Daily Archives: 10/03/2008

Calling the other 11,000 Americans

What, you couldn’t tune in even for a minute to make it a nice, even 70 mil? Final: 69,989,000 viewers — Palin-Biden the most-watched vp debate ever Slackers.

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A ray of light in the economic slump

Oil continues its fall. It’s under $94 a barrel right now, and holding steady. Gas is down to $3.19 in the Richmond area, and sinking. (Gasbuddy.com is a good place to find the cheapest gas prices in your area. It’s … Continue reading

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Joe Biden – Sarah Palin debate transcript correction

Some people got their knickers bunched because of this part of the transcript (allegedly said by Joe Biden): When we kicked – along with France, we kicked Hezbollah out of Lebanon, I said and Barack said, “Move NATO forces in … Continue reading

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Serious about Syria?

CNN reports: The United States and Syria held a series of meetings this week, signaling a possible thaw between the two countries as the former seeks to peel the latter from its close ties with Iran. No further meetings are … Continue reading

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Israel to buy American planes

The Wall Street Journal reports that Israel is planning to buy up to 75 American fighter planes: The Defense Department formally notified Congress that it wants to sell Israel as many as 75 of the latest-model fighter jet, which is … Continue reading

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Ronit Lentin and poetic license of the feeble-minded

I shall never stop envying people educated and gainfully employed in one of the modern vaguely defined “sciences”. Like the case of learned Dr Lentin here: Dr Ronit Lentin was born in Haifa prior to the establishment of the State … Continue reading

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The Palin-Biden debate

Go ahead. You know you want to talk about it. I thought she did just fine, and it makes me feel a bit better about her after those horrible interviews. Now what I’d like to see is more of that … Continue reading

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