July 4th Randomosity and Bikini!

• Nothing like a patriotic bikini for the 4th of July!
• $GOOG looks for Android’s growth in emerging markets.  For Google, it’s all about quantity of phones in order to sell advertising.
• How low will stocks go?  I’m not as pessimistic as that and believe we’re just in a market correction, as dire as it may seem right now. 
• So, the party yesterday went well.  I have lots of leftovers.  Now wondering what to do today.  Maybe a road trip to another bbq, or just a drive to the coast.  Debating!
• I thought I heard footsteps!  Stocks: Pursued by a Bear. "The market is near a critical point where if it loses just a few more percentage points, it's really going to collapse," said Stephen Carl, head equity trader at Williams Capital Group.
• General David Petaeus says, “We are in this to win!”  That is sooo much better than our previous strategy.  Despite mounting casualties and a stiff insurgency, Gen. Petraeus vowed the North Atlantic Treaty Organization coalition had a long-term commitment to Afghanistan and that "neither insurgents nor our partners in the region should doubt that."
• Did I mention I was watching all the Stargate SG-1 via Hulu?  In season 5!
• Joey Chestnut wins Nathan’s July 4th hot dog eating contest.  And, IMHO, the most ridiculous contest ever.  Eating competitions.  Good grief.
• Last week, Microsoft pulled the plug on the Kin cell phone just 6 weeks after launch. Nice.  Not many buyers.  So, the workers were redirected to work on Windows Phone 7. 
• Hey, if you’re feeling a bit unsettled, wondering where Joe Biden is today, he’s in Iraq celebrating with the troops!  Here’s a column from Jill Biden. 
• Are we sure states can’t declare bankruptcy?