Triathalon was up first, and they decided to perform in drag. Really bad drag, as you can see in the photos. Their surf rock sound worked just fine in their stripped down, quiet delivery.
Should the Obama administration have pushed for an even larger stimulus package? It would have helped the economy in the short run but it would have created even more debt.
Could the Obama administration have gotten a larger package through Congress if their numbers had been more accurate from the beginning? I kind of doubt it.
Should the Obama administration have not pushed for a stimulus package at all and just let the economy keep spiraling downward?
New home sales ticked up today, but you can see on the great graph here by Calculated Risk that sales also ticked up back at the end of 2009 and in spring of 2010 — just before the twin expiration dates of the homebuyer tax credit. And when I say “ticked up”, that’s what I mean: the policy was completely inadequate given the massive scale of the decline in new home sales.
I’ve written routinely about the inane ban on legal adults aged 18-20 from entering bars that offer live entertainment. Many cities across the state, including Statesboro and Athens, have simple systems for keeping 18-20 year olds from drinking: an X on each hand so that any drinking is obvious to bar staff.
Some interesting news — and grim news for states including Michigan and Georgia — from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York about the number of REO loans nationally and per state. (REO = Real Estate Owned, i.e. properties now…
Just a note to those hoping to launch new ventures on the weekend closest to Halloween and to those hoping to get exhaustive press coverage even though they’re up against a huge array of other offerings: there are 51 other weekends during the year that you might want to consider.
I’m thrilled to hear that this mountain is headed back to The Jinx on December 1st, and I just hope they have the same kind of crowd that they had last time.
We probably won’t know which student-made bumpers will be played before screenings at the upcoming Savannah Film Festival until a week from now, but lots of links have been crossing my desk(top).
The great rock trio Les Racquet was hanging around Savannah for a while over the winter — playing gigs at the Tybee Island Social Club and at Live Wire. They first came through the area and quickly won some hardcore fans on their first trip last year.
