Live tsunami coverage from local Hawaii TV stations: http://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/ … http://www.khon2.com/ … http://www.kitv.com/
CNN Breaking News — Sirens sound across Hawaii, warning of possible tsunami and signaling people in coastal areas to evacuate.
To put it in perspective, the 8.8 earthquake in Chile this morning is roughly **175 times** more powerful than the 7.0 earthquake in Haiti last month. … UPDATE/CORRECTION: Make that 500 times stronger.
CNN Breaking News — Chile earthquake now listed as magnitude 8.8. Tsunami wave as high as 9 feet has been recorded.
CNN Breaking News — A 8.5-magnitude earthquake occurred early Saturday near Concepcion, Chile, the U.S. Geological Survey said.
It’s George Wallace’s GOP Now: http://bit.ly/cwPt3z. (And *not* for the reasons you think — this is not an article about race.)
So, this is a mildly interesting story:
Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the head of the International Monetary Fund, suggested Friday the organization might one day be called on to provide countries with a global reserve currency that would serve as an alternative to the U.S. dollar.
“That day has not yet come, but I think it is intellectually healthy to explore these kinds of ideas now,” he said in a speech on the future mandate of the 186-nation Washington-based lending organization.
Well, that’s a lot of hedging, so while it’s an intriguing little story, with potentially large but extremely uncertain implications for the future, surely no one will run with it to misleadingly suggest that anything is imminent, or already decided, or that any definite statements have been made, or…
AAAAAHHH!!!!! THE DOLLAR IS DEAD!!!!! THE NEW WORLD ORDER HAS ARRIVED!!!!! OBAMA HAS BROUGHT ABOUT THE END OF THE AGE OF AMERICAN DOMINANCE!!!!! EVERYBODY PANIC!!!!!!!!!!!!
Heh.
P.S. Remember how Gandalf said Gollum “hates and loves the Ring”? I sort of feel that way about Matt Drudge.
RT @richarddeitsch NBC just announced the Olympic gold medal hockey game will be broadcast live in all time zones on NBC Sunday at 3 pm ET.
