Posts Tagged “primary”
- As expected, Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama split yesterday’s primaries, with Clinton claiming a close win in the Indiana while Obama got nearly all the black vote on the way to a double-digit margin of victory in North Carolina. Clinton maintains an upbeat, can-do attitude, not unlike a boxer down on yet another 8-count proclaiming, "He can’t take much more of this!"…
- Congress is considering changing the metals in our coins, since it now costs over a penny to make one and over 7 cents for a nickel. The way our currency is valued now, they should be made of styrofoam…
- Ultimate fighters are taking on a new challenge–testifying before the New York state legislature, who is considering lifting its ban on the sport–the only state in the nation that prohibits mixed martial arts fighting. It’s hard to argue with someone who is crushing your skull with his knees…
- A drug bust near San Diego State University netted huge quantities of cocaine and marijuana and suspects that include a student about to receive a criminal justice degree and another getting a master’s degree in homeland security. I’m sure these two were just doing a special undercover internship, right?
- The FBI is investigating a US special counsel responsible for protecting whistle-blowers and investigating their claims, amid reports he retaliated against his own staff when they complained he wasn’t doing his job. Let me get this straight: Justice Department agents went after a Justice Department lawyer because he was doing the very thing he was supposed to be preventing–is this a great country or what?
- Great Britain’s Home Office–the equivalent of our State Department–has tightened visa regulations for certain workers that will force employers to prove they had no option other than hiring a foreigner. There go my hopes of hosting The Benny Hill Show…
Tags: Barack Obama, Britain, Congress, drug possession, FBI, Hillary Clinton, Indiana, New York, North Carolina, primary
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- Barack Obama is working to change his message to a more patriotic one as the North Carolina and Indiana primaries approach, but is feeling opposition from top elected Democrats and the fallout from remarks by his former pastor. Obama may have bundles of money and charisma, but Hillary has the edge when it comes to keeping afloat in the big kids’ pool…
- The FDA announced plans to hire another 1300 biologists, chemists, medical officers and others in response to public criticism of its lax oversight as well as pressure for approvals from the drug industry. In other words, they’ll be more careful about rushing to the public the drugs they’re rushing to the public…
- Florida Atlantic University was shut down for 12 hours during finals week while authorities sought a man who fired two shots during an on-campus party. The offender was caught and ordered to correctly type every student’s term paper…
- NASA’s inspector general is calling for the suspension of several members of a panel reviewing construction of a new spaceship, since they all work for the contractors the panel is supposed to be scrutinizing. I think this could actually substitute for the definition of "conflict of interest"…
- A group of native Hawaiians who advocate sovereignty for the island state locked themselves inside a historic palace in Honolulu yesterday. The group said it was peaceful and would permit themselves to be arrested–just as long as they could put a few tourists on the luau spit…
- Wilkes University in northest Pennsylvania has using a unique approach to its recruiting ads–they’ve acutally named prospective students in them and invited them to attend. If their personal touch doesn’t get you, the stroke to the old ego will…
Tags: Barack Obama, FDA, Indiana, NASA, North Carolina, primary
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- Those "economic stimulus" payments are finally making their way into the accounts of taxpayers via direct deposit today and the rest of this week, with the first checks set to be mailed May 9–a week earlier than planned. The sped-up timetable is reportedly due to increased government efficiency–those folks want their money, too…
- Barack Obama has reportedly passed on a challenge from Hillary Clinton to debate prior to the May 6 North Carolina primary, but added, "I’m not ducking. We’ve had 21." It may be the smart move strategy-wise, but he could spend the next week quacking endlessly about it…
- Long-time gum maker William Wrigley Jr. Co., the one-time owner of the Chicago Cubs and namesake of their baseball home, will become a subsidiary of candy giant Mars Inc. in a $23 billion all-cash deal. Fine–just as long as it doesn’t turn into Snickers Field…
- An early-season wildfire in Southern California has spread to 350 acres and forced over 1000 people to flee their homes yesterday. Is it just me, or is Mother Nature determined to turn LaLa Land into rubble one way or another?
- The Olympic Torch relay faced more demonstrators as it passed through South Korea yesterday, as Chinese students and anti-Beijing protestors threw rocks and punches in Seoul . Maybe they should make this an Summer Games event…
- Over 150 aftershocks have been felt in the Reno area following Friday night’s 4.7 magnitude earthquake, which actually was the worst of a series of quakes that began there February 28. This has got to wreak some serious havoc on the roulette and craps action…
Tags: 2008 Summer Olympics, Barack Obama, earthquake, economic stimulus, Hillary Clinton, North Carolina, primary, wildfire
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- Hillary Clinton got her "must-win" victory in Pennsylvainia last night, beating Barack Obama there by a 55-45 margin. Experts say she’s still the underdog in the race–which may start to look like a pretty good place to be…
- Changes to the No Child Left Behind Act will tighten graduation rate reporting after a recent study found major cities in the US were graduating far fewer students than they had reported. Graduates will now be only those who actually receive a diploma, not everyone who knows what it is…
- Albany, NY Postal Service carrier Lisa Harrell is credited with saving the life of a 1-year-old after catching the toddler when she fell out a second-story window. I’d say that pretty much covered her special handling duties for the day…
- An 84-year-old former Army engineer was arrested on charges that he gave classified documents about US nuclear weapons between 1979 and 1985 to the Israeli Consulate. He doesn’t exactly sound like James Bond, does he?
- The head of the World Food Bank told a London summit that a "silent tsunami" of hunger is spreading through dozens of nations during what’s being called the first global food crisis since World War II. I gotta think the only war our billions of dollars ought to be buying is this one…
- Alaska governor Sarah Palin returned to work Monday after the birth of her fifth child Friday morning–who arrived shortly after a flight home from Texas–but aides cautioned she would be on a limited schedule for the time being. That’s right–only a 5 mile run and a hundred push-ups each morning until she gets her strength back…
Tags: Alaska, Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, Pennsylvania, primary
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- Today’s Pennsylvania primary between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama follows an intense campaign push by both candidates to see which one better relates to voters there. Seriously, if either of them eats another cheesesteak, neither one will fit in the Oval Office…
- The American Heart Association is recommending that children should be screened for potential cardiac problems before taking medications like Ritalin to treat ADHD. They may no longer be bouncing off the walls, but their hearts certainly could…
- Defense Secretary Robert Gates took the Air Force to task yesterday, saying they must abandon old ways of thinking and embarce the use of more unmanned surveillance aircraft. They agreed, using Gates to demonstrate the latest in spy technology–the drone suppository…
- A Congressional report found that the Army’s pressure to improve enlistments has led to significantly more recruits with felony convictions, including some with manslaughter and sex crime charges. No offense, but if there’s anyone who ought to be risking a life, these guys certainly qualify…
- A San Francisco-area school is teaching people how to operate pot clubs, which sell marijuana to patients whose doctors have prescribed it–a practice which is legal in California. The course is free–you just pay for munchies…
- An Ohio church has taken its ministry to an unusual location–a bar they call The Country Rock Church for services, which the church says features, "top regional bands, pizza, wings, rowdy fun and a short message". Let’s face it–if you’re looking for sinners or converts, you’ve hit the jackpot…
Tags: Air Force, American Heart Association, Army, Barack Obama, Congress, Democrat, Hillary Clinton, Pennsylvania, primary, Robert Gates
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