23 November 2008

Sunday 23 Nov 08 - AM - Sweet Mother of Satan, Worst year for stocks since 1931, Chaos in Congo, Viagra to banned in Sports?

Photo #4 out of 39: Children who have been abandoned or orphaned by war eat dinner at the Don Bosco center in Goma in eastern Congo, November 20, 2008. Fighting in eastern Congo has displaced hundreds of thousands of civilians in recent weeks, with 1,519 people taking shelter in the Don Bosco school compound. There were 89 children with no parents among them. (REUTERS/Finbarr O'Reilly)
(Photo #13 out of 39: Government soldiers transport looted goods on a wooden scooter after a day of fighting in the village of Kayna in eastern Congo, November 18, 2008. Demoralised Congolese government troops, retreating before eastern rebels, clashed on Tuesday with their own local militia allies who tried to make them stand and fight after the armed forces chief was replaced. (REUTERS/Finbarr O'Reilly))






Rock Trueblood asks, "Will 2008 be the worst year in the stock market since 1931?" Click on graphs above for larger image, courtesy of NYT.




Wall Street: What was hot last week. What was not. Courtesy of the Wall Street Journal online. Click here.

NCAA Football: Number 5 Oklahoma decimates No. 2 Texas Tech 65-21. Open this link for a capsule of all the scores from yesterday's action

Privacy: Verizon fires workers who snooped into Obama's call records

Florida: Losses at Thrifts spike ever upward

Terrorism: NBC obtains videotape of 9/11 terrorist being coached by al-Qaeda Shows a reluctant terrorist, scripted jihadism

Global Economy: IMF's chief economist says the worst is yet to come Says turnaround won't come until 2010

Wall Street: Famous 94 year old investor, Saul Glickenhaus, is buying stocks now. Says stock market has been discounted too much.

Health: Americans strongly support healthcare reform

Pakistan: 100 people demonstrate against the US killings of foreign born militants in the lawless Western part of Pakistan.

Seattle: Shooter kills one, injures one at shopping mall. Both vics were in their 20s. Gang related?

Family Values: West Virginia's "Sweet Mother of Satan"

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