http://www.drudge.com/user/CalifChris New links and comments. en-us http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification Wordzilla/0.58 10 http://www.drudge.com/news/110880/todays-economy-why-flat-new-up http://www.newsweek.com/id/146407 "Flat is the new up" is the hot business buzzphrase for 2008...The Wall Street Journal... reported in January that "flat is the new up," helpfully adding for readers with limited powers of comprehension: 'indicating that flat pay is just as good as a bit of a rise.'" When your competition is down 20% a no downturn but stagnant bottom line for your own company begins to look like a profit. Thu, 07 Aug 2008 17:30:10 -0400 CalifChris http://www.drudge.com/news/110880/todays-economy-why-flat-new-up#discuss tag:drudge.com,2005:weblog.110880 discussion 110880 http://www.drudge.com/news/110874/internet-addiction-new-internet-patient http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/story?id=5526149&page=1 "At the height of his Internet addiction, Ben estimated that he spent at least 16 hours a day surfing the Web. 'Days would pass before I would shower, shave or eat,' .... In fact, a person who is addicted to his/her computer is going to have the same 'high' as the drug addict who is about to go see their drug dealer,' said Comacho, therapist at first in-patient facility for internet addicts.... <p> Thu, 07 Aug 2008 16:06:00 -0400 califchris http://www.drudge.com/news/110874/internet-addiction-new-internet-patient#discuss tag:drudge.com,2005:weblog.110874 discussion 110874 http://www.drudge.com/news/110828/texas-executes-mexican-killings http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/5924476.html The state of Texas defied an international court and executed Mexican citizen Jose Ernesto Medellin Tuesday for the rape and murder of two Houston teens in 1993 Houston gang rape-murders of two teenage girls. After the U.S. Supreme Court denied a stay of execution, Medellin, 33, was pronounced dead by lethal injection at 9:57 p.m., nine minutes after receiving the fatal cocktail and nearly four hours after his scheduled 6 p.m. execution. Wed, 06 Aug 2008 17:34:20 -0400 califchris http://www.drudge.com/news/110828/texas-executes-mexican-killings#discuss tag:drudge.com,2005:weblog.110828 news 110828 http://www.drudge.com/news/110745/obama-unveils-energy-plan http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/08/04/campaign.wrap/?iref=hpmostpop Calling the country's addiction to oil "one of the most dangerous and urgent threats this nation has ever faced," Barack Obama unveiled his energy plan, which includes a windfall profits tax on big oil corporations that would be used to provide a $1,000 rebate to people struggling with high energy costs. Obama also wants to create five million "green" jobs and eliminate the need for oil from the Middle East within 10 years. Tue, 05 Aug 2008 14:37:59 -0400 CalifChris http://www.drudge.com/news/110745/obama-unveils-energy-plan#discuss tag:drudge.com,2005:weblog.110745 news 110745