Archive for January, 2008
Thursday, January 31st, 2008
Well, the 2008 Presidential Election looks like its been whittled down to four candidates and two also-rans. Giuliani’s grand strategy of skipping the first few contests to focus on the large number of delegates in Florida turned out to be a mistake. Instead of the huge amount of momentum he expected to get for winning [...]
By: Nick | Category 2008 Election, Politics | 16 Comments »
Sunday, January 27th, 2008
After the State of Florida voted to move it’s primary date to before Super Tuesday, the National Democrat Party punished the Florida Democrat Party by stripping them of their convention delegates. Also, all of the Democrat candidates pledged not to campaign in Florida. However, now that Hillary’s cloak of inevitability has been shredded, she’s looking [...]
By: Nick | Category 2008 Election, Politics | 3 Comments »
Friday, January 25th, 2008
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Wednesday, January 23rd, 2008
Doctors have developed a transplant technique which can allow recipients to forgo the use of anti-rejection drugs: The treatment involved weakening the patient’s immune system, then giving the recipient bone marrow from the person who donated the organ. In one experiment, four of five kidney recipients were off immune-suppressing medicines up to five years later. [...]
By: Nick | Category Health Stuff, Science | 11 Comments »
Tuesday, January 22nd, 2008
Former Senator Fred Thompson has withdrawn his candidacy from the 2008 Presidential Election: Fred Thompson dropped his presidential bid Tuesday, after the former Tennessee senator and actor finished third in the South Carolina primary and was unable to score a victory in any of the early primaries or caucuses. “Today I have withdrawn my candidacy [...]
By: Nick | Category 2008 Election, Politics | 3 Comments »
Tuesday, January 22nd, 2008
Regular readers of this blog have no doubt noticed my frequent use of the term Hildebeast™. It has occurred to me that some of you may not be too sure about the meaning of that term as I use it. So, I’ve decided that now is as good a time as any to explain what [...]
By: Nick | Category 2008 Election, Politics | 3 Comments »
Friday, January 18th, 2008
Well, it must be very, very cold somewhere down below, because today the local paper, the San Antonio Express-News, published an article about blogging and it’s influence on politics, and they wanted me to represent the local bloggers. The article is not totally concerned with me and my “story,” it just uses portions of my [...]
By: Nick | Category 2008 Election, Blog Announcements, Journalism, Politics | 3 Comments »
Friday, January 18th, 2008
If the memos recently obtained by Judicial Watch from the Clinton Library are any indication, nothing good. A June 18, 1993 internal Memorandum entitled, “A Critique of Our Plan,” authored by someone with the initials “P.S.,” makes the startling admission that critics of Hillary’s health care reform plan were correct: “I can think of parallels [...]
By: Nick | Category 2008 Election, Health Stuff, Politics | 1 Comment »
Tuesday, January 15th, 2008
Unfortunately for conservatives, John McCain is surging in the polls right now. He’s surging enough that the momentum just may take him all the way to the Republican nomination. If you’re a conservative, you should be very worried by McCain’s sudden popularity with the electorate for the following reasons: McCain/Feingold: McCain fought for and championed [...]
By: Nick | Category 2008 Election, Politics | 8 Comments »
Wednesday, January 9th, 2008
Apparently, they’re running away with each other!
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Wednesday, January 9th, 2008
Helen Thomas is the journalistic equivalent to the crazy old aunt who haunts your family’s holiday celebrations. Nobody likes her, yet she still gets invited every year just because you’ve always invited her. She shows up, and then proceeds to annoy and anger everyone in the room with every word out of her mouth, all [...]
By: Nick | Category Computers, Journalism | 5 Comments »
Monday, January 7th, 2008
Somebody tell her that there’s no crying in politics.
By: Nick | Category 2008 Election, Politics | 2 Comments »