Posts Tagged “Election Day”
- A new Associated PressW poll reveals that 1 in 7 voters are either undecided or could switch allegiances–and they are more likely white, less likely liberal, and probably backed Hillary ClintonW run for the Democratic nomination. This could give her tremendous clout with a new administration–perhaps even her own White HouseW job as chief shrew and harpy…
- There was grim economic news from the Commerce Department yesterday, as they reported Thursday that personal spending in September fell by 0.3 last month–the worst decline in 4 years, and when coupled with flat results in July and August makes for the worst quarterly performance in 28 years. In other words, we aren’t buying squat–and what we are buying probably isn’t worth squat either…
 Delta Airlines announced Thursday that Northwest Airlines would become its subsidiary and would eventually merge with Delta into a single carrier–but that integration would take at least 2 years to complete. One of the toughest jobs–taping a new logo onto every one of those bags of stale pretzels…- Military whistle-blowers are likely being discouraged from ever taking action, as an investigation of the Pentagon Inspector General–the agency that supposedly protects those who report wrongdoing from being punished for it–has ruled in in favor of the military in over 90 percent of the nearly 3000 cases it reviewed the past 6 years. In many cases, it never even examined evidence supplied by whistle-blowers–which makes being one just about as appealing as drawing point duty on a suicide bomber hunt…
 An Israeli archaeologist says he has discovered a pottery shard from at least 3000 years ago, with what may be the oldest known Hebrew inscription to date–which would suggest that Biblical tales of the kingdom of DavidW may actually be based on written accounts. What’s most fascinating is what the inscription means–translation has been slow, but so far they’ve been able to decipher "Made In Japan"…- Philadelphia is abuzz with excitement today, anticipating a noonday parade featuring their World Series-champion Phillies that will likely be celebrated by a crowd in the hundreds of thousands. The city hasn’t had a big winner in 25 years, so city officials are asking fans to celebrate in a more civil manner–which probably means no cheesesteak looting…
Tags: Associated Press, Delta, economy, Election Day, Hillary Clinton, Northwest Airlines, Pentagon, World Series
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- The federal government’s quarter-trillion-dollar bank buy-in plan is being embraced by the industry as a means to get them back to the business of lending again, but many experts believe it won’t provide a quick fix to the nation’s economic problems. In my experience, depending on a bank to really help me with my problems is like hiring a shark to host a pool party…
- Wednesday’s final presidential debate between John McCain and Barack Obama may very well be McCain’s last chance to shake up a race that many polls suggest has been wrapped up by Obama. McCain’s people have suggested he may again try to connect Obama to Bill Ayers, the one-time anti-war radical who is now a professor and neighbor of Obama’s–I don’t know about you, that gets me right off worrying about the economy…
 Engineers at NASA say they know how repair the Hubble Space Telescope, and will begin a complicated remote-control fix Wednesday that will require them to wake up parts on the telescope that have been dormant for 18 years. Are we sure they’re qualified–after all, they probably have parts dormant for much longer than that…- A federal appeals court has ordered that Ohio’s election officials must establish a system to verify the eligibility of newly registered voters and make that information available to all of the state’s election boards, a victory for the state’s Republicans challenging the administration of registration policies by the Democratic secretary of state. So, the GOP is convinced the other side is trying to register ineligible pro-Obama votes, and the Dems are convinced the other side is trying to stop eligible pro-Obama voters from registering–at least they agree on something…
- Thanks to a break in Santa Ana winds, firefighters in Southern California have been able to better control 3 dangerous forest fires that have each moved closer to Los Angeles’ northwestern suburbs. The longer they can keep those arid breezes from fanning the flames, the better off they are–then again, it’s LaLa Land, and the Santa Anas are the least of their hot air problems…
 The upstart Tampa Bay Rays, who until now had never won more than 70 games a season, have pushed the mighty Boston Red Sox into an uncomfortable corner with a 13-4 rout of the defending World Series champs Tuesday–their second-straight lopsided win and the team’s third consecutive victory. The Sox have been here before, and they’ve roared back–but that was with "Manny being Manny", who’s now doing that pretty well for someone else…
Tags: Barack Obama, California, debate, Election Day, financial bailout, forest fires, Hubble Telescope, John McCain, Major League Baseball, NASA
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- Fall Out Boy has decided to postpone release of its new CD so it won’t coincide with Election Day, as the band explains in a website posting: "Six months ago, we thought it would be fun to release our album on election day but this is not the election to be cute. This is the most important election of our time…we felt as though rather than making a commentary, we were only riding the wave of the election. This seemed less and like what we intended to do and more of a gimmick"…
- Britney Spears has reportedly struck a deal with event producer AEG–but the details of when and where are still unclear. She hinted recently that she’d like to do a world tour, and her new album Circus will be out December 2–so the tour is either planned for early next year, or she’s going to a lot of trouble to establish a play date…
  Justin Timberlake and steady squeeze Jessica Biel attended an Obama rally in Las Vegas, where he told the crowd that he wasn’t there "as some dude who writes goofy songs", but rather, "Me and Jess, we’re here as Americans. We’re here as humans because this something we had to do." JT later sang Vote In A Box–an off-shoot of the wildly popular Saturday Night Live sketch song you may remember, only this version was more political and less scatological…- Tina Fey says she is done impersonating Sarah Palin after Election Day–especially if John McCain wins the election, telling TV Guide, "We’re gonna take it week by week. If she wins, I’m done. I can’t do that for four years. And by ‘I’m done,’ I mean I’m leaving Earth." Does that mean that Palin would take over on 30 Rock?
- A new autobiography by Brady Bunch star Maureen McCormick called Here’s The Story: Surviving Marcia Brady And Finding My True Voice is a frank discussion of her drug abuse as well as her romance with co-star Barry Williams. Can you imagine Alice catching Marcia and Greg making out–that would be a totally creepy threesome…
  Gossip says The Emmy Awards people are considering a new category for best reality show judge, which would certainly include Idol’s Simon Cowell–but what about David Hasselhoff from America’s Got Talent? As long as the category was Least Possible Negative Judge Ever In The History Of Judging…-
Tags: Barack Obama, Brady Bunch, Britney Spears, Election Day, Emmy, Fall Out Boy, John McCain, Justin Timberlake, Sarah Palin, Simon Cowell, Tina Fey, TV Guide
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- The stock market continued one of its worst months ever as the Dow fell 679 points Thursday, the sixth straight day of triple-digit losses–adding up to 2252 points, or a 20.8% drop. Friday’s trading appears to be continuing that trend–making my 401K about as valuable as my 10,000 shares of Enron…
- And once again, Wall Street’s troubles spread throughout the globe: European markets took substantial hits early Friday; trading was suspended in Austria and Russia; and Japan’s Nikkei Index fell nearly 10% to its lowest level in 5 years. It is ironic–for all the world’s disdain for us, they sure can’t seem to survive without us…
 The Alaska legislature has sworn itself to secrecy in reviewing an investigation of their governor, vice-presidential nominee Sarah Palin, into charges that she fired a state commissioner in order to settle a family dispute. The report, which will be made public Friday, could prove to be embarassing to Palin–which, frankly, would just be another day on the campaign trail for her…- Election officials in six states–Colorado, Indiana, Ohio, Michigan, Nevada and North Carolina–have all defended their registration procedures after a New York Times report suggested tens of thousands of eligible voters in those states were either removed from voting rolls or blocked from registering as voters. The Times report does say that it appears to have been done by mistake, and not part of intentional violations by officials or coordinated efforts by any party–much to Howard Dean’s chagrin…
 US officials are saying that the Bush administration is close to removing North Korea from a terrorism blacklist in order to restart nuclear disarmament talks with them. It seems like a smart move–the longer you look at leader Kim Jong-il, the less seriously you take everything he says…- Former Finnish president Martti Ahtisaari will receive the 2008 Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts to achieve lasting peace in Africa, Asia, Europe and the Middle East. Ahitisaari will receive his honor in Oslo, Norway December 10, where he will likely be considered as a fellow Scandinavian–which is kinda like calling somebody from Ireland a Brit…
Tags: Alaska, Election Day, Financial meltdown, Kim Jong Il, Nobel Prize, North Korea, Sarah Palin, Wall Street
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- Wall Street spent a nervous weekend preparing to deal with an administration proposal to spend nearly a trillion dollars to stop the financial industry from spinning out of control following one of the most volitale weeks in the history of the stock market. If early trading is any indication, there’s no hunter on earth that will stop this bear…
- Thanks to expanded early voting provisions and reduced restrictions on absentee voting in over half of US states, it’s likely that one-third of all general election voting will be already completed by Election Day. Why do I get the feeling that Fox News will have the election called for McCain by Halloween, based on exit polling done from the back of Postal Service vans…
- Both John McCain and Barack Obama are at work preparing for their first debate on Friday at the University Of Mississipi with decidely different strategies. Obama will spend time in Tampa to do a number of practice runs, while McCain tries desperately to convince Tina Fey to do the rest of Sarah Palin’s campaign appearances…
 For the first time since 1999, the US reclaimed golf’s Ryder Cup Sunday with a victory over Europe The win was no doubt sweeter due to it being accomplished without the still-injured Tiger Woods–the last time he was this irrelavent, he was a caddy for a putt-putt course…- In the midst of all the high-finance trials and tribulations last week, the Fed got around to granting the last two investments banks in the nation–Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs–a change in status to bank holding companies, which permits them to create commercial banks that can accept deposits and increase their resources. Great–I can’t wait to sign up for their exclusive "No-Return Federal Bailout CEO Golden Parachute Checking"…
- At Lewiston, Idaho’s Nez Perce County Fair, the annual hog calling contest was won by an ideal contestant–a woman named Jolee Bacon.
 Sometimes, just doing this job alone provides all the reward necessary…
Tags: Barack Obama, Election Day, Federal Reserve, Financial meltdown, John McCain, Ryder Cup, Tiger Woods
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