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Archives for October 2008
Score One For Common Sense
From Examiner.com: Judge dismisses blonde’s lawsuit over brown dye (BRIDGEPORT, Conn.) – A Connecticut judge has given the brush-off to a blonde woman’s lawsuit claiming L’Oreal Inc. ruined her social life when she accidentally dyed her hair brunette with one of its products. Charlotte Feeney of Stratford says she can never return to her natural […]
Newsflash: Palin E-mail Hacker Indicted
Fox News is reporting that 20-year-old David Kernell of Knoxville, Tenn., has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Knoxville for intentionally accessing without authorization the private e-mail account of Alaska governor Sarah Palin. Kernell is the son of Tenn. democratic state Rep. Mike Kernell of Memphis, he turned himself in to federal authorities […]
Poll Question: Who Won The Second Pesidential Debate?
[poll id=”8″] I’m calling it a draw… I though Sen. McCain did much better on the economy and health care than he did in the first debate. He slammed Sen. Obama on Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and challenged the assumption that is was deregulation caused the financial crisis. He completely lost me with mortgage […]
Credit Crisis: Chris Shays Comes Out Swinging At Congress
Democrats in Congress may not want to talk about their roll in causing the subprime meltdown by refusing to regulate Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac but Rep. Christopher Shays (R-Conn) does: H/T: Hot Air.
A Quick Update on the Palin E-mail Hacking Case
It’s been a few weeks since Sarah Palin’s private e-mail account was broken into and I’m sure many of you are curious about what’s happening with the case. Unfortunately, I don’t have any new information on the investigation or suspects… Michelle Malkin has confirmed the investigation is ongoing though: I talked to Justice Department spokeswoman […]
Analyzing the Polls
AJ Strata has an interesting analysis of recent polls. Note the D-R-I split on “all voters” is 43-36-28. Most polls are weighting their sample by party affiliation, not policy preference. With the Democrat Presidential Primary drawing huge crowds and lots of GOP cross-overs to fight off Obama I would not want to put my reputation […]
Finally: McCain Blasts Obama, Democrats for Fannie/Freddie Meltdown
Update: Scroll down for the video. It looks like the gloves are really off, John McCain is going to finally start talking about the economy and going after Barack Obama and Democrats for their roll in the failure of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. Our current economic crisis is a good case in point. What […]
Bush: “We don’t want to rush”
Say what??? Oh the irony… As global markets plunged, President Bush on Monday said “it’s going to take awhile” for the government’s $700 billion financial rescue plan to bolster the troubled U.S. economy. Bush said the purpose of the package was to unlock the nation’s credit freeze “to get money moving again.” But, he added: […]
Sarah Palin & Barack Obama: Tops In Spam
Secure Computing released a new report on spam trends Friday, among the reports findings, spam citing Gov. Sarah Palin topped her opponent, Sen. Joe Biden, by a ratio of 5 to 4 during the month of September. In a top-of-the-ticket comparison, spam using the name of Sen. Barack Obama easily topped the use of his […]
Rasmussen: 59% Would Vote to Replace Entire Congress
Color me unsuprised… Rasmussen has released the results of a new poll showing that 59% of voter would vote to replace the entire Congress: Congress was front and center in the national news last week and the American people were far from impressed. If they could vote to keep or replace the entire Congress, 59% […]
Atrivo/Intercage Down For The Count?
Being in the technology business this is something near and dear to my heart… It appears that Atrivo, also know as Intercage is finally down for the count. Gadi Evron has a post here. Brian Krebs has backgound here.
Note to the AP: You Can Stop Digging Now
Just when you think the Associated Press can’t sink any lower they do. The news analysis piece on Sarah Palin’s William Ayers remarks by the AP’s Douglass K. Daniel is real jaw-dropper: Analysis: Palin’s words carry racial tinge. Palin’s words avoid repulsing voters with overt racism. But is there another subtext for creating the false […]
The Credit Crisis Explained
Well there you have it.
How Bin Laden Got Away
The New York Post has and interesting article about the battle for Tora Bora in 2001 that sheds new light on how Osama Bin Laden got away. Most of the the article rehashes what I’ve read previously… That the US relied on its allies in Afghanistan and Pakistan to block his escape. What caught my […]