Archive for January 22nd, 2007
It’s the most depressing day of the year: cheer up!
2:53 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Health|Media · Comments Off
22 Jan 2007
Today is supposedly the most depressing day of the year. Experts have discovered that the Monday of the last full week in January is the most horrible depressing of all of our 365 days:
It has been singled out by Dr Cliff Arnall, psychologist and former tutor at Cardiff University, who has used mathematical equations to reach his verdict.He worked out that people are most likely to get the blues in the final full week of January because of the combination of bad weather, Christmas debts and broken New Year resolutions.
If indeed you are feeling especially down this Monday, maybe a few of these compelling stories will help get you through the rest of the day:
Chavez to United States: Go To Hell!
2:52 pm By Maegan La Mala · Politics|Venezuela · Comments Off
22 Jan 2007
U.S. State Department deputy spokesman Tom Casey announced that the recent increases in lawmaking powers that Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez received “have caused us some concern.”
Chavez has had enough of the United States’s ‘meddling’ in Venezuela and its affairs and has no qualms about his feelings. On a live television show, Chavez said “go to hell, gringos,” and requested that the United States mind their own business.
Oh Hugo, you’re such a charmer. Classy!
Bill Richardson announces candidacy
12:15 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Politics · Comments Off
22 Jan 2007
A while back we buzzed about the possibility of New Mexico governor Bill Richardson running for president, and wondered if the U.S. was ready for a Latino candidate. Since then, both Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama — a woman and a black man — have revealed that they will run and the same question is being asked about them. Is the U.S. ready for a woman president? An African-American president? A Latino president? Who knows, but what is clear to me is that for many of us (those of us who contemplate race and gender on regular basis) the next presidential elections have potential for being the most exciting ever.
Como se dice Wal-Mart?
9:36 am By Maegan La Mala · Marketing|Shopping · Comments Off
22 Jan 2007
Sure, the relationship between Wal-Mart and Latinos may be somewhat tainted, but The Waltons are trying to make amends.
The ever-growing Hispanic community in South Nashville, Tennessee has become so prominent that the new Wal-Mart in the area is specifically catering to them. The store’s signs come in both English and Spanish and they will even carry empanadas, tropical juices, pupusas, and other ethnic foods.
This is all part of the scary sounding strategy to ‘target’ Latinos. Wal-Mart executives say that they are proud of the store’s diversity. (Then they all paused for a moment, looked at each other, and exploded into laughter.) In all seriousness, I applaud them for making these changes and challenge them to update their other stores, because guess what? We’re not just in Nashville…
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