03 Feb 09 Obama on smoking in the White House : Not on these grounds …
So, Anderson Cooper of CNN AC360 asks Obama tonight if he has had a smoke since he entered the White House. BO answers, after fleeting eyes,…. “not on these grounds” … which means basically that his entire security detail has to follow him off the official 1600 Pennsylvania Drive property whenever he gets the urge?
Smoking is indeed an expensive (and risky) habit 
…
Tags: AC360, Anderson Cooper, Barack Obama, Health, Politics, smoking
16 Nov 08 Barack Obama first post-election interview on CBS 60 Minutes with Steve Kroft – Webcast !
Well, as my regular readers know, I’m a pretty big fan of CBS 60 Minutes – and tonight’s episode is no less interesting and enticing.
Once the football game is over (it’s 19:00 and the game is still on) CBS 60 Minutes will have Barack Obama (yes, that one) on the show in his first interview since winning the election. Steve Kroft is the one who is going to interview Obama and the subjects covered include:
- How Obama plans to help homeowners facing foreclosure
- What Obama thinks obout Secretary Paulson and the $700B aid package to the banking industry
- Obama and his opinion on a bailout package for the auto industry
- What Obama learned from reading Abraham Lincoln
- The challenges ahead
Since 60 minutes is a no-fluff kind of show, I expect it to be a pretty interesting episode to say the least!
CBS is a relatively tuned-in kind of news organisation, so they already have the webcast of the interview available and here it is:
Tags: Barack Obama, Politics, Television
10 Nov 08 Sears Canada Remembrance Day Sale – Lest we forget … our bottom line.
Well, apparently Sears Canada has their own way to memorialize Canadian fallen soldiers.
In a full page advertisement placed in the Metro Toronto Newspaper on page 29, Sears Canada proudly advertised a Remembrance Day only sale for tomorrow, November 11th. To make it even more alluring to forget about the 11th hour, they offer special deals for those who get into the store as fast as possible.
The advertisement and sale promotion was posted to many Canadian shopping bargain community sites, including RedFlagDeals and PriceNetwork – the reaction was swift and less than flattering. Instead of the usual discussion about what deals were really the best ones, it was overwhelmingly agreed that Sears had gone over the edge in trying to capitalise on what the marketing folks certainly saw as merely another “special event” promo opportunity.
There is, obviously, a difference in turning Halloween, Valentines and even Christmas in purely commercial opportunities… then again, perhaps this is what our extreme capitalist society (even here in Canada) has come to.
Tags: capitalism, Politics, Sears Canada Remembrance Day Sale, Shopping, War
05 Nov 08 Gobama – Obama connects with a little fan outside the SUV
Tags: Funny, Kids, obama barack, Politics
21 Oct 08 India launches Chandrayaan 1 on mission to the moon – unmanned without a bus driver…
Well, this breaking news about Chandrayaan 1 being launched in India moments from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota, Indiaago by ISRO (Indian Space Research Organisation) is kind of close to my heart. Sure, I’m German but I do have half my roots in India. So I’ve been proud, impressed (and concerned) by the domination of India in the IT marketspace (16% of the global IT outsourcing industry about 3 years ago)…
Pushing Chandrayaan 1 into space on a mission to the moon – unmanned, without the proverbial busdriver that is the unfortunate moniker often attributed to astronauts, is quite the leap forward.
The question is… how will this help India as a nation? The promise of the IT and general technology boom in India as an overall paradigm shift remains to be proven. Sure, there is more “new money” than ever, and Lamborghini Gallardos, Diablos and similar grotesque exhibits of ultra-wealth have made their way to Mumbai, Bangalore and Delhi… but what about the 99.9% of the ROI (rest of india) who still live in the worst possible situations of ubiquitous poverty ?
Tags: Chandrayaan 1, Indian Moon Mission, Indian Space Research Organisation, ISRO, Politics, Satish Dhawan Space Center, Science, Sriharikota
