StupidiNews!

• Both Isaac Hayes and Bernie Mac passed away over the weekend. The world's just a bit dimmer for it.
• Missouri has picked the President correctly since 1960 and 25 of the last 26 elections as the battleground state, and the key to Missouri -- and possibly the Presidency -- is Springfield and Greene County. My friends there say of course it could go either way, naturally...
  
• The second night of the DNC Convention is officially Hillary Night. But will that be enough for her?
• Many big financial players are concerned that the dollar's recent gains will be short lived, and may be totally erased by October. Considering the US jobless numbers and consumer spending numbers are dismal, a lot of smart people believe things will be worse for the rest of the year and into 2009, including myself. Enjoy gas at $3.75 or so while it lasts...
• ...because OPEC nations took in as much in the first six months of 2008 as they did in all of 2007. Oh, and the Georgian conflict is causing oil to jump.