Dews Slow Monday...

In total agreement with Jack on how slowly this day is going... Its feeling like I"ve been working for many many hours now, when in reality is has not been long at all.

Didn't help to have a string of essentially 4 days of debauchery to lead up to today though either...

No matter, on to the news:

Leading off, it never ceases to amaze me how often my home state (People's Republic of Vermont) seems to be in the headlines. Thankfully for more interesting things then the decriminalization of Marijuana this time:

Brattleboro residents will vote at town meeting on whether President George Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney should be indicted and arrested for war crimes, perjury or obstruction of justice if they ever step foot in Vermont.

The Brattleboro Select Board voted 3-2 Friday to put the controversial item on the Town Meeting Day warning.

I love the fact that Vermont still celebrates its Republic past by continuing with the tradition of "Town Meeting Day", even though the last few years have essentially been indictments of the present administration rather then the important local issues (but at least everyone gets a day off for it :) ).

No word yet as to whether President Bush, or Vice President Cheney would actually respond to such an indictment...

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Home prices continue their enormous slump, only this time its on historic levels. In what has been viewed as the most significant decline in housing costs since the Great Depression, home values have declined for the first time since "reliable records began in 1968!"

Over all, sales of previously owned single-family homes fell 13 percent in
2007, the biggest drop in a quarter-century. Last month alone, home sales dipped
2.2 percent from November, to a 4.89 million annual rate. (The group’s survey
excludes newly constructed homes.)

I think its safe to say that something momentously bad is about to happen in this already very weak economic cycle...

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Finally, this Friday begins the infamous Carnival celebration in Brazil. Thankfully I will be in Vegas to celebrate another momentous event, otherwise this sounds like one helluva party... You know its going to get a little wild when your own government is advising you to have a good time, but:

Latin America's largest country stops work and indulges in a riot of
drinking, dancing and parades accompanied by often licentious behavior.

Lula appealed in his weekly radio address for people to be careful during the
partying.

"No one needs to drink or do anything more than normal to enjoy
themselves," he said.

Truly, something that LSWTF needs to be represented at next year... Being the only one that isn't stuck in "America's Siberia" or otherwise "unable" to attend such an event, I volunteer to represent us all next year... That is all :)