Your Quick Hits for January 12, 2009

I have a feeling the people of Tok, AK could use a little global warming right about now..."Life at -78 Degrees in Alaska."

Blizzard at the Iowa Blog Cabin and all of central Iowa today.  A big thanks to Jeriann Ritter and the entire Channel 13 news team.

Positive news on the recession front - "Obama Says Recession Requires Scaling Back Promises."  Boy, I never saw that one coming.  I'm sure the Obama cultists will never catch on.

For those of you who may think I'm all rants, negativity and hatin' on Barry, here's, well, my softer side...Cute Things Falling Asleep.  Nothing but babies, kittens, little chickies and other furry woodland creatures falling asleep.  Well, what say you now?! 

And finally, here's a great story of what, in olden days, was referred to as "the free market."  There's a store in Britain called "Pound World," where everything's a pound.  Kind of like on this side of the pond where "everything's a dollar."  Well, it seems, right across the street from this store a new store opened a few months ago where "everything's 99 pence."  Seems that was enough to push "Pound World" out of business.  Now the next logical question is, "are they too big to fail?"  Well, no word yet on a possible bailout.

Oh, okay...one more for fun.  Over the weekend, Zimbabwe, that pinnacle of financial stability, began issuing a $50 billion dollar bill.  "Can't Happen Here, Right?"  Please note...this is what happens when a country just starts printing money that is backed by nothing.