Wednesday, November 26, 2008

10 Republicans that need to just go away.

With a new political era looming, veterans of the old political arena will scramble to redefine themselves in order to make a living. Politicians, media commentators and analysts may be ill equipt to deal with the changing electorate, increased power of the internet and massive discontent with the status quo. Who will survive in the modern epoch?

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NYTimes: Inept Bush/Cheney Should Resign NOW, Let Obama In

Can I see a show of hands? How many people want George W. Bush out and Barack Obama in right now?

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MIchael Vick out of prison...taken to jail for more charges

Vick arrived Thursday afternoon from the federal penitentiary in Leavenworth, Kan., where he's serving a 23-month sentence for a federal dogfighting conspiracy.

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Favre senses good karma in Jets huddle

Brett Favre began the celebration of his 501st career touchdown pass in signature fashion, giddily running around in a wide circle like an airplane waiting to land. Shortly thereafter, the Tennessee Titans officially crashed back to earth.

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ESPN - Back in saddle: Pacman Jones returns to Dallas Cowboy

Pacman Jones returned to Cowboys practice on Monday. One more misstep gets him a lifetime ban from the NFL.

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Feathers Fly: Eagles Go Back to McNabb for Starting QB

Donovan McNabb will start when the Eagles host the Cardinals Thursday night. The five-time Pro Bowl quarterback was benched for the first time in his career at halftime of Philadelphia's 36-7 loss at Baltimore Sunday. Second-year pro Kevin Kolb played poorly against the Ravens, and coach Andy Reid said yesterday he's going back to McNabb.

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Los Angeles Unveils World’s Largest Solar Plan

San Francisco is usually designated the green capital of California, but now LA is trying to take the City by the Bay’s crown with the world’s largest solar plan. Yesterday, Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa announced a long-range plan to gather enough solar power to meet 10 percent of LA’s energy needs by 2020

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Danny Cipriani Is Now On Bench Duty

Danny Cipriani has been relegated to the bench for the autumn international with New Zealand after his error-strewn display during England’s humiliating defeat to South Africa.

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Blockbuster Launches Internet Movie Downloads

To better compete with Netflix and others, Blockbuster video will debut a new service today that will allow customers to download movies from their computer via the internet.

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15 Ways to Overcome Anger

Can you recall the last time you were really angry at someone? So much so that you were physically shaken just at the thought of them? Rarely does this feeling of anger help us in getting what we want.

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Welcome To A Paper Economy

The Fed is opening up another 800 billion dollars of loans. This puts its balance sheet at about 3 trillion, supposedly (I have my doubts about that number). For reference, before the crisis, the Fed's balance sheet was about 800 billion. In the old days this would have been called what it is: running the printing press hot.

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Florida's Gay Adoption Ban Overturned

Miami judge rules against Florida's ban on adoptions by gay people, finds 'no rational basis'

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