Obama chooses Joe Biden as VP and aims  to heal party rift as Republicans seek to exploit disaffected Clinton supporters.  

Watched The Graduate again  on graveyard shift tv and was painfully reminded  of what culture is,  other  apes just wouldn't waste the energy documenting this kind of  routine sexual melodrama.

the ghost class
struggle with the  cost  of gas
and juggle next years utility bills in their sleep
walking wake

wide money worries keep  

but often lose their car keys
they know that futility kills

and the dukebox seldom plays the right tune

and that the menu never really changes 

they're normally to be found
in the earlyriser bar

of the decompression lounge

popping pills 

drinking before noon  at their machines

punching time cards

punching the air  

their moral philosophy

a simple Freudian

how much is all this shit gonna psychically cost me?

they already know how much they're down in monetrary terms  

and are  desperately trying to get  out of it  

most days of the week

or just listening to the tv

getting by 

getting through it  

with the sound off

the ad's looping 

endlessly broadcasting  

commercialised hope 

sitting  for sale

faces pressed against the cool glass
looking out on main street
with the dead fish eye of justice

damply haunting proceedings
hoping to recognize someone

a familiar spectre 

or a survivable situation 

for a while

instead of drawing figures

cold wet finger-tip wide ghostly figures  

with circle heads

and halfhearted sweeping  u smiles

in the condensation

which sweat and vanish

at their feet

The Golden Age of cheap food is over and the Agriculture Department warned US consumers Wednesday that food prices are likely to increase by 5 to 6 percent this year , the largest yearly increase since 1990 , and  by 4 percent to 5 percent inj 2009..

USDA also forecast increases this year of 9.5 percent for cereals and bakery products, a 14 percent surge for eggs and a 13.5 percent hike for fats and oils.

Last week Agriculture Secretary Ed Schafer said  he did not see any relief for food prices during the remainder of the year even though energy prices - responsible for pushing  up transport , packaging and processing costs - are dropping.

"We haven't seen those prices reflected in the finished products yet," Schafer said.

Americans spend more than $1 trillion a year on groceries, snacks, carry-out food and eating out in restaurants.