Here are a few newsworthy items that I missed because I was a bit lackluster and slept 20 hours of every 24 hour stretch (exaggeration, but bear with me, it truly felt like I was disconnected from the modern world…and don’t get me started on my trippy dreams).
1) The oil cap didn’t work. Rats. I had high hopes for that one. I wonder how great of an idea it is to now use old shredded tires and golf ball trash. Instead of just having people throw that mess in the ocean without organization, they’ll have them come drop it off somewhere in the vicinity of the oil spill. Put those Duke Nukem’s and Hoggish Greedly’s powers to proper use. Where is Captain Planet when you need him most?
2) The DOW Jones dropped more than 1,000 points due to a clerical error. Who could have thought that with all this innovation and computerization of actions that something like this could occur? What a domino effect! That would have been exhilarating to watch all the talking heads just staring at the boards not being able to financially interpret what the heck just happened and who done it? It was a veritable Clues board with everyone a prime suspect from the trader to the traded. Glad it shifted itself out though, could have been a much bigger to-do if it hadn’t!
3) There’s a $1 trillion rescue fund being put into motion for struggling European Union countries. Let’s see what the long-running implications of that action will be. The Euro will gain strength against the dollar, no doubt. People around the world will hold more financial faith in the Euro and in the countries that were formerly failing due to overwhelming debt.
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