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The London Times has a whiff of a scandal and is all over it. Apparently JP Morgan withheld $17 billion from Lehman, causing their financial crisis last month that led to their collapse. Bankruptcy hearings are underway and the details are expected to be brought up in open court. Of course, they were asked to [...]

So where the hell did this thing come from? We’re getting pretty heavy waves on the Bay and rain and wind today, but it’s not really a Tropical Storm. It hasn’t been given a name–just rain and clouds.

Taking the weekend off to relax.

CNN is leading with this breaking news. Take cover

Thailand has forced their Prime Minister to resign after he hosted a cooking show. Thai Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej has been ordered to resign after being found guilty of violating the constitution over a TV cookery show. His entire cabinet has also been ordered to step down. Snap elections will be called, and yes, he [...]

iPhone update as power is now out. Winds not much worse but enough to keep power crews indoors for now. Will start generator in an hour or so for refridge and maybe get one computer back online.

Well, this was odd. Woke up this morning after a night of rough seas to discover this little thing stuck on my seawall. Called the Coast Guard who had no reports of a missing boater, but still did a yucky hike through the water and shore to look for any other things (lifejackets, paddles, bodies). [...]

You should check out wordle.net to get an idea of what people are talking about. Visual representations of blogs and other sources. Very cool

Sparing no expense for the coronation. CNN is ready to splash out $100,000 for a NFL quality “SkyCam” that their going to use to swing in over Barrack Obama when he accepts the Democrats nomination. As if the media needs another example of sparing no expense to making Barrack Obama more king-like. And they say [...]

He’s in critical condition, if you couldn’t tell from the video.

All-American boy wins gold The LA Times is reporting that the son of a some former undocumented immigrants has won gold for the USA. Henry Cejudo was born in the US and became a citizen by birth, eventhough his parents were not ‘in status’ as they say with the immigration folks. Henry Cejudo, the son [...]

Raj Bhavsar has a nice story. He was an alternate in 2004, and when the 2008 trials came he was named alternate once again, thinking his Olympic dream was over. He almost was ready to pack it in after 2004 but some self-reflection brought him around to thinking he should try again. When Paul Hamm [...]

China, Macau and Hong Kong have come to some agreements on the proposed Hong Kong – Macau Bridge. The HK Standard is writing that the final agreements on who is going to pay what bit of the approximately $3 billion in costs has been hammered out recently. Guangdong and the central government will put 7 [...]