Bavaria Boom, but Germans Feel Economic Malaise

Bavaria Boom, but Germans Feel Economic Malaise - NYTimes.com http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/25/world/europe/25germany.htm “I see how families are struggling,” said Eberhard Irlinger, administrator for Erlangen-Höchstadt, a district of about 130,000 people around the city of Erlangen. “In fact, part of the economic prosperity comes from people not getting the social security they should have. Germans are very reluctant to help other people when they have had to step back from their own demands.

The people's spy

Bradley’s gonna become a “spy” whose “espionage” consisted of making the activities of a democratic government visible to its voting population. With the New York Times publishing the fruits of his misdeeds. Some set of American prosecutorial lawyers is confronting this crooked legal hairpin right now. I feel sorry for them. http://www.webstock.org.nz/blog/2010/the-blast-shack/

An OK TV show, but a zombie let-down - The Walking Dead, Season 1

We finished watching AMC’s The Walking Dead tonight (through Amazon Video OnDemand in beard stubble HD clarity) - I wouldn’t recommend it as a super zombie show. There are a few good scenes, maybe a whole episode (the second?), but overall or suffers from being a drama instead of a zombie show. A second season, with more than 6 episodes is scheduled. As I recall, there’s new writers and some staff.