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What Else Is New? Economy Slumps, Oil Profits Surge

Aug 1, 2008
Despite the massive federal stimulus package, national GDP only grew 1.9 percent from April to June, the Commerce Department has announced, and it actually shrank in the last quarter of 2007. Meanwhile, high gas prices, supposedly reflecting costs, spiked profits of oil companies, with Exxon recording its most profitable quarter ever. In fact, reports the NYT, "It was the highest quarterly profit ever for any American company, as Exxon made nearly $90,000 a minute."

Israeli Girls Write Messages on Lebanon-Bound Shells

Jul 19, 2006
A nauseating sign of the times: Preteen Israeli girls at a heavy artillery position in northern Israel are photographed apparently gleefully scrawling their names and other inscriptions on shells destined to be dropped on Lebanon. One reads "Nazrala with love" -- a reference to Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasarallah. (h/t: Zak Brown) We find it disgusting whenever the ordnance of ANY country bears these kinds of messages. But to see children doing the writing is almost beyond the pale.