Posts Tagged “Florida”
- Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton split wins as expected in Oregon and Kentucky, leaving Obama needing less than 100 delegates to win the Democratic nomination. The only way for Clinton to win is for party leaders to allow Michigan and Florida delegates to be seated and vote according to her overwhelming victories there–which is about as likely as her winning without them…
- Doctors treating Senator Ted Kennedy say he has a malignant brain tumor that could give him less than a year to live. Then again, he’s survived more kinds of fatalities more often than anyone old enough to remember can count…
- A federal appeals court ruled that the Treasury Department has denied blind and sight-impaired people meaningful access to currency by not printing paper money that can be easily distinguishable by them. It means that they either must alter bills by size or feel, or be prepared to employ one heck of a lot of personal money managers…
- The House voted yesterday to let the Justice Department pursue antitrust and price-fixing cases against members of OPEC, although critcs claim efforts would likely be fruitless and could prompt a backlash from the group. Like what–raising the price of oil?
- The Bush administration has moved to protect the student loan program by offering to buy existing loans from lenders, as well as making investment capital available to them for future loans. I guess the president wants to call the initiative"Extreme Makeover: Republican Editon"…
- Former Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega wants a federal appeals court to overturn an extradition order that would send him to France to face money launderiing charges. He’s apparently has no desire to do prison time there–the drugs are nowhere near as good as the US…
Tags: Barack Obama, Bush administration, crude oil, Florida, Hillary Clinton, House, Justice Department, Kentucky, Michigan, OPEC, Oregon, Ted Kennedy, Treasury Department
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- Barack Obama’s campaign says that today’s Kentucky and Oregon primaries will give him a majority of pledged delegates–which they feel should convince more superdelegates to endorse him. Hillary Clinton wants the Michigan and Florida delegations seated, which would change the math involved in determining which candidate has a majority of all delegates–and John McCain would like this process to go on indefinitely…
- The Supreme Court has upheld laws that make it a crime to let someone believe you have child pornography, despite concerns that it could also apply to books or movies that depict adolescent sex–or even innocent emails that describe photos of grandchildren. Justice Anton Scalia wrote that the law had to be interpreted narrowly–in other words, the email would remain innocent unless it was sent to Michael Jackson…
- President Bush acknowledged the economic hard times faced by many Americans, but said he remained opposed to any legislation to rescue homeowners that would be a bailout for lenders. I think he’s still sore about the last auto financing deal he got…
- Experts say Americans are being affected by what they call "disaster fatigue", a condition where our usually generous donations to relief efforts dry up as we become overwhelmed by a never-ending, uncontrollable, and overwhelming series of disasters–such as the Myanmar cyclone and China’s earthquake. It also doesn’t help when it looks like Myanmar’s government took lessons on handling relief efforts from FEMA…
- A federal study found that more than two-thirds of young passengers and drivers in traffic fatalities were not wearing seat belts. What if we could make them MySpace friends–would that help?
- NASA says its next shuttle mission will launch May 31, a two-week trip to the International Space Station in order to deliver a Japanese lab. The crew aboard the ISS is anxiously awaiting its arrival–I guess they’re going through some sort of sushi withdrawal…
Tags: Barack Obama, child pornography, disaster, economy, Florida, Hillary Clinton, International Space Station, Kentucky, Michigan, NASA, Oregon, President Bush, space shuttle, superdelegates, Supreme Court
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- A new survey on airline quality finds complaints are up 60%, affecting 15 of 16 airlines. Topping the list of concerns–companies going bankrupt and flights being cancelled, just as you’re about to land…
- Democratic National Chairman Howard Dean says he believes both Michigan and Florida delegations will end up at the convention, but doesn’t expect agreement on it until after the remaining primaries are held. These two states were so determined to decide the nomination, and they may just get their wish–after Memorial Day…
- Congressional Democrats are talking about a second economic aid package for homeowners to avoid foreclosure, which many believe is at the heart of the now-acknowledged recession. The Bush administration prefers to see what effect the initial stimulus payments will have–probably on more than a few bankrupcty attorneys…
- The Lundberg Survey reports that gas prices rose another 5 cents a gallon nationwide the past two weeks. It’s approaching a point where many will have to start making some real tough choices–a fill-up or Botox?
- Even Atlantic City has been effected by the slowing economy, with talk among casinos of eliminating free meals, hotel rooms and show tickets to gamblers. Alternatively, they’ll just try and get them so drunk that they won’t notice…
- Police used tear gas to break up thousands at a party near Michigan State University known as Cedar Fest, with reports that the crowd practically begged to be gassed with many students calling it a rite of passage. Whatever happened to getting drunk and running naked through the quad?
Tags: airline, Atlantic City, Congress, Democrat, economic stiumulus payments, Florida, foreclosure, Michigan, primary
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- Hillary Clinton has pointedly challenged Barack Obama to agree to new primary elections in Michigan and Florida, saying it was "wrong, and frankly un-Americcan" to not have the two states’ delegates seated at the Democratic Naitonal Convention. I’m pretty sure she’s talking about Hillary Clinton delegates…
- The Supreme Court overturned a Louisiana murder conviction because the prosecutor excluded black jurors in a case where the defendant was black. This was the prosecutor who called this his "OJ Simpson case"–and it looks like he used about as much good sense as Judge Lance Ito did…
- Space shuttle Endeavor’s long mission at the international space station continues with another space walk tonight, in order to test a caulking gun and adhesive goo to see if it will be able to repair damaged thermal tiles on the shuttle. If there’s any time left, the crew plans to visit the MTV satellite to figure out where the videos went…
- Wal-Mart plans to combine an existing location with a failed Sam’s Club space outside Albany to create the chain’s biggest US store–a 260,000 square-foot, two-story facility that is at least 25 percent bigger than their typical "Supercenter". I wonder if departments at opposite ends of the store are in the same zip code…
- Visa went public yesterday, and its record-setting IPO rose 28 percent in first-day trading to give the credit card issuer a market value of around $45 billion. Now that’s what I call a credit crunch…
- On the 5th anniversary of the war in Iraq yesterday, President Bush defended our actions there, saying, "The United States of America is safer." If he means from wasting our money on housing, feeding, educating and caring for our poor, he’s exactly right…
Tags: Barack Obama, Democrat, Endeavor, Florida, Hillary Clinton, International Space Station, Iraq, Louisiana, Michigan, NASA, OJ Simpson, President Bush, primary, Supreme Court, Wal-Mart
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- David Paterson was sworn in as New York’s governor yesterday in albany, amid thunderous applause from state legislators and dignitaries. When Eliot Spitzer heard of the reaction, he was surprised–hookers weren’t the only ones he had to pay in order to get praise…
- Florida Democratic leaders say there will be no do-over primary election there. Too many in the party had concerns that sending Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama door-to-door to beg for votes would be problematic…
- President Bush said yesterday that the White House is on top of the nation’s money troubles and that "in the long run, the economy is going to be fine"–in contrast to a USA Today poll showing 3 out of 4 Americans believe we are in a recession. I don’t think he puts any stock in any newspaper that doesn’t have comics in it…
- The IRS announced that the economic stimulus payments passed by Congress last month will begin May 2 and its inital round of weekly payments will end in early July. When you’ll receive yours depends on your social security number, when you file a 2007 return, if you use direct deposit for refunds, and if you really believe this is going to help the economy…
- Both Bill and Hillary Clinton pressed Democratic party leaders yesterday to consider more than just who has the lead in delegates when choosing a presidential nominee. It was either a bid for more superdelegate votes at the convention, or, in Bill’s case, a really cheesy come-on…
- Israel’s covert security agency Shin Bet is allowing its agents to anonymously blog about their work in an effort to attract more high-tech workers to the agency. Many have written about the agency’s excellent benefits, the regular working hours, and exactly how Condoleeza Rice unwinds after a tough day…
Tags: Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, David Paterson, Democrat, economic stiumulus payments, Eliot Spitzer, Florida, Hillary Clinton, IRS, Israel, New York, President Bush, USA Today, White House
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