Thursday, February 7, 2008
Your Morning News 2.7.08
Posted by Jeff in basketball, britney spears, hillary clinton, howard dean, internet cables, michael mukasey, queer eye for the iranian guy, shaquille o'neal, world war i
Oh God, oh God, Josh went to New York for the rest of the week and now I’m left in charge. I’ve never done a news summary before! Where do you even find news? I’ve always imagined Josh reading a ticker tape of AP stories coming through the wire every morning.
The big election news on the Democratic side in the aftermath of Tuesday is the rumor that Hillary Clinton has had to lend her campaign $5 million, and several top staffers are going without pay. This is likely a result of trying to keep up with Obama, whose record-breaking fundraising brought in over a million dollars a day in January, projected to continue in February. Meanwhile, there are nearly as many delegate counts as there are delegates, but when it comes down to it, it’s neck and neck - and Howard Dean is getting ready to intervene. Yikes.
A fifth undersea cable providing internet service to the middle east was cut, prompting conspiracy theories abound. While experts promise the cables are beyond the reach of evil-doing parties, we’re busy readying the print version of our blog here for distribution in Iran (Mahmoud could use a few fashion tips).
Attorney General Michael Mukasey wants to block the early release of nearly 20,000 prisoners incarcerated for crack cocaine. Meanwhile, the prisoners just want more crack cocaine.
Super Bowl commercial star and sometime basketball player Shaquille O’Neal was traded from the Miami Heat to the Phoenix Suns, in a move many parties agree could spell the end of the competitive Suns. We here at 2.0somethings are firmly in the camp that Shaq is among the best things to ever happen to the sport, and firmly believe he should be voted in as league commissioner, or at least mascot.
Britney Spears is out of the hospital, and… I stopped caring.
Finally, on a sad note, Harry Landis, who had been one of two surviving World War I U.S. veterans, passed away Monday. The only remaining vet from the Great War is 107-year-old Frank Buckles, who ended up overseas while just 16 years of age.
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