Karl Rove, the former adviser to US President George W. Bush, partisan hack, and ‘king-maker,’ dissects Barack Obama in his latest column for the Washington Post. ‘And what of the reborn Adlai Stevenson? Mr. Obama is befuddled and angry about the national reaction to what are clearly accepted, even commonplace truths in San Francisco and Hyde Park.| MORE ›
Still doing well on the weight lose front; I’ve lost approximately 17 kilos now, since I started exercising and eating less in March of this year. That’s approximately 37 pounds. 6 kilos to go! (13 pounds).
Because of the global food crisis (thank you biofuel), people are dying. They’re rioting, calling on their government to help them… because they’re hungry, but can’t afford to buy food for themselves nor for their children. Little children walk around with ‘hunger bellies.’ They’re crying constantly; they need food. Their mothers are depressed; they realize that their children – and they themselves – may die within a matter of weeks. Does anyone care? Nah.
So… what’s for dinner?
Senator John McCain has proposed a suspension of the federal tax on gasoline to give motorists a break from high gas prices during the summer driving season. Senator Hillary Clinton has expressed lukewarm support for the idea while Senator Barack Obama has opposed it.
Obama is making the only coherent argument in this sea of trivial populism. (more…)
People – including yours truly – focus a lot on the negative sides of the Democratic race, but I think we should also keep in mind that ‘the glass is half empty’ is only one way to look at reality. (more…)
Bad news for anti-illegal immigration folks: ‘The government is scrapping a $20 million prototype of its highly touted “virtual fence” on the Arizona-Mexico border because the system is failing to adequately alert border patrol agents to illegal crossings.’ (more…)
Senator John McCain says that he opposes a bill (in the Senate) that would force companies to pay women the same amount of money they pay men (for the same work). The reason? Such a law would lead to more lawsuits. And no, I’m not making this up. (more…)
I’m cross posting some of the posts I publish here at PoliGazette at Jules Crittenden‘s place. He went on vacation for a couple of days, and asked a bunch of fine bloggers (albeit all conservatives), whether they’d agree to update his blog on a regular basis. The co-bloggers are (as listed by the Dissident Frogman): (more…)
Al Qaeda increasingly faces sharp criticism from once-loyal sympathizers who openly question its ideology and tactics (more…)
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