Friday, April 11, 2008
People on the East Coast are STILL talking about yesterday’s weather. The key for chatter today will be having a story about that bitchen walk you took yesterday. However, there are some stories kicking around.
BREAKING — The Associated Press is reporting that Senator Hillary Clinton and senator Barack Obama are… kinda the same!! The article details how the two have very few differences in most major policy areas. This might be a fun one to e-mail to your friends who are hardcore partisans for either candidate.
American Airlines cut flights yesterday, are cutting more flights today, and will probably cut more flights over the weekend. If this comes up at the office make loud noises of sympathy for anyone you know who has to travel at any point in the next month.
Bush administration conflict, naked pictures, and political shakedowns after the jump
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Wednesday, January 30, 2008
They fought on the beaches,
They fought on the landing grounds,
They fought on the fields and streets,
They fought on the shuffleboard courts and on Space Mountain,
They never surrendered… What?… Oh, that guy is surrendering?
After a bruising primary on which he staked his entire candidacy, former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani will most likely announce today that he is dropping out of the Republican primary. Senator John McCain won the Florida primary, narrowly edging out former Governor Mitt Romney. Many people are saying that this solidifies Sen. McCain’s position as front-runner of the Republican primary. Additionally, the Florida win gives him momentum and credibility going into next week’s Super-Duper Tuesday when 22 states will have primaries or caucuses. However, you can’t count out Mitt Romney, who has more money than god and better hair.
On the Democratic side, Senator Hillary Clinton won the Florida primary — sorta — and held a massive Potemkin celebration for the national media. While the Democrats held a primary yesterday, Florida had moved their primary earlier against the orders of the national Democratic party so any delegates elected in Florida won’t be allowed to vote at the Democratic Convention. In deference to the national party, no Democratic Candidates campaigned in Florida or ran any advertisements. So Senator Clinton won the primary, but didn’t really win anything. Not surprisingly, Senator Clinton has been saying for a few days now that not seating the Florida delegates is unfair.
The Republican party is mad at Florida for the same reason, but rather than revoke all of their delegates, the Republicans are allowing Florida to send half of their usual number of delegates.
Meanwhile, back at the White House, President Bush is sending out signals that there are no major troop reductions from Iraq in the near future. In fact, word is that when the President leaves office our troop presence in Iraq there will be as large or larger than it is now.
On the other side of the capitol, Attorney General Michael Mukasey told the Senate that the practice known as waterboarding is definitely torture–proabably–maybe–OK in most cases–Usually. Even if it is, apparently he isn’t sure if it is always illegal. Last time I checked we signed a treaty with some specifics on the matter. But that was before 24 started and we realized how kick-ass torture is.
The New York Times has a great article detailing the inconsistent and confusing laws surrounding buying and selling alcohol in America, especially online. In the article, the author confesses to breaking the law and ordering wine directly from a California winery. Don’t worry, he has already been arrested and waterboarded to give up the name of the winery.
