Entries from January 2008
THX
January 30th, 2008 · No Comments
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Richardson’s dilemma
January 30th, 2008 · No Comments
So who to endorse?
As the highest-ranking Hispanic in the Democratic Party, Richardson’s endorsement is being aggressively sought by the Clinton and Obama campaigns. California, Colorado, Arizona, Utah and New Mexico are among the 22 states voting next week, and each have sizable Hispanic electorates. Richardson, who cruised to re-election as New Mexico governor in 2006, [...]
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Hillary Clinton’s word: It’s worth nothing
January 30th, 2008 · No Comments
A New Hampshire newspaper tears into Hillary Clinton for breaking her pledge not to campaign in Florida: “Sen. Hillary Clinton signed a pledge not to “campaign or participate” in the Michigan or Florida Democratic primaries. She participated in both primaries and is campaigning in Florida. Which proves, again, that Hillary Clinton is a liar.”
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Poll Vaulting
January 29th, 2008 · 1 Comment
I love how people continue to claim Billary is the front-runner. That is really kind of funny. She is a front runner is the polls, most of which are done with telephone calls. A number of the telephone polling is done with automated messages. When is the last time you listened to an automated message [...]
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I’m a Virginia voter for Barack Obama
January 29th, 2008 · 1 Comment
Whether I realized it at the time, or not, I had made this decision in the summer of 2004. Seeing Barack Obama speak before the DNC Covention that year was the first time in my life (I’ll be 26 in April) that I had seen a living politician who inspired me. What’s more is that [...]
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Tom D’Antoni: Candidates In Pissing Contest as Washington Burns
January 26th, 2008 · No Comments
This week the U.S. Senate Democrats caved in again….twice. Once on re-authorizing illegal domestic spying by giving immunity to the Telcos’ past criminal offenses. Next on the spare change hand-out which patronizes most of America.
That was bad enough. Bad enough to make one lose further faith in the Congressional Democrats who voted with Bush. It [...]
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Startup Says It Can Make Ethanol for $1 a Gallon, and Without Corn
January 25th, 2008 · No Comments
A biofuel startup in Illinois can make ethanol from just about anything organic for less than $1 per gallon, and it wouldn’t interfere with food supplies, company officials said.
Coskata, which is backed by General Motors and other investors, uses bacteria to convert almost any organic material, from corn husks (but not the corn itself) [...]
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FLASHBACK: Economists Predicted That A Prolonged U.S. Presence In Iraq Could Lead To A Recession
January 23rd, 2008 · No Comments
In yesterday’s press briefing, a reporter asked White House Press Secretary Dana Perino about the tie between the current U.S. economy and the Iraq war. Perino quickly dismissed the reporter’s question, insisting that the U.S. economy has been “very strong” and adding that the money was necessary to “take the fight to the enemy” after [...]
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January 30th is International Delete Your MySpace Day
January 23rd, 2008 · No Comments
“Please no more myspace. . . . We were just recently alerted here at Mashable that January 30th, just a few scant days away, is International Delete Your MySpace Account Day. Cory Geller sent us to a blog post by Simon Owens describing his growing disgust with the constant friend requests from the fembots.”
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Apple posts record first Quarter profits; $1.58B; 44% mac sales growth over previous quarter
January 22nd, 2008 · No Comments
Apple has already posted their quarterly results for all to read. Here’s what Apple sold this quarter:
2,319,000 Macs (44% more than last quarter)
22,121,000 iPods (5% more than last quarter)
2,315,000 iPhones
Revenues clocked in at $9.6 billion and a net profit of $1.58 billion.
Best. Quarter. Ever.
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