The Short List — Wed., July 2
July 2nd, 2008 by Joe Bardi in Presidential Politics, The Morning PapersHere’s your first look at the new, unfortunately-titled Bond movie, Quantum of Solace:
- Starbucks to ax 600 stores in the U.S.
- A blogger outs the Supreme Court for basing their no-death-penalty-for-child-rapists decision on an error.
- Obama to defeat McCain — it’s written in the stars.
- Forget music, today’s college kids are file-sharing their textbooks. You want to guess who’s unhappy about that?
- J.P. Morgan Chase broke into and emptied a house that the bank though was in foreclosure. It wasn’t.
- 10 reasons to not be so glum about surging gas prices.
- A lost 1964 Lennon/McCartney interview turns up in a damp London garage.
- Rays win again.
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July 2nd, 2008 at 3:37 pm
The 10 reasons to like $4 gas was interesting, but I disagree with reason no. 10. Less obesity? Are you kidding me? Expensive gas isn’t doing anything for obesity. All $4 gas means is that people are buying two containers of ice cream when they go to the grocery store instead of just one. They’re stockpiling in order to save an extra trip to the store. Those who are obese are not going to begin a healthy lifestyle because of $4 gas. They’ll begin a healthy lifestyle if they choose to and want to feel better about themselves.