My The West Wing binge has brought me to some interesting Wikipedia articles. The most recent is the page for the longest senate filibusters though using “senate” as a qualifier is a bit redundant. Of the two federal legislative bodies in the United States, the Senate is the only one with the rules permitting members to […]
Author: Carter Sage
U.S. Consumer Confidence in Q2
I’m late to the ball game on this one but I’m seeing more news about the “consumer comeback” in Q2 and I had to put something up. A 2.6% GDP growth is great and if Bloomberg is to be believed then consumer spending was a significant contributor (1.9%) to that growth. No doubt there was […]
Setting the Stage
In Aaron Sorkin’s early 2000s hit drama, The West Wing, one notices a predilection for the director to have the series’ characters conduct conversations whilst hastily moving through the West Wing of the White House. The tracking shots that accompany these dialogues allows for the viewer to feel as though they’re walking with the characters and […]
A Pressing Matter
The new series I’ve found myself taken with is The West Wing. I know it came out almost two decades ago but it’s on Netflix now. For those unaware, the show revolves around the inner machinations of the White House Senior Staff and the kooky shenanigans they get up to while assisting the POTUS. For the most […]
Stock Report: CPB – Campbell Soup Company
Key Stats for Campbell Soup Company Ticker: CPB Latest price: $53.60 Value: $16,315M Daily Volume: $85M Links: Yahoo Finance, SEC Edgar, campbellsoupcompany.com 1. What’s on the label? Campbell’s, certainly most widely known for its soup brand, is a fairly diversified food processing company, with three core businesses: 55% of CPB’s revenue stream is majorly comprised of […]
SNAP Up 2% After Report of Google Offer
Business Insider Source I am planning a more in-depth stock report later this week but this article caught my eye. If the report is accurate (and I have every reason to believe Heath is continuing his trend of precise Valley reporting) then it shows that Google is still interested in the social media game and […]
Star Wars: The Clone Wars Episode Opening Quotes
Being unemployed gives one free time to do anything. Naturally, I’m re-watching a mediocre Star Wars show on Netflix. Each episode of Star Wars: The Clone Wars opens with the John Williams’ Star Wars Theme and a short quote that serves as the episode’s motif (pictured). An example of an opening quote from the series Star Wars: The […]
Homecoming
The walls of the room were streaked with a full palette of colors, swirling about in an abstract fashion. There was a time when the room would have been described as vibrant, but now that vibrancy was tarnished. The paint was chipped and peeling in many places, and the walls had more than a few […]
Disquieting History
Today Google commemorates the 100th anniversary of the Silent Parade – a protest held in New York City as a response to the East St. Louis Riots. The Silent Parade is regarded as the second instance of demonstrations in favor of civil rights. All of that information is available on the Wikipedia page though. The […]
Intersecting
I’ve been wondering what it would be like to stand on the side of a street and hold a cardboard sign for some time. In my head, the sign always had a positive motif like at the beginning of each episode of Star Wars: The Clone Wars and it would make some people smile or nod […]