Posts Tagged “China”
- Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama’s campaign battles in North Carolina and Indiana yesterday centered on convincing voters that there are dramatic differences between them. Clinton pictured herself as the champion of the middle class, while Obama presented an image of an agent of change, while the message they both had about the other was practically in unison–thinly-veiled contempt…
- The wedding of First Daughter Jenna Bush on Saturday near the Bush’s Texas home will be a private one–with high-tech fences and serveillance cameras plus Secret Service agents on the ground and FAA restrictions overhead to keep the uninvited miles away. It’s quite an undertaking–and all because the president has no idea how to do the Chicken Dance…
- Billionaire investor extraordinare Warren Buffet said yesterday that finanical institutions who are suffering due to their involvement in subprime mortgages don’t deserve much sympathy, adding that many of them acted with stupidity to improve their earnings. If this is you, I wouldn’t count on free lunch at the Omaha Hardee’s…
- Envoys for the Dalai Lama met with Chinese officials yesterday in the first talks between the two since protests in Tibet began. China’s president Hu Jinatao reportedly said he hoped for a "positive outcome"–which translated means one where Tibetians won’t insist on being run over by tanks…
- Dallas’ district attorney says he’s considering a mandate requiring disbarrment of any prosecutor who doesn’t reveal evidence that could help a defendant–this in the wake of over a dozen cases in that county alone where DNA evidence has exonerated those wrongly convicted . The DA has to answer only one question–how would Walker Texas Ranger handle this?
- Researchers studying how fat cells die and are replaced suggest that there may be a way to alter the process, perhaps treating obesity by killing the cells faster than they are born. This is certainly encouraging news–but personally, I think only a massive death toll will help me…
Tags: Barack Obama, China, Dalai Lama, Dallas, DNA, Hillary Clinton, Indiana, North Carolina, President Bush, subprime mortgage, Tibet
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- Executives from major US oil companies testified before Congress yesterday, saying that they know record prices are hurting the public–only it’s not their fault and their huge profits are in line with other industries. Shame on us, picking on the rich, greedy gluttons…
- Hillary Clinton, in a speech in Philadelphia, compared herself to Rocky Balboa as someone who was a fighter and not a quitter. She did leave out the part about him losing his first big fight though…
- Senate leaders have agreed to attack the national mortgage crisis with legislation that will have bipartisan backing. I guess that means they’ll be no hanging of subprime lenders…
- China’s president wants government security forces to make the Olympics a top priority, saying the nation’s international reputation is at stake. The last thing they need is the world not seeing them as ruthless and violent…
- The coroner heading up the Princess Diana inquest concluded that her butler Paul Burrell lied during testimony and was more concerned about exploiting his connection to her, but that it wasn’t a factor in determining how she died. It is a factor in determining that he’s a low-life scum who should be caught in a compromising situation with barnyard animals…
- Cuba’s new president Raul Castro has loosened controls on consumer goods, with it citizens snapping up DVD players, motorbikes and pressure cookers. They seem an odd combination of materials with which to make a boat…
Tags: 2008 Summer Olympics, China, Congress, Cuba, Hillary Clinton, Princess Diana, Raul Castro, Senate, subprime mortgage
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- The White House wants Congress to exempt Libya from a law that allows terrorism victims to seize US assets of governments responsible for the attacks. The administration doesn’t want to discourage them from helping us fight terrorism, since Muammar Gaddafi is just the kind of ally the victims of Pan Am flight 103 would want…
- Hillary Clinton said yesterday that she would have left the church that Barack Obama attends if her minister had spoken about America the way Obama’s has. The truth is that Hillary would have left because Bill would probably hit on everyone in the choir…
- Trustees for the Social Security and Medicare funds again warned that both will soon be wiped out without Congressional action. The White House responded by authorizing the bailout of investment firm Bear Stearns, believing that making sure wealthy investors that way will probably keep them off Social Security and Medicare…
- Census officials say problems with their new high-tech approach to the 2010 count could add as much as $2 billion to the cost. They feel once they get every American tattooed with a barcode, the process will go much more smoothly…
- China’s ongoing crackdown in Tibet has led French president Nicolas Sarkozy to suggest a boycott of at least the opening ceremony at the Beijing Olympics this summer. He’s just looking for an excuse to wimp out because the Olympics doesn’t have events he likes–you know, snottiness and snail-eating…
- Genealogists say that Barack Obama is a distant cousin to six US presidents including President Bush, while Hillary Clinton’s far-removed relations include Angelina Jolie, Madonna and Celine Dion. I guess that settles it–Hillary should drop out of the race and either adopt some kids, record an album, or perform in Vegas…
Tags: 2008 Summer Olympics, Angelina Jolie, Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, Celine Dion, Census, China, Congress, Hillary Clinton, Madonna, Nicolas Sarkozy, President Bush, Social Security, Tibet, White House
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- The Pentagon says that China is working on a way to limit or prevent satellite use by any perceived threat. Officials consider this a genuine threat, and believe it’s possible one day that Americans could be subjected to a complete loss of episodes of Extreme Makeover: Home Edition…
- A Democratic Congressional report says that proposed changes to Medicaid will cost the states about $50 billion in federal aid the next five years–which is four times the Bush administration estimate. I’d imagine the White House considers this another liberal ploy–simply assuming that all poor people ought to have medical care…
- Speaking of states, a new study has found that Utah, Viriginia and Washington have the most effective state governments in the nation. The primary reason–none of them are being run by former actors or wrestlers…
- Dennis Kucinich, who has twice unsuccessfully campaigned for the Democratic presidential nomination, now faces a fight for his seat in the House from an opponent painting Kucinich as too much of a celebrity. People keep thinking he played Mickey Mouse….
- A pair of back-to-back earthquakes struck about 200 miles off the Oregon coast yesterday, which thankfully caused no damage or threats of a tsunami. The downside–it was a pathetic attempt to sink California…
- A new company has a real nose for bugs–they employ a half-dozen dogs who sniff out bedbugs in hotels and apartments to make sure exterminators have done their job. So–do you check their client list for places you want to stay in or avoid?
Tags: Bush administration, China, Congress, Democrat, Dennis Kucinich, earthquake, Oregon, Pentagon, Virginia, Washington
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- Republican front-runner John McCain told reporters that "we’re doing fine" in his campaign’s efforts to rally conservatives, many of which don’t think he has the credentials or the positions necessary to be one. Just yesterday, I heard he convinced a gay pregnant woman to go home to Mexico and find a nice pro-life man…
- Users of the popular BlackBerry phone and email devices suffered a major outage, with practically everyone losing data service for about 3 hours yesterday afternoon. It sounds they all got yet another RaspBerry…
- Four men, including a Defense Department analyst and former Boeing engineer, were arrested on charges that they supplied military secrets to the Chinese government. I don’t suppose it’s their secret recipe for won ton soup…
- Despite Barack Obama’s sweep of four states over the weekend and indications that Hillary Clinton will not win again prior to March 4,. she said yesterday that she feels very good about where she is in her race for the nomination. Where exactly is that–desperately trying to eat the worm out of a bottle of mezcal?
- The Postal Service announced the price of a first-class stamp will go up a penny on May twelfth, but "Forever" stamps purchased now at current prices will still be valid after the rate hike. I just hope that "Forever" doesn’t turn out to be how long it takes to deliver mail with that stamp on it…
- New research suggests that living to age 100 is possible even for those who have suffered from heart disease or diabetes. They attribute a couple of causes to it–doctors who treat conditions in the elderly more aggressively, and nagging wives who give men a reason to outlive them…
Tags: Barack Obama, BlackBerry, China, Defense Department, Hillary Clinton, John McCain, Republican
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