Investors buoyed by Wachovia Deal

Despite a report showing 159,000 jobs were lost in September (the biggest drop in 5 years) investors seem positive today because Wachovia was bought by Wells Fargo. This $15 million dollar deal was accomplished without assistance from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.

 

Job listings at the employment training

facility, Job Train, in Menlo Park,CA.

TODAY'S THREAD:

Is this deal proof that we don't need to bail out Wall Street? Could it be the market will adjust itself without the proposed $700 million dollar handout?

TAKE A LAUGH BREAK HERE...

Watch this "extremely funny" video and have a few good belly-laughs! We all need a break from this serious world once in a while. Have a smile!

THIS HOUSE SOLD FOR $1.75 RECENTLY!

If you want to know the story behind this nearly unbelievable deal click here.

Robber escapes in inner tube!

Click here to read about an original robbery for the books: the robber posted an online ad on Craigslist seeking 27 laborers for a landscaping job. "Why," you ask?

Because he used these men as decoys in a bank robbery. He had them waiting across the street from the bank he was going to rob. The men were told to wear blue shirts, work boots, and safety vests to apply for the job. The reason why was that the robber himself was wearing the same attire and he wanted to create some confusion for the cops.

The guy then went to a nearby river, hopped into an inner tube, and made his getaway!

Nude Sarah Palin painting is a big draw at bar

 

Bruce Elliot, whose wife owns the Old Ale House, painted this nude portrait of VP nominee Sarah Palin recently. He says he has serious political differences with her, but admits to having a crush on her!

How now busted cow?

 

This costumed Ohio woman was in an udderly insane disorderly conduct arrest recently. She got drunk and chased kids and blocked traffic in her Middletown neighborhood and had to be restrained by police.

Planes circle airport as controller sleeps!

 

Two airplanes had to circle the Greek Island of Lesbos for one-half hour while the air traffic controller slept soundly. The airport's secondary control finally took over and assisted the stressed-out pilots. Wouldn't you have loved to have been in one of those airplanes wondering if you ever were going to come down?

BREAKING NEWS you won't see in corporate media today

Giuliani's Law Firm is seeking bailout business as you read this. The Treasury could emerge with vast new power.

Click here and see what's not happening on ABC, NBC, CNN, MSNBC, FOX, etc.,al. This web site presented by The Citizens for Legitimate Government might give you pause for thought.

The NO LIE ZONE

Protestors hold signs at a HOLD SARAH PALIN ACCOUNTABLE RALLY organized by Alaskans For Truth in Anchorage on Sept.27th. The protestors demanded she uphold her promise to cooperate with the state Legislature's investigation into her firing of Public Safety Commissioner Walt Monegan.

Enter the Outer Limits with As It Stands Today

Venture into the Opinion Section of today's Times-Standard Online and find out why we have entered the Outer Limits of presidential elections.