Last week Obama took a first step towards
friendship with Cuba by reinstating diplomatic ties with the country.
Immediately the world broke into song and dance, but Congress is advising
everyone ‘not to break out the BFF necklaces just yet’ because they might block
a full lifting of the embargo, prohibiting most travel, tourism and trade. The
Cuban government wishes to remind everyone that, ‘We still definitely 
Communism.”
Communism.”
Sony Pictures made some comedy about a plan to assassinate North
Korean dictator, Kim Jong Un. This made N. Korea angry so they (allegedly) hacked into Sony pictures,
sent death threats, and claim the U.S. government produced the film. Then North Korea lost internet access and everyone
is wondering if the U.S. shut it down. Washington is weighing its overall
response to the hacking, conflicted between evidence incriminating N. Korea and
astonishment that the country has internet access.
Falling gas prices have drivers everywhere in a panicked
tizzy of road trips and SUV purchases. It seems a principal reason for the
decline is Saudi Arabia’s decision not
to limit production in order to drive prices up again. Oil producers with troubled
economies say everyone is conspiring to bankrupt them with cheap gas. American
consumers are mainly concerned with the big picture, chronicling each cent
by cent price drop with informative Facebook posts.
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