6 March 2009: Weekend By The Morning News — 06 Mar 2009 GM pegs its recovery to a return to booming sales--sales that were based on an inflated market. Some 665 million Indians practice open defecation, more than half the global total. Sanitation crisis impeding India's economic growth. Examples of worse things to come during the crisis. Urban theorist speculates which cities will bounce back after the recession, which won't. The decline is worse than it was at any point during the deep recessions of the mid-1970s and of the early 1980s. Op: Washington has argued that it's too dangerous to have U.S. personnel on the ground in Gaza; it's time to swap bank transactions for face time. Brooks shares the White House's responses to his column critiquing the budget. Photo gallery from inside the White House bowling alley; pictures of scanned sandwiches. In case you missed it: Watch Jon Stewart lampoon CNBC's Rick Santelli for backing out of guest spot. Three of the world's most expensive stadiums, two in New York, are opening at the very worst time. Letters reveal that the Situationists were "the stuff of legend from the start." Mendelsohn rather favorably reviews The Kindly Ones, and the hype continues. Around TMN headquarters, we are very hyped about the Rooster on Monday. See you then!
