From my work blog: Same Stock Trader Keeps Getting Himself Photographed.

This kind of stupidity is what happens when the story – money changing hands – is impossible to photograph. Money changing hands can’t reflect light back onto a camera sensor. Money changing hands doesn’t even exist in space.

See also: Pictures of price signs at gas stations.

If things really go south, that’s when we’ll get some great photos!

“Citigroup banking analysts… called the capital plan ‘a game changer,’”
- CNNMoney, 10/14/08.

“Obama camp: McCain needs ‘game-changer’ at debate”
- The Hill, 10/15/08.

“McCain must create a game-changing moment without being negative.”
– New York Magazine, 10/15/08.

“It’s officially a game changer.”
- Apple iPhone TV commercial, 10/15/08.

“They didn’t do anything game-changing.”
– Analyst talking about Apple’s new laptops, Washington Post, 10/15/08.

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Update 1:53 p.m.: That one. And with that one, this meme is played out. Over!

Do not miss Dana Milbank’s column in today’s Washington Post:

“Palin’s routine attacks on the media have begun to spill into ugliness. In Clearwater, arriving reporters were greeted with shouts and taunts by the crowd of about 3,000. Palin then went on to blame Katie Couric’s questions for her ‘less-than-successful interview with kinda mainstream media.’ At that, Palin supporters turned on reporters in the press area, waving thunder sticks and shouting abuse. Others hurled obscenities at a camera crew. One Palin supporter shouted a racial epithet at an African American sound man for a network and told him, ‘Sit down, boy.’”

Things would be swell, but for those liberal reporters and their “gotcha!” questions!

As a reminder, Sarah Palin has a degree in journalism from the University of Idaho. The more of these clips we see, the more I sense my degree in journalism depreciating.

I heard an unkind (and probably false) rumor yesterday about John McCain’s health.

First thought was: I wonder if the Obama people are behind this rumor.

Second thought was: I wonder if the Palin people are behind this rumor!

Maybe you’ve already seen the clip below. I first saw it on CNN International when I was in France. It aired Sept. 3 and went viral – Comedy Central says it has been viewed over 2.7 million times online. Public service television from The Daily Show:

Until now, I thought the Republicans were going to make this election about the military. Wrong. It’s about abortion.

(Related: I wrote a post on my work blog about photo coverage of Obama’s acceptance speech.)

Can you imagine being the poor slob who was responsible for London’s portion of the closing ceremony of the Beijing Olympics?

Beijing: We have 15,000 acrobats and $1 billion worth of fireworks. You?

London: We have a bus that turns into a hedge.