The Mars Rover, Curiosity, touches down on Mars and transmits its first signal.

GM Bursts Facebooks Bubble

GM is dropping its Facebook ad campaign for lack of advertising value.

California's New Budget Figures

"For the cameras Jerry Brown mugged,

Wealth makers leave before more taxes can be tugged,

Sorry, California, Atlas just shrugged."

- Heard on a California Radio Station

Today, a version of "The Scream" (pastel, 1895) sold to an unspecified private buyer for $119,922,500 at Sotheby's Impressionist and Modern Art auction.
That explains the screaming.

2012 - Forwarned

         The news is reporting today that the Obama campaign group has lifted a slogan from MSNBC today. The slogan is "Forward."
       Given the lack of real vetting that occurred in 2008, in 2012, you'd think the campaign would be careful about picking a slogan that lends itself so well to the situation now in 2012:

      For those who now say, "I didn't know he'd be like that" when they voted for the president, the first time, in 2012, they'll have no excuses.

It's On!

The election is on! Let's see if American Idol will have its influence on the voting public. Will people "Vote For the Worst?"

Did He Say "Lantern?"

Did I just hear Barack Obama say in a speech today that Kato was with the "Green Lantern?!" Maybe this is too much of a get-a-life-trivia moment but Kato was in the "Green Hornet" stories. For someone who's supposed to be a "pop-itician" he sure needs to get his facts straight. Maybe the heavy smoking is starting to get to him.