America is becoming a feudal society in which the super-rich
compete in conspicuous consumption, while the serfs struggle merely
to survive.With the real wages of American workers lower than 5
years ago, with debts at all time highs, with the prices of their
their homes under pressure, with scant opportunities left,
Americans face a dim future.
Who would have thought it? Oil at $9 per barrel. You could never
have imagined the price would fall so low.But just nine years ago
in 1998, that is exactly where oil was: $9 per barrel. It is now
trading at around 10 times that amount, and all bets are off as to
where it will end up.
WASHINGTON -- Congress is taking new whacks at the cigarette
industry, banning tobacco sales in Senate buildings and -- more
importantly -- seeking a significant federal tax increase on
cigarettes.
Did it actually happen? I went down to Clockwork with a friend, but
there wasn't much going on and it seemed *well* dodgy, so we just
went home. at Fionn Regan.
LOS ANGELES -- The tagline for Disney???s upcoming ???Enchanted???
could well be the motto for the latest push in animation: ???The
real world and the animated world collide.???
1 Space
1-Speed Bike
America is becoming a feudal society in which the super-rich compete in conspicuous consumption, while the serfs struggle merely to survive.With the real wages of American workers lower than 5 years ago, with debts at all time highs, with the prices of their their homes under pressure, with scant opportunities left, Americans face a dim future.
2 D.O.P.E.
1-Speed Bike
Who would have thought it? Oil at $9 per barrel. You could never have imagined the price would fall so low.But just nine years ago in 1998, that is exactly where oil was: $9 per barrel. It is now trading at around 10 times that amount, and all bets are off as to where it will end up.
3 Deepak Chopra and Adam Plack
1-Speed Bike
WASHINGTON -- Congress is taking new whacks at the cigarette industry, banning tobacco sales in Senate buildings and -- more importantly -- seeking a significant federal tax increase on cigarettes.
4 Chillout Moods
1-Speed Bike
Did it actually happen? I went down to Clockwork with a friend, but there wasn't much going on and it seemed *well* dodgy, so we just went home. at Fionn Regan.
5 Pavarotti and Friends
1-Speed Bike
The music giant behind Kylie Minogue and Robbie Williams has warned it will drop artists who don't work hard enough.
6 Constantinople
1-Speed Bike
Alex Rodriguez got another honor _ a nice one, just not the one he preferred. "There's definitely a huge hole in the resume.
7 Gaetane Abrial
1-Speed Bike
LOS ANGELES -- The tagline for Disney???s upcoming ???Enchanted??? could well be the motto for the latest push in animation: ???The real world and the animated world collide.???