Archive for August, 2008

  • By popular demand, John Edwards takes first steps to erase any evidence he ever existed.

    newsobserver.com | Fire hits mill used by Edwards to launch campaign
    ROBBINS - Firefighters from five counties responded to a fire at an abandoned textile plant in Moore County that John Edwards used as a backdrop to announce his first presidential bid in 2003.

  • Shouldn’t that be “kernel”?

    The Associated Press: King penguin receives Norwegian knighthood
    LONDON (AP) — Nils Olav already has medals for good conduct and long service. He made honorary colonel-in-chief of the elite Norwegian King’s Guard in 2005. And on Friday he was knighted. Not bad for a 3-foot tall penguin — actually, three of them.
    A resident of Edinburgh Zoo [...]

  • Webbed feet optional.

    Nepal seeks new child goddess: must have voice like a duck - Times Online
    If you are female, possess “the voice of a duck” and are between 2 and 4 years old, it could be just the job for you - Nepal is advertising for a new living goddess.
    Despite being revered as a powerful Hindu divinity, [...]

  • Family values.

    [Upper Arlington is an upscale suburb of Columbus.]
    The Columbus Dispatch : Orphan must pay to stay in UA schools
    Upper Arlington’s superintendent has stood by his decision not to let Meagan Haught stay in the school district, but the teen and her guardians haven’t given up.
    Meagan, who will be 14 next Friday, will be a freshman [...]

  • Good question.

    Open Questions on a Closed Case - Op-Ed - NYTimes.com
    … The investigators fail to address another underlying problem with their anthrax match: that Dr. Ivins was an investigator in the case before he was a suspect. After the anthrax attack, Dr. Ivins himself worked directly with the evidence. The F.B.I. asked Dr. Ivins to [...]

  • The point.

    Josh Marshall on the bit of the Edwards mess that is actually relevant to the American public:
    Talking Points Memo
      … I don’t think I have anything to add to the obvious. Fundamentally, it’s between him and his wife and their family. And I wish them the best.
    But this decision on his part involved several overlapping [...]

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