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Day 08-10-08

“Sitting Pretty”

So says an A-list blogger: Pretty funny.

The Agony of defeat

Wilson (op-ed), “The Swill Is Gone,” NYT, 29 Sep ’08): In China, journalists have known of the poison milk for months, but weren’t allowed to spread the news because of the Olympics. MacLeod, “Many Chinese Doubt Food Scandals Will End,” USA Today, 7 Oct ’08: The current scandal, which involves more than one-third of China’s [...]

Offhand economic indicator

Google layoffs. Contributing factors: advertising clients looking for lower expenditures and greater efficiencies; laid-off workers spending more time smurfing the net; broadband services cut off for nonpayment.