Posts Tagged “John Edwards”
- The economy got sort of a break in April, as the Labor Department reported that prices last month only rose 0.2%. When that’s the good news, you know you’re driving the wrong way on the Recovery Expressway…
- Former Democratic presidential hopeful John Edwards officially endorsed Barack Obama yesterday, the biggest among several recent endorsements for the candidate who many now believe will face John McCain in the general election. Hillary Clinton vows to continue to fight–not unlike a basketball team down by 30 with a minute to go…
- Former New Jersey governor James McGreevey told a judge in his divorce case that he’s too poor to pay alimony, claiming his resignation from office and marital problems have financially crippled him. Generally speaking, publicly throwing over your wife for another man puts you at a disadvantage in many ways…
- The Interior Department has declared the polar bear a threatened species due to the loss of Arctic ice, but said this should not be considered a global warming initiative. So–it must have been those darn Eskimos and their wienie roasts on the tundra…
- An international business school survey says the US tops the world in competitveness for the 15th straight year, but cautions that our economic problems may keep us from staying there. I understand Dick Cheney offered to take them out, but the president talked him out of it…
- Paul McCartney has angered environmentalists with his purchase of a high-priced hybrid car–because he chose to have it flown to him in Britain from Japan instead of via ship, completely negating the benefits the car would provide. Poor Paul–he couldn’t decide between being green and rich…
Tags: Barack Obama, Democrat, economy, global warming, Hillary Clinton, hybrid vehicle, John Edwards, Paul McCartney
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- David Paterson will be inaugurated as New York’s governor at 1PM today, and will be a simple celebration in comparison to Eliot Spitzers’ elaborate and expensive one just over a year ago. Then again, elaborate and expensive didn’t really work out for Spitzer…
- Atlanta is digging out from a historic tornado Friday night and storms Saturday that have left many downtown buildings damaged and streets closed to enable debris removal. On the upside, I guess this means the drought is over…
- Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton are gaining delegates even without an election, thanks to backers of John Edwards who are starting to declare their support for other candidates. Obama so far is getting most of the delagates–although a few confused folks really want to vote for Ross Perot…
- The judge in Paul McCartney’s divorce case has awarded Heather Mills $48.4 million in the couple’s financial settlement. She seemed pleased with the outcome, despite asking for over 5 times more than the settlement–maybe she’s not that good at currency conversion…
- Space shuttle Endeavor’s work to assemble a robot for the international space station has proved difficult, with a Saturday spacewalk lasting 7 hours due to problems unbolting one of the robot arms from its storage location. The process was obviously affected by mistakenly trying to unbolt a space station crew member’s arm…
- A British judge has ordered that an 8-year-old boy be banned from possessing various construction tools after neighbors complained the child was threatening them with hammers and screw drivers and chasing them down the street. Maybe he just wants these folks to play with him–with a bit of cooperation they could make a lovely cage to put the boy in…
Tags: Atlanta, Barack Obama, David Paterson, Democrat, Eliot Spitzer, Endeavor, Heather Mills, Hillary Clinton, John Edwards, NASA, New York, Paul McCartney
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- New rules in effect today for US citizens crossing into our borders from land or sea now require proof of citizenship as well as identity. There’s concern along the Canadian border that the new policy will hamper trade because too few will be prepared to provide the proof–and too many have had too many Molson’s to know for sure…
- It was dropout day on the campaign trail yesterday as Democrat John Edwards and Republican Rudy Giuliani both announced they would no longer stay in the race for the presidency. It means both will return to dealing with their private lives–Edwards and his wife’s inoperable cancer, and Rudy’s search for another hot girlfriend…
- NASA’s Messenger probe sent back the first photos of the unseen side of Mercury, revealing an aged and shrinking planet with scars and a spider-shaped birthmark. In other words, Dennis Rodman…
- A study has found that an alternative to surgery for bulging abdominal arteries, the insertion of a fabric sleeve, results in fewer deaths and long-term complications. Frankly, I’d be concerned about them cutting into the wrong blood-filled part of my anatomy…
- Damage to a pair of undersea cables in the Mediterranean disrupted Internet service throughout the Middle East yesterday. It created a lot of havoc–but the upside was that LongLiveOsama.com was offline as well…
- Everything else seems to be in a vending machine, so why not pot? A California man has patented a specialized machine that will vend medical marijuana only to authorized users who provide a fingerprint, payment card and PIN number. I doubt it’s a coincidence that it will always be next to another machine stocked iwth chips and cookies…
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Tags: Canada, Democrat, John Edwards, Mercury, NASA, Osama bin Laden, primary, Republican, Rudy Giuliani
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- Financial markets worldwide fell between 5 and 8 percent yesterday with investors pessimistic about the US’s stimulus plan. The Japanese markets are of particular concern, since price hikes of PS3 and Wii systems could collapse our entire economy…
- Debating in South Carolina yesterday in advance of Saturday’s primary, Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama clashed repeatedly and bitterly, as Obama questioned Bill Clinton’s role in Hillary’s campaign and Clinton questioned Obama’s campaign contributions from a political patron facing fraud and extortion charges. As for John Edwards, he simply questioned his need for being there…
- Researchers say that food poisoning caused by E. coli and other foodborne illnesses can sometimes trigger serious health problems months or years after surviving its initial sickness. What could be worse than permanently destroying someone’s complete burger-eating experience?
- There were both celebrations and demonstrations for Martin Luther King Day yesterday. If I had demonstrated, it would be to protest the fact I didn’t get a three-day weekend out of it…
- Sears Holdings announced that it plans to reorganize into several companies in an effort to revitalize its operation, including 3800 Sears and K-Mart stores nationwide. Apparently a major part of the plan is a new Department Of Blue Light Specials…
- In the infinite wisdom of the creators of the Volvo, a Swedish university will study the effect of greenhouse gases caused by the belching of cows. I’m sure the results will be fascinating, but they should really focus on a much more serious threat to global warming–my Uncle Bob’s lima bean and broccoli casserole…
Tags: Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, debate, E. coli, economy, global warming, Hillary Clinton, Japan, John Edwards, Martin Luther King, primary, recession, research, South Carolina
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- John Kerry, who lost to President Bush in 2004, has endorsed Barack Obama in 2008–snubbing his then-running mate John Edwards. As we all know, Kerry is famous for his flip-flops…
- An audit has revealed that the FBI has lost a number of wiretaps for suspected criminals because they were cut off by phone companies due to unpaid bills. Agency officials blame it on a lack of oversight during of undercover operations–which are so secret that no one knows what anything costs…
- Nearly all the unionized lay teachers at 10 New York City Catholic schools called in sick yesterday as part of a contract dispute with the Archdiocese. They insist that any increased compensation not come from free admission to bingo nights…
- The federal government is ready to launch its REAL ID program, where those born after December 1, 1964 would need to obtain a more secure driver’s license by 2011 and all those under 50 required to have one by 2014. The delay is to give the states more time to implement it–and hopefully not to provide more time for a FAKE ID program…
- The original Habitat For Humanity chapter in San Antonio is suing the group’s international organization, claiming their new policy suggesting a 10 percent "tithe" to fund overseas operation would limit their ability to build more houses in their community. It sorta sounds like the only humanity they’re concerned with is the Texan variety…
- An Air Canada flight made an emergency landing after severe turbulence hit the plane, tossing passengers around the cabin and causing minor injuries to 10 people. If flight attendants had just told them they were all on a new DisneyWorld ride, everybody would have loved it…
Tags: Air Canada, Archdiocese, Barack Obama, FBI, Habitat For Humanity, John Edwards, New York, President Bush, Real ID Act, Texas
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