Category: Misc

Hillary has a 5% lead over Obama. We most likely won’t know anything tonight.

Ok this is an interesting statement: The director of national intelligence said Tuesday he is concerned that al-Qaida in Iraq is shifting its focus to attacks elsewhere in the region. “They may deploy resources to mount attacks outside the country,” Mike McConnell told a Senate hearing, although he also said that fewer than 100 terrorists […]

This is the kind of Orwellian scary shit you think is only possible in books: The FBI is gearing up to create a massive computer database of people’s physical characteristics, all part of an effort the bureau says to better identify criminals and terrorists. But it’s an issue that raises major privacy concerns — what […]

That’s what Chris Bowers is thinking: It can no longer be avoided: super delegates will determine the Democratic Presidential nominee this year.  That is also what I been fearing. Considering the proportional breakdown of delegates on the Democratic side, there will be no clear front runner after today. It’s also looking like there might not […]

Think Progress reminds us that today is the fifth anniversary of Colin Powell’s big speech to the U.N. about Iraq’s (non-existent) WMD program. What I find interesting is how Powell seemed to have changed his tune about a year ago saying he should have never made that speech. When I saw Powell speak a couple […]

More from “winning hearts and minds“. This is on top of the nine killed by U.S. forces yesterday.

Reuters/C-SPAN/Zogby Obama 49% Clinton 36% Survey USA Clinton 52% Obama 42% So who will win? No one knows. Remember it’s not about states, but delegates. As we saw in Nevada, it is possible for someone to win the popular vote, but loose in the delegate count. Today will be very interesting. I’ll have the tracker […]

Tops trading cards is going to put a card of a Presidential candidate in every few packs. This is kind of a neat idea to get kids more involved in politics. TSG has the full story. You can click the Obama card above to see the full size, complete with back.

And the dolphins win one: President Bush cannot exempt the Navy from environmental laws banning sonar training that opponents argue harms whales, a federal judge ruled Monday. Navy officials did not immediately respond to the ruling by U.S. District Judge Florence-Marie Cooper. Mark Matsunaga, spokesman for the Navy’s Pacific Fleet, headquartered in Hawaii, said officials […]

That’s your Republican Party in action. Now they are putting telecom immunity ahead of economic stimulus. Get that? They are saying if the telecom companies can’t have protection from breaking the law constitution, then they will hurt the entire economy.