As if the future wasnt bleak enough, the present has become even worse. Several seismic events, a samoan new zealand earthquake and tsunami event [read about its aftereffects here], and a Sumatra Earthquake and Tsunami with all its warnings just doesnt bode well. With sealevels on the rise, isnt it hard enough already?
The time of reckoning has arrived: Washington Mutual (WaMu) Seized by Feds, Bought by JP Morgan Chase. Apparently, JP Morgan, previously known for snapping up Bear Stearns, has now taken another piece of the american pie. Its also rumored they will be moving their corporate offices to Switzerland if Obama wins the election, out of [...]
It is truly bad news: David Foster Wallace dead of suicide at age 46. GB, RIP, we will all remember the supposedly fun thing to never do again.
People seem to be saying that the GOP is responsible for the doom inflicted on The Big Easy during Hurricane Katrina. And while the editorial stance of ParanoidCulture staff is that Doom itself is completely bipartisan, the timing of Hurricane Gustav does make one wonder, in a swarm-of-locusts, frogs-from-the-sky, Great American Dustbowl kind of superstitious [...]
Recent california earthquakes have spread worries about disasters of the plate tectonic variety, but the question remains: fear the land-quake, or fear the sea-quake? Tsunamis or falling cities?
