August 21-22, 2008
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6:54 A.M.
Going to bed always feels better than waking up.
So what is the grand plan for the new axis of evil – Russia and its third world crew, Venezuela, Cuba, North Korea, Iran, and Syria – what is the future they see? How much dominance, how much control of what, what do they see as their power base?
8:30 A.M.
The Principal conductor of the London Symphony Orchestra will lead a defiant performance from the shattered steps of the South Ossetian parliament tonight celebrating the defeat of Georgian forces at the hands of Russian troops.
9:59 A.M.
This week’s “Louie Award” ended up being the wrap-up point in a Newsbusters story about election overconfidence by the Huffpo and Obama today.
10:39 A.M.
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) – Canada’s Department of National Defense says a roadside bomb in southern Afghanistan has killed three Canadian soldiers.
The blast that killed the Canadians happened Wednesday in a dangerous district west of the main southern city of Kandahar.
10:47 A.M.
“Living with humans has taught dogs morals.”
2:21 P.M.
10:34 P.M.
Friday August 22, 2008
5:19 A.M.
Yeah, I’m continuing the thread by doubling up the days cos there were so many links put up last night in the comments, I thought I’d give them a longer lifespan than a few hours.
5:50 A.M.
“A Text Message From Barack Obama”
5:55 A.M.
DENVER, Colorado (CNN) — Suspicious letters, one containing white powder, received at two of Sen. John McCain’s campaign offices were not dangerous, police and fire officials said.
The two letters were sent to a campaign office in suburban Denver and to an office in Manchester, New Hampshire.
It was initially reported that the Denver letter contained an unknown white powder and a threatening message, but a fire department spokesman said there was no white powder, just a small amount of an unknown substance. The substance tested positive for protein, the official said.
8:12 A.M.
Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, who suspended her race for the Democratic nomination in June, slightly reduced her campaign debt, according to documents recently submitted to the Federal Election Commission. She cut it from $25.2 million at the end of June to $23.9 million at the end of July.
9:44 A.M.
Text Hoaxes Plague Obama VP Plan
9:47 A.M.
THE CANADIAN PRESS
EDMONTON – The family of one of the three soldiers most recently killed in Afghanistan says he had a generous spirit that was most evident around youngsters.
His loved ones say Cpl. Dustin Wasden wanted to make Afghanistan better for its children and loved distributing shoes and other gifts to them.
They say he would often insist that “the mission was really for the kids” and he hoped one day his work would make a difference.
9:50 A.M.
Q&A: General David Petraeus On Leaving Iraq
11:26 A.M.
Muslim Violence In German Schools
11:32 A.M.
The things that show up when you Google some things
and for some reason we make the top ten of google when you look for this joker
Hah. This one from Google U.K.
These all come in on a stat program that shows me how anyone gets here. If it was by google, it shows the term they googled to wind up at the site.
And it makes absolutely perfect sense that we should show up at the top when you google this in London.
12:01 P.M.
NEW YORK (AP) – Oil prices plunged more than $6 a barrel Friday, erasing gains from the previous day’s big rally after the dollar strengthened and Russian troops began a long-awaited pullback in Georgia.
At the pump, a gallon of regular fell another penny overnight to a new national average of $3.692, according to auto club AAA, the Oil Price Information Service and Wright Express. Prices had peaked at $4.114 a gallon on July 17, but have come down as high energy costs force Americans cut back on their driving.
A day after surging nearly $6 a barrel, crude reversed course and wiped out those gains as the U.S. dollar rose on comments by Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke that he would “act as necessary” to control inflation. Crude prices had risen for three straight days.
A falling greenback encourages selling from investors who bought crude oil and other commodities as a hedge against inflation and weakness in the U.S. currency. The euro fell to $1.4806 in early New York trading Friday from $1.4877 late in New York the night before.
“The dollar got pounded yesterday and everybody rushed to buy commodities as a safe haven. Now the dollar is strengthening so everybody’s dumping commodities again,” said Phil Flynn, analyst at Alaron Trading Corp. in Chicago.
Light, sweet crude for October delivery fell $6.45 to $114.73 a barrel in afternoon trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. On Thursday, worries about Russian hostilities helped push prices up $5.62 to $121.18, crude’s highest settlement price in over two weeks.
12:29 P.M.
Who are these guys and why are they in the news today?
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