Tuesday 25 Nov 08 - PM

The State of New Jersey is Insolvent

The anti-Obama ads which never ran

Shopper clubs car jacker with frozen turkey

Total blackout in Virgin Islands due to blown transformer

Australian teens involved in fatal accident, ordered take-out as two people in other vehicle died

Venezuela gives Russian Navy a 21 gun salute upon its arrival

Thai protesters flood Bangkok Airport stopping all flights

Fifty-three people died from Cholera in Zimbabwe yesterday, raising toll to 366 dead since August

Bad day: Thief falls down a 50 ft hill with 3,000 pound ATM and ski loader, both of which he'd stolen

A Visual Guide to the Fiancial Crisis form the Big Picture blog. Worth seeing and following all the way down the page.

New $800 Billion bailout plan provides for Credit Card Debt . . . so . . . let's ask the daily question again, "When and where will it all stop?"

Google: Looking back at Wired's excellent presentation of what makes Google's new browser, Chrome, tick. If you've been thinking about giving Chrome a try, you need to read this to understand its features and benefits. I will be downloading Chrome today for a try. I'll write my own review later on the Rock Trueblood Watchworld blog which will let you know if the speed is mind blowing.

Microsoft: Ray Ozzie, the man handpicked by Gates to retool Microsoft, sees a very different Microsoft for the 21st Century. Microsoft is poised to leave the PC and go into "the cloud". Outstanding read about how Microsoft is trying to shake Google and Apple out of its head.

Smoking: 43.4 million Americans still hooked after all these years

Ocean's acidity off Pacific Northwest coast has rised 10 times faster than expected