Where’s the Bank Bailout $$$? and Why Isn’t the Economy Improving?

Hello, gentle blog reader,

$700 billion allotted to bailout the banks … but what are they doing with the money?  The banks aren’t saying–we’ll have to wait until their 4th quarter reports to find out!  My personal bank, Bank of America (or is that Bane of America?), hasn’t done a thing so far–fees are still high, lending to consumers is very tight, and they keep on creating new ways to slap on fees to every transaction!

An article on CNN asks the same question about bailout accountability.

You’d think the bailout money to banks would boost the economy–but it isn’t, is it?

What a ripoff!  I think Congress should demand a full repayment from the banks, which are, in large part, responsible for the current credit crunch.

What do you think?

Bobbi

Obama in Swim Trunks–Hubba Hubba!!!

OMG, fellow blog reader:

Wait until you see Obama in swim trunks–what a hunk!   Sarah Palin cut a fine figure in a swimsuit (http://bobbiblogger.wordpress.com/2008/09/27/pitbull-in-a-swimsuit-palins-beauty-contest-piks-for-real/) but now, ladies, it’s our turn to swoon.

Take a look:

He wore down Hillary Clinton and wiped out John McCain, so we knew he had the stomach for a fight.

And this is what it looks like.

Barack Obama showed off his impressively muscled tummy and a toned pair of pecs while on holiday in Hawaii.

The U.S. president-elect is throwing down something of a challenge by being photographed in his swimming trunks.

Impressive: Barack Obama on holiday in his trunks

Wife Michelle in brighter attire

Several world leaders have tried in recent years to impress the crowds with a topless holiday shoot – with varying degrees of success.

Vladimir Putin became a sex symbol in Russia after he was pictured stripped down to the waist in the summer in Siberia.

French president Nicolas Sarkozy had a tougher time after he was snapped bare-chested in a canoe in New Hampshire.

The picture was air-brushed to make him appear more svelte.

David Cameron has tried to get in on the act, while bodyboarding in South Africa.

And Bill Clinton appeared in his trunks while in Honolulu in 1993 – but his figure wasn’t a patch on Mr Obama’s.

Mr Obama, 47, who takes office next month, is a fitness fanatic and refused to give up his daily workouts even during the heat of the campaign.

He was born in Hawaii and travels there every Christmas with his wife Michelle and daughters Malia, ten, and Sasha.

Here’s the rest of the article (and try not to gross out at the pik of Bill Clinton at the beach–he’s clearly eaten way too much at McDonald’s!):

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1100584/Commander-briefs-Obama-shows-war-chest-holiday-Hawaii.html

and here’s the New York Post’s take:

http://www.nypost.com/seven/12232008/news/politics/o__my_bod__its_beach_barack_145540.htm 

Here’s to our new hubba hubba “commander in briefs”!

Bobbi

 

Bees on Cocaine (or has an Oz Scientist Gone “Bee”serk?

Good morning, gentle blog reader,

Came across this article about an Aussie researcher who gave cocaine to some bees and then he observed how they became “high” like humans:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2008/dec/23/cocaine-bees-australia-drug-research 

Hello?!  Since when does drugging bees count as research? Is Mr. PhD next going to  pot on ants? Uppers on roaches?   

Why isn’t there a PETI (People for the Ethical Treatment of Insects) organization like PETA?

Imagine this guy starting a drug craze amongst our Insecta friends … creating colonies of insects hooked on hallucenogenic drugs.  Who knows, maybe insects would start competing with drug dealers for stashes of the stuff. Imagine coke users having to contend with swarms of coke-addicted, “high”-flying bees for a snort?

Oz’s wanna-be scientific genius tries to justify his bizarre experiments by stating that his experiements might shed some light on human genetics and drug use:

Addiction is much more complex in humans than in honeybees, said Barron, but he believes bees can provide a tool for looking at some aspects of the phenomenon, such as which genes are activated when the bee’s brain goes cold turkey.

Yeah, right, bucko.  Wonder what’s happening to the “residue” from the experiments–bet those lab techies are wiping the lab benches clean with their noses

Bobbi