Crashes in Japan, Chocolate Cities and Body Armor Brouhaha
Today's unexpected closing of the Tokyo Stock Exchange gets some commentary from Joi Ito's blog, which chronicled the raid on the Internet company Live Door (Skype's Japanese partner) and the resulting stock-selling rush that led to todays' early shutdown. Yet another example of blogging from the scene.
Cities with "flavor"
New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin is today's 15th burstiest person for his expressed desire that the new New Orleans become a "chocolate city," words he quickly backtracked. While most bloggers approach his remarks with a PC attitude one way or another, ScrappleFace at least tries to find some humor by suggesting a likely corporate sponsor.
BYO doesn't apply to body armor?
At the Soldiers for the Truth web site (today's No. 5 top link), word is that soldiers and/or their families are being told that military death benefits will not be available to soldiers who bring their own Dragon Skin body armor to the battlefield...the same kind of body armor that the Secret Service, FBI, CIA, private Iraq contractors, journalists and even the President's protective forces wear, according to Daily Kos. Bloggers wonder why the issue isn't getting more media attention...and outrage. Did someone say, "support the troops"?
Golden Globe Buzz
"Brokeback Mountain" was a clear winner at Sunday's Golden Globe awards ceremony, a recognition verified by a BlogPulse trend graph:
Posted by Sue MacDonald at January 18, 2006 12:32 PM
