ago, there used to be a popular saying, ‘never a lender or a borrower be'. The reasoning behind it being that if someone needed the money, they probably couldn't pay it back....
We are constantly being invited to borrow more (or were until recently) on a have now, worry about it later type lease. Sadly the worry is hitting home now, big time. Whilst the Governments here and overseas cannot be held responsible for the entire financial mess - they are responsible for allowing the processes that made it happen. If people can't afford a mortgage on one salary before one partner becomes ill, unemployed or children arrive - they are hardly likely to be able to manage after. And, that is before people borrow more for their car (s), some people like to have one in every colour! I heard an elderly man the other day say a large percentage of the problem was the greed of the people today, wanting too much too soon - maybe he had a point?
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-The Boston Red Sox defeated the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim 3-2 in Game 4 of the American League Division Series and for the third time in five years they have ended the Angels season. Boston's Jed Lowrie hit a two-out single in the bottom of the ninth off Scot Sheilds to bring Jason Bay in for the win. Red Sox starter Jon Lester was terrific again, going 7 scoreless innings. In the eighth the Angels Torii Hunter hit a two out two run single off reliever Justin Masterson to tie the score. In the ninth the Halos had a chance to go ahead with Reggie Willits on third base and Erick Aybar at the plate, Manager Mike Scioscia called for the squeeze and Aybar whiffed on his bunt, catcher Jason Varitek tagged out Willits.
-The Angels left 43 runners on base during the series.
-The Tampa Bay Rays beat the Chicago White Sox 6-2 in Game 4 to clinch their series. BJ Upton hit 2 HR's and Carlos Pena went 3 for 4 with 2 RBI's for the Rays.
-The Red Sox will travel to Tampa to start the American League Championship Series on Friday.
-The National League Championship Series starts Thursday in Philadelphia with the Phillies hosting the first two games against the Los Angeles Dodgers.
-New York Yankees closer Mariano Rivera had successful surgery on his right shoulder and is expected to resume throwing in three months.
NFL
-New Orleans Saints (2-3) Reggie Bush returned two punt returns for touchdowns and it still wasn't enough for them to beat the Minnesota Vikings (2-3). The Vikings won 30-27 in a barn burner. Adrian Peterson was held to 32 yards by the Saints D but their offense turned the ball over 4 times. The Vikings did not commit one turnover.
-Chargers RB LaDainian Tomlinson said "it's at a point where it's becoming a must win for us" when talking about this weekend's game at home against the 3-1 New England Patriots. He also said his hurt toe has hindered his play.
-The Chargers are dealing with their bruises after losing to the Miami Dolphins. QB Phillip Rivers (ribs), RB Tomlinson (toe), TE Antonio Gates (hip) guards Kris Dielman (thigh bruise) and Mike Goff (knee strain), safety Clinton Hart (strained shoulder) and fullback Mike Tolbert (sprained ankle). All of them however expect to play Sunday.
-LB Jyles Tucker (hamstring) will not play.
-The Chargers are a 6 point favorite.
-Oakland Raiders RB Justin Fargas (groin injury) practiced for the first time in three weeks. He hopes to be in the lineup against New Orleans.
-Philly RB Bryant Westbrook has two rib fractures and may miss this weekend's game at San Francisco.
-New York Giants WR Plaxico Burress returned to practice from his one game suspension for violating team rules. Burress did not apologize and said if he had to make the decision again he would do it the same way.
-New York Jets safety Eric Smith has appealed his one-game suspension for his hit on Arizona Cardinals Anquan Boldin.
-Baltimore Ravens NT Kelly Gregg will have micofracture surgery on his left knee and be placed on the injured reserve ending his season.
-Brodie Croyle (shoulder) will start at QB for the Kansas Chiefs when they play their next game against the Tennessee Titans on Oct 19th.
-Chicago Bears DT Tommie Harris returned to practice after being suspended for one game for violating team rules and is expected to play against the Atlanta Falcons.
-The Tennessee Titans have resigned QB Chris Simms.
-Former NFL RB Travis Henry was charged on trafficking cocaine between Montana and Colorado, in a Montana courtroom.
College Football
-Bruins defensive tackle Brigham Harwell dislocated one finger and sprained two others against Washington State.
-Freshmen defensive back Tony Dye will have off-season surgery on his left wrist, but he will continue to play.
-Offensive lineman Micah Reed (strained knee) and receiver Marcus Everett (dislocated toe) could be ready for Saturday's game against the Oregon Ducks.
-RB Raymond Carter (groin) and linebacker Josh Edwards (foot) are questionable.
-High school senior and Bruins QB recruit Richard Brehaut from Los Osos High of Rancho Cucamonga plans to enroll for the spring quarter giving him the chance to compete in spring practice.
-Trojan QB Mark Sanchez (knee) did not practice but seemed optimistic about playing against Arizona State Saturday. He was chosen as the PAC 10 offensive player of the week for the third time this season after his performance in the 44-10 win over Oregon.
-Middle linebacker Rey Maualuga (knee) participated in some sprints but was held out most of practice. His status is not known for the Oregon game.
-Linebacker Michael Morgan (concussion) did not practice.
-Defensive end Cameron Jordan and punter Bryan Anger of the California Golden Bears were named the defensive and special team's players of the week with after their 24-14 win over Arizona State.
-Arizona State QB Rudy Carpenter sprained his left ankle against Cal and is questionable for the SC game Saturday. He has made 36 straight starts.
-Pac 10 commissioner Tom Hansen reprimanded Stanford head coach Jim Harbaugh for criticizing officials in their loss at Notre Dame.
-The trash talking has started for the LSU-Florida game. LSU defensive lineman Ricky Jean-Francis said "If we get a good shot on (Tebow), we're going to try our best to take him out of the game."
-Virginia Tech WR Ike Whitaker has been charged with public swearing and intoxication after an incident last week.
-University of Miami linebacker Colin McCarthy (shoulder) will miss the remainder of the season.
NBA
-Stacy Elizabeth Beshear of El Segundo has been charged with stalking Los Angeles Lakers forward Luke Walton.
-The Dallas Mavericks have hired former NBA head coach Paul Westphal as the team's executive vice president of basketball operations.
-New Orleans Hornets big man Tyson Chandler sprained his right ankle against the Golden State Warriors. It's not expected to hinder him long.
NHL
-New York Islanders defenseman Chris Lee was carried off the ice on a stretcher after being checked into the boards by Florida's Rostislav Olesz.
-The Tampa Bay Lightning traded defenseman Shane O'Brien and forward Michel Oullet to the Vancouver Canucks for defenseman Lukas Krajicek and left wing Juraj Simek.
-Toronto Maple Leafs forward Ryan Hollweg has been suspended by the league for the first two games of the season. Hollweg received his third game misconduct against the St. Louis Blues which is an automatic suspension.
Tennis
-Leyton Hewitt said he will make his comeback from hip surgery at the Sydney International tournament in January. Hewitt at one time was ranked No. 1 in the world.
Breeders Cup
-The Horses in the 14 Breeders Cup races at Santa Anita Oct. 24-25 will face drug testing. Horses will be randomly selected for testing.
