The Huffington Post

I'm starting to wonder if one of the major, leftist blogs have more staffers than major newspapers. Blogs such as The Huffington Post produce a wider variety of content, and as well as some gossip material. Sure, they don;t even try to be biased. Considering my paper about the decay of good journalism, it's hard for me to follow this site extensively, but i know a couple people that rely on it for their daily news.

Bush: Iraq war not over

How much longer until this isnt news?

Movie review

I found this review of the new disaster movie "The Day the Earth Stood Still," a remake starring Keanu Reeves. The reviewer, Peter Hartlaub, is more entertaining than the movie seems to be. Its not hard news, but creative, intertesting journalism.

WAS interview

This is the interview of We Are Scientists for USFtv Visionz.
I filmed it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tL5OmhqrVWY

M's trade closer for bag of magic beans.

Your Seattle Mariners traded J.J. Putz to the New York Mets last night, following the last day of the General Manager's winter meetings at the Bellagio Hotel in Las Vegas. Reliever Sean Green and outfield Jeremy Reed were also traded. In exchange for the three players, the Mariners received several sub-par players, including Franklin Gutierrez and a AA first baseman Mike Carp.

Internet Sex Blogs?

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/g/a/2008/12/11/violetblue.DTL

I'm not sure an article like this would ever find its way to print. It seems that with the advent of newspaper blogs, online newspapers are becoming more lenient concerning inappropriate material.

Call me old fashioned, but this isn’t something I would like to ready about in the Chronicle, or SFGate.com for that matter.

My bank cuts SF jobs

Here's a link to the Seattle Times article: http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2008417863_webwamu21.html

I believe it was my friend Rohan, an economics major at DePaul University in Chicago, who told me that you should always spread your money around. Don't keep all of your money in the same bank. Previously, I used Chase for my credit and Washington Mutual for my banking. Now, they're the same company: JP Morgan, Chase.

This is cause for concern for most people, if we give our money to the banks, and the banks run out of money to pay their employees, what is happening to my money?
This is also a pertinent local story because Washington Mutual has such a strong presence on the west coast. When I went to school in Chicago, it was much more difficult to find a branch to withdraw money (the one time I did, the ATM machine ate my card).

I suppose one could turn this into a personal interest story. Many different people are effected. Customers who use Washington Mutual as their primary bank. Stock-holders that have a share in WaMu. The employees.

Tough times, especially economically, mean there are a variety of profiles stories about people struggling to "make a living."

On the other hand, I suppose the people at JP Morgan, Chase are having a good time...