Thursday, March 19, 2009

…3/18-09: in the rear view mirror of the car of life

48º in ABQ; 30% humidity at 6A…GAQ; warmest day of the week; when will Bill decide about the death penalty bill; Brad found tiny Hot Cross Buns, not like ‘the good old days’; vengeance vs. violence; NM family mourning death of son in AFG; more marijuana found at Gallup Point of Entry; Indian School blocked after gunshots heard in the area; woman wants house arrest because she’s pregnant?; Manny Aragon will be jailed in CO prison; teacher layoff in Carlsbad; basketball boosts state economy?; how to deal with stress during work at KOAT Job Fair; Thornburg Mortgage may file for bankruptcy; NM wants part of stimulus package to pay for additional police & security; where do you get the money to ‘dress for success’ when you are unemployed?; student made bomb threats against Alamogordo High; decision made COMCAST news: NM GOV repealed the death penalty; 11K opinions were sent to Bill, about the bill…his decision made CNN Headline News; get ready for Stargate: Universe to be filmed in NM;

Evelyn brought burritos; finished labeled Rounds before 8A; one physician told me not to call him by his first name, no need to say ‘doctor’; patient became infected with MRSA after getting circumcised; small Coding conversation with Dr. McKnight, I am the voice of reassurance; took the PM R/R, followed by Central; by midday, no more Myrna; let’s play pin the blame on the Coder; sometimes, in unity, there is defeat;


Red Flag Warning in FL panhandle; AM fog in Houston; S FL T’storm, Miami has been very dry, but wet in Orlando; man lost after falling in frozen IL lake; worst tornado in history occurred today, rated as an F-5, the Tri–State Twister; morning DC fog; Chicago showers; temps from 30s to 90s; mild in Boston; wet NW US; Iditarod close to a close, feels like – 50º;


failing Financial Planning area of AIG; 552 victories for hockey player; parrot ‘puts the ball in the basket’; AIG & the White House feel the heat, grilled about business bailout bonuses; armed guards for employees, company under FED investigation; blame linked to Treasury DEPT; prominent politicians got contributions from that INTAdd ImageL business, it knew billions were being lost by the company, rewards for bad work; are there hidden Madoff assets?; the flying car makes its debut, can transform from plane to car in thirty seconds, costs $194K; lower the risks on money market certificates; two of the CA octuplets have been discharged; actress Natasha Richardson may be brain-dead, all from a minor injury on a small ski slope, now in US HOSP: she was not wearing a helmet, the actress died late in the day, at the age of 45; another multi-vehicle accident on foggy interstate, but no serious injuries; Dunkin Donuts opened 800 stores, while other coffee stores closed, its main attraction is its doughnuts; the transitional aircraft, fits in any garage, need both a driving & flying license; in CO Springs, there is a fountain in the shape of a Stargate; bat clung to space shuttle after liftoff; truck stopped car on WV road, when its driver had a heart attack; caters to middle America; NM GOV death penalty decision making CNN news; AIG might sell its Manhattan HQ; ‘the’ Darth Vader has prostate cancer; free cut & paste option for IPhone text; AIG chief exec ‘shares our anger’, asks that those who received bonuses return the money; Bernanke knew this would take place, as early as November, 2008: it was made public in May, 2008 when AIG filed its contract to the SEC; we must ‘channel anger in a constructive way’; 298 AIG workers received $100K or more in bonuses; there is a new White House Vegetable Garden; the DOW ended up; a ‘product demonstrator’; Obama is going to Rosemead; mortgage applications on the rise; attorney for Madoff surrenders, could be charged with lying & falsifying accounts; FED GOVT buying treasury bonds;


more FED agents being sent to CA, TX & NM border with MX to battle drug cartels; oil price has dropped to $48.16 per barrel; foreign markets on the rise; gold fell to $890 an ounce; undersea volcano erupts off the coast of Tonga; the World Bank is worried that China’s economic growth is slowing down, plus the global fear of protectionism; two million people are out of work in the UK; Mosul is still at way, only 9% of that city’s population feel ‘very safe’, as unemployment reaches 80%;

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