More News From the Orient & Elsewhere

With the preceding 'gloom & doom' I wanted to put your mind at ease that our hardworking representatives in Congress are burning the midnight oil go get the budget balanced.
House Minority Leader Cafero Jr., R-Norwalk, pictured standing, far right, speaks while colleagues Rep. Barbara Lambert, D-Milford and Rep. Jack F. Hennessy, D-Bridgeport, play solitaire Monday night as the House convened to vote on a new budget. (AP) The guy sitting in the row in front of these two....he's on Facebook and the guy behind Hennessy is checking out the baseball scores. We've all been in these meetings that drag on and on...

Many Items On Sale

Even though advertising spending rose 6.5% vendors are still anxious for orders and offering some great deals on stock items. Aluminum Water Bottles are available from numerous vendors for under $4; non-woven poly pro totes are under a buck; Leed's has a bunch of stuff in clearance as does Bullet Line and Prime Line. And for something new & different:

Collapsible Water Bottles

Crown Products 24FLATFL BPA Free 24oz Flat polypropylene foldable bottle. Folds flat when empty for easy travel and storage, design is pre-printed on bottle. $2.99 @ 500 pcs

Logomark KW2300 BPA-Free 25oz PE plastic waterbottle with drinking spout, flattens for easy transport and includes a carabiner clip. $2.15 @500 pcs

Points Of Light CB2001 16oz BPA free Folds flat for storage and travel, Includes attached carabiner, Removable cap - easy to refill and clean, top rack dishwasher safe, Freezer safe $2.77 @ 500 pcs