06.21.09
Routed
From BBC Persian:
Fortune 40: The best stocks to retire on, or die trying
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Fortune 40: The best stocks to retire on
Isn’t it time to throw in the towel on stock picking, Fortune? How about some advice that regular people (you know… the kind that might read your magazine) could use without getting themselves in trouble?
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06.16.09
Letters from the Front
I’m just catching up with Nico Pitney’s live-blog of the ongoing protests in Iran. (Funny enough, I’m seeing him being interviewed by Rachel Maddow in a repeat of today’s show right now.)
In his 2:21PM ET entry, Nico reports a reader’s communication with family in Iran, an excerpt of which follows:
He said that probably half the stores are closed, but that unemployment is 40% anyway, so its not like protestors have anything better to do. These people are mostly young, unemployed, have poor access to higher education, and no foreseeable future prospects.
My thoughts while reading this were (in this order):
- 40% unemployment?! No wonder they’re rioting!
- It’s about time we saw some masses of young, unemployed, under-educated men in the Middle East with no future prospects fighting for the forces of good. In that respect, I guess thanks are deserved to Iran’s oppressive theocrats.
06.14.09
Howard Kurtz defends CNN on the lack of coverage in Tehran
Twitter was all aflutter yesterday with criticism of CNN for its lack of coverage of the on-going protests in Tehran (see #cnnfail and
#IranElection on Twitter, also this article from the NY Times).
Howard Kurtz, of CNN’s
Maybe CNN should have taken CNNi feed last evening. But it was middle of the night in Iran, and even journalists have to rest sometimes.
Howard Kurtz, via Twitter
If you ask me, CNN should take CNNi feed every day, all day(*).
(*) Except for the cricket scores. They can leave those out. 
