http://www.theonion.com/content/news_briefs/vice_presidential_handlers As much as I am skeptical that Obama will be able to effect much change in the severely hobbled America he’s inheriting, I’m overjoyed to think that – in a few short days – the Bush team will be evicted from the West Wing. The Onion rises to the advent-calendar-worthy occasion.
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http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2009/01/10/world/AP-Piracy.html?_r=1&hp Five of the Somali pirates who released a hijacked oil-laden Saudi supertanker drowned with their share of a reported $3 million ransom after their small boat capsized, a pirate and a relative of one of the dead men said Saturday. He who dies with the most toys still dies.
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081219/ap_on_bi_ge/meltdown_autos_169 The Bush administration is looking at “orderly” bankruptcy as a possible way to deal with the desperately ailing U.S. auto industry, Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said Thursday as carmakers readied more plant closings and a half million new jobless claims underscored the deteriorating national economy. Has this headline reminded anyone else of Robert Klein’s […]
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http://www.cbc.ca/gfx/images/news/topstories/2008/12/08/tp-dion-cp-5947755.jpg Why do all the pictures of St
A little-noticed private curtain call for Sarah Palin after defeat | Top of the Ticket | Los Angeles Times
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/washington/2008/11/sarah-palin-201.html (Permit me a spot of schadenfreude and meme-stealing – it’s been a long, frustrating campaign and, as a Canadian, I got no say in the final outcome.) No, you can’t have the Presidency. (Not yours.)
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081030/ap_on_el_pr/palin_19 Palin drew boos from the Erie audience when she said she was glad to be in the home state of the World Series-winning Philadelphia Phillies. Northwestern Pennsylvania baseball fans favor the Cleveland Indians or Pittsburgh Pirates. Her lack of research and understanding extends even to cheap pandering opportunities.
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081028/ap_on_el_pr/joe_the_plumber_3;_ylt=AnoxNZFTzA12Amov1ptpX.i2GL8C When a McCain supporter asked him if he believed “a vote for Obama is a vote for the death of Israel,” Wurzelbacher replied, “I’ll go ahead and agree with you on that.” He didn’t elaborate on how Obama, who has said his commitment to Israeli security is “nonnegotiable,” would be caustic for the Jewish […]
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081016/ap_on_re_us/joe_the_plumber_20 I was going to let Joe the Plumber fall quietly off my radar, but he keeps sending out blips and making the most of his 15 minutes, so fair game! The initial story caught my attention as another example of the weird twist in the American psyche as compared to that of my fellow […]
Leader of Austrian Right Dies in Crash – Obituary (Obit) – NYTimes.com
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/11/world/europe/11austria.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin The rise of the scary, populist Right in the US had its karmic rebalancing today in Austria: Scary, populist Right party leader/Nazi sympathiser Jorg Haider died in a car accident today. We can be fairly sure this isn’t a result of a show of support for Toronto’s Liberal candidate, Carolyn Bennett. (Seriously, the strongarming […]
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080929/ap_on_bi_ge/financial_meltdown_1551 In a stunning vote that shocked the capital and worldwide markets, the House on Monday defeated a $700 billion emergency rescue for the nation’s financial system, ignoring urgent warnings from President Bush and congressional leaders of both parties that the economy could nosedive without it. Stocks plummeted on Wall Street even before the 228-205 […]