22dropout.com (Free subscription) | 07/26/2008
Newcastle Falcons have confirmed the signing of England and Leeds Rhinos rugby league wing Danny Williams. The 21-year-old joins on an initial one-year-deal and Falcons head coach Steve Bates is confident Williams will make a smooth transition between codes. “Danny is a very exciting young talent,” said Bates. “He is someone we believe has a great chance of [...]
The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | 07/20/2008
ABC News reports Saturday afternoon that some flunky in the Bush White House emailed to its full, extensive distribution list (all of the press, etc.)...
tampabay.com blogs (Free subscription) | yesterday
This time the Florida Democrats managed to get a quorum - despite Fay - to pick their presidential electors: Chip Arnt; T Wayne Bailey; Fred Balsera; Terrie Brady; Karl Flagg; Joe Gibbons; Janet Goen; James Golden; Chris Hand; Marlon Hill;...
Timothy Birdnow (Free subscription) | 08/16/2008
By Dana Mathewson A friend of mine thinks Barry-O was song-writing on vacation in Hawaii… Andy Williams recorded the lyrics on the left below 50 years ago. Barack Obama might be singing those on the right 5 months from now. I’ve lifted some phrases from his speeches, as a foretaste of his policies. — Barry This is the [...]
Tennispro Blog (Free subscription) | 06/28/2008
Serena Williams also joined in the action, sporting a tailored trenchcoat during her warm-up. She later told the Daily Mail, 'It's definitely not athletic attire. But it's ladylike and I'm very ladylike. It goes perfect with my personality and everything else." Is Karl Rove working for Nike now ??? The clean up lady look ???
The Phoenix Real Estate Guy (Free subscription) | 08/16/2008
Edward Gately, the new real estate reporter for the East Valley Tribune, called me yesterday to discuss the latest Arizona State University – Repeat Sales Index (ASU-RSI) report that was released Tuesday. Not having read the report, but always willing to chat Phoenix real estate, Edward and I had a nice discussion. Gately wrote, Sellers struggle as [...]
The Anonymous Liberal (Free subscription) | 08/11/2008 | Politics
John McCain's advisers are dropping hints that McCain may use the occasion of his convention speech to make a pledge to serve only one term as president. If he does, it would be a shrewd move politically. The overall dynamics of this race do not favor McCain, and he really does need to start thinking outside the box if he wants to change those dynamics. Moreover, given how terrible McCain is at delivering...
Political Punch (Free subscription) | 08/12/2008 | Politics
In a December 30, 2007 memo written on the eve of the Iowa caucuses, Mark Penn writes to his fellow Clinton staffers that after the caucuses, if Obama "is riding a high we will have to take him down." He...
Today's Tribune-Review (Free subscription) | 08/09/2008
The FBI has interviewed three people who said they saw police restrain Andre D. Thomas, 37, who was shocked with a Taser and later died. Thomas' family has hired Dr. Cyril H. Wecht, the former Allegheny County coroner, to perform a second autopsy.
UFOMystic (Free subscription) | 08/07/2008
The weirdest of all weekend's is barely a week away...
The Daily Donkey (Free subscription) | 08/06/2008
August had seemingly stuttered into life at the beginning of the week, only for a loss making day yesterday to stop us in our tracks. A few disappointing runs here and there is what you might expect if you are tipping multi selections. Nonetheless, the result that by some distance was easily the most painful [...]
The Eye Zone (Free subscription) | 07/31/2008
Pretty Ugly - The cast of the Emmy Award winning TV show "Ugly Betty" were in Marchon "mode" showing off some hot new shades for summer: America Ferrera (1) in Fendi FS445 , Vanessa Williams (2) in Emilio Pucci EP608S, Ana Ortiz (3) in Coach Belle and Mark Indelicato (4) in ck Calvin Klein ck1070s . Eye-ron Man - Robert Downey Jr. (5) and Terrence Howard (6) wear Robert Marc sunglasses in the movie,...
Brian Leiter's Law School Reports (Free subscription) | 07/28/2008
"Monica Goodling" will now be synonymous for "political hack undermining the integrity of law enforcement". The disgraceful graduate of Regent University School of Law will, one expects, be disbarred for her violation of federal law governing the hiring for non-political...
Think Progress (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008
Last week, the New York Times reported that the three major network news anchors — Brian Williams, Charles Gibson and Katie Couric — would be accompanying Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) on his current trip overseas. Immediately, the conservative Media Research Center screamed “liberal bias,” calling it “slavish adoration” of Obama, adding that it is “outrageous” [...]
Fair Proxy Web (Free subscription) | 07/20/2008
PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania (CNN) — A Pennsylvania woman has been charged in the slaying of an 18-year-old woman who was found with her uterus cut open and her fetus removed, authorities said Sunday. Andrea Curry-Demus, 38, of Wilkinsburg was charged Sunday with homicide, kidnapping and unlawful restraint in connection with last week’s [...]
