Posts Tagged “Florida”
- A new analysis of the Iraq war concludes it is costing the US $12 billion a month. The good news is that it’s still less than my last ExxonMobil statement…
- An Associated Press investigation of two dozen US metro areas found their drinking water contains pharmaceuticals like antibiotics, mood stabilizers and sex hormones. Of course, the amounts are actually miniscule–which is probably a big disappointment to many counting on their kitchen sinks for a quick buzz…
- Florida’s Democrats may yet have a primary vote sanctioned by national officials–a mail-in election paid for by contributions to the state party. Many say it is the best possible solution–especially if see Dan Marino as presidential material…
- Space shuttle Endeavor is set to launch early tomorrow morning for a 16-day mission–the longest yet for a shuttle visiting the international space station. Wow–with a trip that long, you’d think they’d at least have another port of call and an on-board casino…
- Russians are coping with the familiar situation of a new president essentially hand-picked by the old one in a familiar way–jokes that poke fun at the way the new leader was chosen and how he is likely the puppet of his predecessor and mentor Vladimir Putin. Russians call these stories "anekdoty"–which means "KGB is listening"…
- That young girl featured in Hillary Clinton’s now-famous "3AM phone call" ad is actually from a video clip filmed 10 years ago, and that girl is 18 now and a big Obama supporter. Hillary still plans to use her–there’s a "Barack For VP" spot planned that she’d be perfect for…
Tags: Associated Press, Barack Obama, Democrat, Endeavor, Florida, Hillary Clinton, Iraq, NASA, primary, Russia, Vladimir Putin
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- As the Democratic nomination race tightens up, attention has turned to the rejected primaries from Michigan and Florida. Both Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton want the delegates seated at this summer’s convention, but can’t agree on how it should happen–at least as long as Hillary insists they go to the candidate with the nicer pants…
- A private watchdog group claims that the White House made conflicting statements about its email controversy, both in congressional hearings last week and to a federal court in January–suggesting that some of what they said was false. These West Wing folks have gotta learn that "terrorism", "9/11" and "freedom" don’t work like wild cards in a bad poker game…
- A congressional report finds that banking industry executives were earning hundreds of millions of dollars in salary and other benefits while their companies were imploding in the mortgage market meltdown. What’s the chance that any of these guys are named Ken Lay?
- Los Angeles city officials have filed criminal charges against an importer they accuse of distributing toothpase containing a poisonous antifreeze additive. However, I don’t think you can buy it on the cheap and put it in your radiator…
- The Pentagon has banned Google Earth from making detailed street-level video maps of US bases, saying it could provide sensitive information to advesaries and endanger base personnel. For example, they could show a secret all-night party that could endanger the marriages of many officers…
- A Minnesota ban on smoking in night spots has a loophole permitting actors on stage to smoke, which has led several bars to call their customers "actors" so they can puff away. How nice–a little play about the world’s least clever people…
Tags: Barack Obama, Democrat, email, Florida, Hillary Clinton, Michigan, Minnesota, Pentagon, primary, smoking, subprime mortgage, White House
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- Last night’s debate between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama heated up when Clinton accused Obama of plagarism, calling his verbatim repeating of a friend’s speech, "change you can Xerox". So much for him using "Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country"…
- Wednesday’s successful detonation of an errant satellite by a Navy missle has caused a concern among some that it opens the door to other nations’ "testing" of their anti-satellite missles. This could pose a real problem if that wack job Hugo Chavez in Venezuela decides CNN is telling lies about him…
- The FDA plans to overhaul the flu vaccine for next year so it can provide protection against three new strains that the current vaccine does not have. So the old one works something like my teenager does, right?
- Florida’s child welfare workers will now carry a tablet-like device which electronically document home visits, similar to the ones delivery companies use to track a package. Does that mean they’ll also have to wear ugly uniforms and tell bad jokes?
- Officials at Southern Methodist University in Dallas will vote today to permit Geroge W. Bush’s presidential library to be located there. It should be pretty impressive–I hear he has an amazing collection of Sports Illustrated magazines…
- A new study found that cat owners are less likely to die of a heart attack or stroke than those who don’t have one–and that includes dog owners as well. It’s either all that lap time, or some alien mutation they accomplish while laying on your head at night…
Tags: Barack Obama, debate, Democrat, FDA, Florida, Hillary Clinton, Hugo Chavez, Navy, President Bush
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- President Bush used his final State Of The Union address last night to say "we must trust people with their own money and empower them to grow our economy." Afterward, he turned to Vice President Cheney and said, "You’re sure I don’t have to give up Camp David and Air Force One?"
- Today’s Florida primary is one of survival for Rudy Giuliani, who’s pinned all his presidential hopes on the outcome. Otherwise, he’ll have to walk away from another battle with Hillary Clinton, giving her yet another notch on her pants suit…
- Barack Obama got a key endorsement yesterday from liberal standard-bearer Senator Edward Kennedy, whose official blessing followed praise from his Rhode Island congressman son Patrick and niece Caroline Kennedy. Teddy was apparently upset with comments Bill Clinton had made–and the cheap Scotch he sent…
- Doctors say a new device that can suction out arteries to help patients avoid brain damage from strokes will do much good–as long as they can determine if removal will be beneficial or harmful to a given patient. As usual–sometimes it’s good to suck, sometimes it’s bad…
- A political science professor was convicted and given a suspended sentence for insulting the founder of modern Turkey–a man still revered there 70 years after his death. I think it might be similar to me saying something horrible about Martin Luther King–that’s not against the law, but what the black man I told would do to me might be…
- A New York City man who grudgingly drove to Atlantic City to buy his girlfriend a pair of jeans she’d seen at a casino boutique was rewarded for his effort when he won $800,000 at a slot machine while waiting the the store to open. Wow–those must have been expensive…
Tags: Atlantic City, Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, Dick Cheney, Florida, Hillary Clinton, Martin Luther King, President Bush, primary, Rudy Giuliani, Ted Kennedy
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