The tidetime folklorist notes the death today of Willie Mitchell, the man who made Hi records great with stars like Al Green and Ann Peebles.
Here are a couple of Willie’s own songs:
George T. says: “The soundtrack of many good memories came to me from Willie Mitchell!”
The tidetime folklorist wonders when accountability will be called to account and not adjusted for ability.
This Week’s Platter: “Spies” by Coldplay (learning to share when you just don’t care)
This Week’s Bait: The Astro-Thermo Underwear Suit aka The Nigerian Zander Lander
And the spin goes on: We’re not adding jobs, but we’re doing better, by spring it’ll turn around!
And nothing much at all is being done about creating jobs.
The Fed doesn’t seem to know what it wants to do, fight nonexistent inflation or not fight existing unemployment.
The political system at the moment is gridlocked and is likely to remain so for the rest of this election year.
Gorilla thinks: “The claims remain the same, and no one plays the game!”
Taiwan may not want our beef, but we sure like beefing up their missile stocks!
It’s hard to understand why the Administration wants to end nuclear proliferation, or expects anyone else to join that party, while continuing to sell conventional arms to pretty much anybody we like.
In this case, we’ve managed to hit the double: cutting off one export market and pissing off the Chinese.
Gorilla asks: “What now, mad cow?”
The new Japanese finance minister wants a weaker yen!
Japan’s already slipped back into deflation and the prospects for slipping into recession have increased.
The Japanese economy continues to rely heavily on exports and hasn’t done much to open the domestic market to competition.
A weaker yen will help, just as a weaker dollar will do a lot for the US economy.
But our finance poobahs don’t like to say things that explicitly.
Gorilla says: “If only Timmy weren’t so busy playing with Lassie from Wall Street!”
