| Recap of Saturday, February 23
Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama keeping up their "war on words." The fight has someone here predicting the Republicans will keep the White House and the bulls will come back to Wall Street. Charles, you say the Clinton/Obama bickering over everything from plagiarism to economic policies helps the GOP and Wall Street? Charles Payne: Obviously the down and dirty fighting going on between Obama and Clinton makes McCain look more presidential. Neil Cavuto: And by the end of the week, McCain was dealing with his own set of accusations… Charles Payne: Yeah, but at least he wasn't fighting another candidate. He was fighting a liberal, left-wing newspaper that came out with a story outta left field. Ben Stein: Wait a minute! You're calling the "New York Times" a liberal newspaper?! (laughter) Adam Lashinsky: That is what he said… Charles Payne: I know it's a news flash.
Is Homeland Security Too Focused on “Guns, Guards and Gates”?
September 11th was a brutal reminder that there are people out there who have the desire and means to kill us in a mass attack, and we have to stop them. "The best defense is a good offense", we like to say, but in this case it's a little trickier than that. We need an offense mindful of long-term gains and a defense more nuanced than smash-mouth football. "Guns, guards and gates," our bulwark against external threats, remains an essential part of our defense. Yet consider this: attacks attempted or carried out in the UK involved insiders, young Brits willing to kill their fellow citizens. It's hard to employ a simplistic "us vs. them" strategy, when "they" are living and working alongside us. To better understand this quandry, I recently caught up with Juliette Kayyem, Undersecretary of Homeland Security for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and a former adviser with the National Commission on Terrorism.
Cherry Pie Picache, Sid Lucero
The awarding ceremony of the Gawad Tanglaw at the Carlos Palanca Auditorium of the University of Perpetual Help-Las Pias last weekend officially signaled the start of the 2008 awards season for cinema excellence. Cherry Pie Picache capped the best lead actress award for her performance in the film Foster Child, beating the likes of Jaclyn Jose and Irma Adlawan. Picache, who came in a chocolate brown ensemble, dedicated her award to the real-life foster parents who inspired the making of the film. This is for them, who despite the meager income they get, make life meaningful for the children under their care, preparing them for a better life ahead. Critics have predicted that Picache will be the actress to beat in this years awards season. Last year, Picaches take on the lesbian character in the film Kaleldo was outstanding, but she lost to Gina Pareo (Kubrador) in all the award-giving bodies.
Le Roc du Nord?
There are striking parallels between the manner in which the crisis at Northern Rock unfolded and the descent into chaos at Société Générale - not least the blatant evidence of the failure of internal risk management and of external regulatory control. But there are, of course, equally obvious differences. The Newcastle-based mortgage lender was bailed out by the government to the tune of £55bn in loans and guarantees after its board, as a central strategy, endorsed an excessively high-risk loan policy and exposed the bank to the US sub-prime residential market - and ministers are now trying to engineer a private sector takeover after rejecting nationalisation, finally. SocGen is now being made ready by the hyperactive Sarkozy government, which has similarly turned away the option of state control, for takeover by a domestic rival or rivals to create an all-French mega-bank.
The Other Boleyn Girl Interview
While the story of Henry VIII and the down fall of Anne Boleyn may have been told many times first time movie director Justin Chadwick is once again bringing the Tudor period to the big screen. However a new character has been added to the story Anne's little known sister Mary, one of the King's lovers and the woman who bore him a healthy male heir. We are in the Dorchester hotel in London were actresses Scarlett Johansson and Natalie Portman and Australia actor Eric Bana, who has the role of Henry VIII, are here to promote The Other Boleyn Girl which, based on the novel by Philippa Gregory, tells of the Boleyn sisters' rivalry for the affection of the monarch and provides two strong female roles for actresses Scarlett and Natalie. .
Just a Thought - Macbook Air: The Wrong Envelope
The Macbook Air may well be the world thinnest notebook but that's not really got my juices flowing when I watched Keynote. The key word here is Wireless. While I do agree that the Air may not be exactly what consumers have been asking for, it probably will be what they're asking for 2 years from now. Let's not forget that Apple is at least a year ahead of the rest of the market on all of it's products. The same can be said for the Apple TV. While people have made comments like "That thing is just not going to sell" and "Well, why do I need one?" I tried to look to the future and predict what Apple wanted to do with this machine. Then I heard about iTunes movie rentals, YouTube and terabyte storage. Now, so much. The same idea can be applied to the Macbook Air. We can't see right now that in a few years just about everything (and I mean everything) will be wireless.
Microsoft Expands Online Services
Microsoft Corp. today plans to begin new tests of business programs offered as online services, in the latest attempt by the software giant to adapt to the changes being wrought by the Internet on the traditional software business. The Microsoft services come as Google Inc. and other companies are investing in similar services that in coming years could compete with Microsoft's products. The new offerings, called Microsoft Online Services, are an early salvo in that emerging battle. .
Booze, divorce, designer handbags
A former Georgia Tech employee, Donna Gamble, is accused of making more than $316,000 in purchases for personal use on a state-issued credit card over a five-year period ending last year. This is a prime example of why Gov. Sonny Perdue's emphasis on getting a reliable management and accountability system in state government matters. If the Tech software geeks can write spam-filter software, surely they can write software that raises red flags about unusual purchases such as, for example, designer handbags. • State Sen. David J. Shafer (R-Duluth) makes a convincing case that the Tennessee River flows through Georgia. A mapmaker's error in 1818 put 1.1 miles of Georgia into Tennessee, says he. Shafer wants a commission to precisely establish the location of the 35th parallel, the line between the two states.
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