The Short List
Thursday, March 5, 2009
The Short List: Rove, Miers to face the music
Posted by Joe Bardi on Thu, Mar 5, 2009 at 6:05 AM
If you've always wanted to watch someone beat the shit out of Will Ferrell with a baseball bat, have I got a movie for you …
- Finally, Karl Rove and Harriet Miers will testify on the record.
- Obama Administration fleshes out the details of the mortgage bailout plan.
- Chances the U.S. is headed for a Depression: One in five.
- Doctors now using waivers to prevent patients from posting about their visits online.
- Barbara Bush (the old one) goes under the knife.
- Tax laws get tougher for the wealthy, as the wealthy are now expected to pay taxes.
- Facebook battles Twitter in a fight you need your kids to explain.
- "Bucs Lose Buchanon To Lions." Was 0-16 Detroit really a better option?
- Manny signs with L.A. for $45 million. I know I feel better now.
Wednesday, March 4, 2009
The Short List: Bizkit the Sleepwalking Dog
Posted by Joe Bardi on Wed, Mar 4, 2009 at 6:05 AM
Not much to this one. Bizkit is a dog and he/she is having one intense dream. Enjoy.
- Democrats bow to lenders, revise mortgage bailout plan.
- Obama hits personal high in job approval polls.
- St. Pete police or Keystone Cops?
- The Coast Guard has called off the search for the missing NFL boaters.
- "Pakistan hunts militants after deadly cricket attack." They've weaponized crickets?
- When breaking & entering, try not to hit the air marshal's house.
- Blockbuster swears they're not filing for bankruptcy. (Which of course means they are …)
- Jimmy Fallon's a hit!
Tuesday, March 3, 2009
The Short List: Michael Steele apologizes to Rush Limbaugh
Posted by Joe Bardi on Tue, Mar 3, 2009 at 6:05 AM
Here's a compelling animation of the U.S. Airways Hudson River crash. Stay tuned for the end, where the passengers are revealed to be the cast of The Sims.
- Michael Steele apologizes to Rush, making Limbaugh the defacto leader of the Republican Party.
- R.I.P. The Dow Jones Industrial Average.
- Is this a Depression? What the hell is a "Depression," anyway?
- How dangerous and out of control was the Bush Administration?
- Where in the world is Hillary Clinton?
- "Scientists make HIV strain that can infect monkeys." What did the monkeys ever do to us?
- New iMacs today?
- The Bucs learn a thing or two about Karma.
Friday, February 27, 2009
The Short List: Obama's budget revealed
Posted by Joe Bardi on Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 6:10 AM
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- Obama takes the wraps off the budget …
- … Let's hope it goes over better than the Iraq withdrawal plan.
Thursday, February 26, 2009
The Short List: Obama puts price tag on health care
Posted by Joe Bardi on Thu, Feb 26, 2009 at 6:06 AM
Comedian Louis CK puts our current economic crisis in perspective.
- What's another $634 billion among friends?
- When it comes to their guns, Mexican drug cartels buy American.
- Pick a diet, any diet …
- The Obamas have selected the First Dog … maybe.
- Tiger Woods is frickin' incredible.
- The Arrested Development movie is a go.
- Good bye, Derrick Brooks, Warrick Dunn. Hello, rebuilding year.
- R.I.P. Philip Jose Farmer.
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
The Short List: The stock market hits 1997 levels
Posted by Joe Bardi on Tue, Feb 24, 2009 at 6:05 AM
Woo hoo! They are partying like it's 1997 down on Wall Street. I don't know about you, but I'm waiting for it to hit 1933 levels before I start my bargain hunting.
- Obama plans "a more transparent budget." I presume that means it will be printed on clear paper.
- "I have already talked to (Defense Secretary Robert) Gates about a thorough review of the helicopter situation. The helicopter I have now seems perfectly adequate to me."
Friday, February 20, 2009
The Short List: Canada loves Obama!
Posted by Joe Bardi on Fri, Feb 20, 2009 at 6:05 AM
The Canadians went wild over President Obama's first trip to their nation, his first trip out of the country since assuming the office. Have a good weekend, everyone. See you at the Oscar live blog Sunday night at 7 p.m.
- The NY Post apologizes (sort of) for that maybe-racist cartoon.
- They're still working out the details of who will qualify for the mortgage bailout.
Thursday, February 19, 2009
The Short List: Obama foreclosure plan good news for Florida?
Posted by Joe Bardi on Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 6:05 AM
This may qualify as the dumbest thing I have ever posted in this space. Yet, somehow I am charmed. Ladies and gentlemen, I present Obama's Elf.
- High hopes in Florida for Obama's foreclosure plan.
- Hillary takes it to them in Asia.
- The top Health and Human Services job may go to Gov. Kathleen Sebelius.
- Pasco County brush fire threatens to take down houses.
- Republicans sure do love the stimulus package, but only when it comes time to hand out the cash.
- Found this Esquire article titled "The worst story I ever heard." Believe it.
- The Bucs franchise ace wideout Antonio Bryant.
- Ken Griffey Jr. headed back to Seattle.
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
The Short List: Obama signs stimulus package
Posted by Joe Bardi on Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 6:00 AM
Now that the $787 billion stimulus package has been signed in to law, you may be wondering, "What's in it for me?" This video should help.
- President Obama orders 17,000 troops to Afghanistan.
- Looks like we're not going to be one big bipartisan family after all.
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
The Short List: Florida tourism numbers down
Posted by Joe Bardi on Tue, Feb 17, 2009 at 6:05 AM
Was yesterday a slow news day or what? Guess that explains how a video of a woman screaming in the Hong Kong airport because she missed her flight was the biggest story of the day.
- Florida tourism numbers fall for the first time in 7 years.
- Now that the stimulus plan is done, what's next?
