Monthly Archives: October 2009

Summer is winter in Rio – don’t tell the IOC It still goes into the 80s, though just gets chilly at night in August

Letterman pushed Polanski off the tabloid pages – funny how that works.

Drudge flash – Chicago is OUT in the first round. How’s that Obama thing working out?

Letterman issue – it will be interesting to see if he gets the same treatment that Bill O’Reilly got for making the mistake of giving advice to a staffer about her sex life

CIT Board votes to restructure – Reuters reported at 7:30 PM that the CIT Board has agreed on the final offer to lenders, and authorization to file bankruptcy if the lenders refuse to accept the terms of the restructuring

Obamacare & Christian Science practicioners – will they be paid? What about Scientology training to “get clear”? Aroma therapy? (Ron Reagan Jr.is having an interesting program)

GE is in discussions with Comcast about perhaps selling some or all of NBC / Telemundo

Charlie “what ACORN story?” Gibson will be hosting ABC World News Tonight from Chicago on Friday

If CIT declares bankrupty today, the U.S. Treasury stands to lose $2.3 billion (from what Paulson did while Bush was president)

Friday is FDIC bank closing day – since the FDIC is out of money, I wonder if there will be any bank shutdowns this Friday… my sense is they’ve been focused on the really tiny banks given they knew they … Continue reading →

Olympic mania – If it was any city other than Chicago, would President Obama be going to Europe to make the case for the United States?