Update: Kavya Shivashankar is Spelling Bee 2009 Champion Folks, two rounds of the Spelling Bee 2009 are already over. And so far, our desi kids have covered themselves with glory. As we type this post, Round Three is going on in Washington DC . There are at least 31 Desi students among the 293 contestants who […]
Many Americans (including us) on occasion get angry over the issue of H1B work visas at a time when unemployment in the U.S. is rising (11% in California now) and approaching 10% in other states. But what seems like an abstract problem at a distance becomes a disturbing tragedy at close quarters. Sad Story We […]
Barely a few weeks after the Obama administration promised to release the torture photos of detainees by the U.S. military in Iraq and Afghanistan, the administration has now gone back on its word and is trying to cover up the torture by preventing release of the nasty photos. On April 24, 2009, President Obama felt […]
What a shame. 😉 Popular classifieds site Craigslist is putting an end to its Erotic Services ads under pressure from law enforcement authorities. In its place, an Adults section will come up where the ads have to be manually approved by Craigslist staff. As all but the complete imbeciles know, those Craigslist Erotic Services ads […]
Despite all the hype, hoopla and the glitzy ads, casino cities in the U.S. like Las Vegas (NV) or Atlantic City (N.J) have little to offer other than a ring of tacky casinos with endless miles of slot machines, skimpily-clad waitresses serving drinks and cheap buffets. A few years back, we went to Atlantic City […]
U.S. Unemployment Rate hits 8.9% U.S. Unemployment Increases to 13.7 Million U.S. Unemployment – Highest in 26 Years U.S. Jobs Lost Since December 2007 – 5.7 Million All ye sophomoric American idiots, so you think outsourcing to the Indian coolies means only a bunch of programmers or a 22-year-old starving college dropout pretending to be […]