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Obama, Bloomberg spark talk
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He was only the warm-up act for Sen. Barack Obama's economic speech in New York on Thursday, but Mayor Michael Bloomberg sparked plenty of speculation by sharing the stage with the Democratic presidential hopeful.
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Daily News Feed 3.28.08
http://clutchmagonline.com/newsgossipinfo/daily-news-feed-32...Blige Purchases $12.3M Mansion Mary J. Blige has doled out $12.3 million dollars in cash for a Saddle River, N.J. dreamhouse. Blige got the mansion at a relative steal after the house, which originally went on the market at $17 mil, dropped in price,
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Time Magazine 100 Demonstrates The Problem With A Pure Democracy
http://mediaherd.wordpress.com/2008/05/02/time-magazine-100-...Video game designer Shigeru Miyamoto claimed the top spot on Time Magazine’s reader selected top 100 most influential people of 2008 finalists this year, taking out Korean “pop sensation” Rain, last year’s runaway winner, by more than 300,000 votes. Rounding out the Top 5 on Time’s reader selected list are Stephen Colbert, Heidi Klum and Tyra Banks. Hence, the problem with a pure democracy - Stephen Colbert being the exception. Reference this list when somebody wonders who put Hamas in charge in the West Bank. With ironic symmetry, the Dalai Lama is ranked dead last (#207) on the reader selected list while claiming the first position in Time Magazine’s list under Leaders and Revolutionaries. Bottom Line: Take with a grain of salt any Top 100 list that includes Miley Cyrus, Michael Bloomberg (as a “Scientist and Thinker” whose environmental street cred is emphasized by Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. and whose name is bouncing around as the next possible “dream ticket” companion to Sen. Obama) and Baitullah Mehsud, the alleged mastermind behind the assassination of former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto. Conflating these people on the same list fails to give proper context as to their true influence over the events that shape our lives. Talk about trying to appeal to the broadest possible audience!
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http://www.thejournalofaprizefighter.com/2008/04/in-news.htm...Al Gore has pumped mega bucks into his ambitious campaign to galvanize interest and more importantly support amongst the public to the dangers of our global climate crisis. It is too early to know how well his campaign will play out in the end, but MediaCurves.com as reported in Rasmussen Reports has what I found to be a very interesting analysis of at least how Gore's first television ad was received in one study. Notice what happens to the Republican line in the second video. Worrisome. A Shift in the Debate Over Global Warming Could There Be an Obama-Bloomberg Ticket? The Shape of the Race to Come Wake Up Democrats: You are Hung Up on Barack, But Hillary is What You Need. Survey: "19% Say USA on Right Track." Who ARE These People? Congestion Pricing Plan Dies in Albany The Last Wish of Martin Luther King
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Daily News Feed 3.28.08
http://clutchmagonline.com/newsgossipinfo/daily-news-feed-32...Blige Purchases $12.3M Mansion Mary J. Blige has doled out $12.3 million dollars in cash for a Saddle River, N.J. dreamhouse. Blige got the mansion at a relative steal after the house, which originally went on the market at $17 mil, dropped in price, according to New York's Daily News. (Continue Reading...) If Wright Stayed, Obama Would Have Left White House hopeful Barack Obama suggests he would have left his Chicago church had his longtime pastor, whose fiery anti-American comments about U.S. foreign policy and race relations threatened Obama's campaign, not stepped down. (Continue Reading...) Clinton rejects 'ugly perception' campaign used race as a tactic Hillary Clinton describes her heated Democratic primary race with rival Barack Obama as one of the more "civil and positive" campaigns she has ever been involved in. And she's not kidding. (Continue Reading...) Also Check Out... Building a Beauty Regimen for Dark Skin Court: Mumia Abu-Jamal Deserves New Hearing Could There Be an Obama-Bloomberg Ticket? NY Senator Addresses Unemployment Among Black Males Remy Ma Convicted Over New York Shooting T.I. Pleads Guilty to Weapons Charges Copyright © 2008 Sutton Media LLC. CLUTCHMAGONLINE.COM ( 84bb342dadeb930941e9aff51e2bb905)
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The Friday Presidential Race ‘BushWhack’ing
http://thebushwhackedleague.blogspot.com/2008/03/friday-pres...Computer connectivity issues this morning, but here is your (late) Presidential Race BushWhack… News that sends a shiver down my spine was reported this week as a new poll shows that if Sen. Obama wins the Democratic nomination, a lot of Clinton backers would vote for McBush… the reverse is also true, and to that I say; NO!!!! God damnit, no! As I said earlier this week, we as Democrats can NOT allow that to happen. Never has it ever been more important to vote your party than it will be for this election, for if we Sen. McBush gets into the White House, we’ll instantly have 4 more years of a Bush-style presidency… 4 more years in Iraq, 4 more years of economic crap, 4 more years of ignoring the Constitution and 4 more years of HELL. As much as I dislike Ms. Clinton right now for her actions, if she gets the nomination, I will vote for her in November. To do otherwise would be a slap in the face of the nation and will ensure we have more years of Bush-like politics…Since he’s already the presumptive nominee, the talk is now turning over who will be Sen. McBush’s running mate…Finally acting like they should, Sens. Obama and Clinton have decided to not attack each other on something and instead have focused their disagreements towards presumptive republican nominee Sen. John McBush…(About time you guys started getting it right…)Another poll shows that the bickering between Obama and Clinton could hurt turnout in the general election… (that’s some might fine reporting there Lou CNN…)Sen. Clinton’s donors have found themselves facing down one of the grassroots most powerful (and in my opinion sometime unethical) groups; MoveOn… (personally I truly hope the group doesn’t go republican on her and swiftboat her campaign, that kind of in-fighting is something we Democrats do NOT need right now…)Speaking of pandering… Sen. Clinton said yesterday that she would have long ago distanced herself from the Rev. Jeremiah Wright if she had been a member of his church…(uh-huh, thanks for clearing that up Hillary…)Sen. Obama said earlier this week that if Reverend Wright had not retired, he would have left the church because of the statements made by Wright… (stop pandering Barack, it doesn’t suit you…)Despite her most-tried efforts, Sen. Clinton’s SerbiaGate just won’t go away… and rightfully so.Obama-Bloomberg? Wasn’t that rumor going around weeks ago? Oh that’s right, it’s CNN…Sen. Obama released his tax returns… still nothing from Sen. Clinton… And have we mentioned? That Sen. Clinton’s personal approval rating has taken a staggering drop in recent weeks? Not only has her approval ratings fallen, but the amount of those that hold a negative view of her has skyrocketed. Her most recent approval rating was 48%, lowest since March 2001, and only 37% have a positive view of her, down from 45% two weeks ago…(I’m sure it has absolutely nothing to do with her constant whining about Florida and Michigan or her ‘misspeaking’ on multiple occasions about Bosnia… it’s so hard to express sarcasm in the written form…)
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Clinton Campaign Under Fire
http://blog.iconflict.com/clinton-campaign-under-fire/This wasn’t the best week for the Clinton Campaign. Senator Clinton’s comments about landing in Bosnia during a 1996 trip were played over and over again, showcasing the difference between what she originally said happened after the plane landed and what actually did happen. Candidates makes honest mistakes, from both parties, and there is generally some room given for these kinds of malapropisms. John McCain made one last week in Iraq and Barack Obama made one recently as well. But in this age of digital media and online file sharing, mistakes like the one made by Clinton can be endlessly exploited. This video below has been played on youtube about 1 million times since it first appeared by the people at barelypolitical.com. This isn’t a blog about satire, but we do look at online media trends, and no doubt this a trend that should not be ignored.
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Daily World News Brief - Friday, March 28, 2008 (Must see video: Feared Dutch anti-Islam movie)
http://mongonews.com/2008/03/28/daily-world-news-brief-frida...Must see video of the day: Dutch movie threatening new riots in Muslim world Headlines Politics Joint Appearances Fuel Speculation Of Romney, Bloomberg As Possible VP Picks Poll: Obama Nationally Leads Clinton By 10 Points Among Democrats Dodd: End The Democrat Nominee Race Now Dowd: Clinton’s Strategy To “Tonya Harding” Obama So She Can Run Again In 2012 US WTC Developer Sues Airlines, Boeing For $12.3 Billion In 9/11 Damages Gates Orders A Full Nuclear Weapon Inventory After Taiwan Mishap Gore: Warming Deniers Still Believe Moon Landing Was Staged And World Is Flat (Video) LA Times Apologizes For Fabricated Tupac Story Mom Charged With Shooting Children International Iraqi-Iraqi Fighting Spreads To Baghdad, Kills Two US Embassy Workers Pakistan’s Frustrations Unleashed On A Top US Diplomat Hezbollah Has New Iranian Rockets Capable Of Hitting All Of Israel Europe & IOC Seek Guarantees China Won’t Censor Olympics French Audio Recordings Predate Edison’s By 17 Years Asian Rice Crisis Threatens Millions Business & Economics Final 2007 Economic Numbers Confirm Economic Trouble, But Some Bright Spots Video of the Day (Warning! Graphic Terror Scenes) After the Dutch government tried prohibiting it’s release, Fitna, the much-anticipated anti-Islam film that attacks the religion and Quran as proprietors of terror, made it’s way on to the Internet, causing Dutch authorities to seal off the Dutch Parliament in fear of rioting and attacks. The government is worried the 15 minute film, produced by a right-wing Dutch politician, will cause the same sort of widespread violence that ensued in 2006 after Dutch newspapers printed political cartoons attacking Islam and Muhammad. The video is a montage of verses from the Quran and imagery of terrorist attacks from around the world, including 9/11. Within two hours of the video posting, over 2 million people had already watched it. Warning, the video contains very graphic scenes. Politics Joint Appearances Fuel Speculation Of Romney, Bloomberg As Possible VP Picks The joint appearance of New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg introducing Obama before an economic speech he gave yesterday has sparked a buzz that Bloomberg might be picked as Obama’s VP candidate. After flirting with the idea, Bloomberg announced earlier this year that he wouldn’t run for President, but many doubt Bloomberg would settle for being #2 on somebody’s ticket. Meanwhile, on the Republican side, Mitt Romney spent the day campaigning and fundraising with John McCain in Utah - where Romney received 95% of the vote in the state’s primary - causing speculation that McCain may be considering him as a VP pick. The collaboration is significant since prior to Romney dropping out of the race, the relationship between the two on the campaign trail quickly turned nasty and threatened to divide the party. Poll: Obama Nationally Leads Clinton By 10 Points Among Democrats A Pew poll conducted last week shows Obama nationally ahead of Clinton among Democrats by 10 points - 49 to 39 - indicating he may have weathered the worst of the fallout from the controversy over his racist, anti-American pastor. The poll shows Obama still faces familiarity issues, even among Democrats - it found that one in four Democrats who view him unfavorably think he is a Muslim, when he is not. Dodd: End The Democrat Nominee Race Now In an interview with Time magazine, former Presidential candidate and current Senator Chris Dodd called on Democrat party “elders” to come together and put an end to the nomination battle being waged between Clinton and Obama. Dodd is worried that the protracted fight that threatens to continue until the Democrat convention in August is causing irreparable damage to whomever becomes the nominee - both among Democrat and Republican voters in November. A recent poll found about a quarter of each Democrat candidate’s supporters more willing to vote for McCain in the general election than the Democrat nominee if it’s not their candidate. Dowd: Clinton’s Strategy To “Tonya Harding” Obama So She Can Run Again In 2012 Maureen Dowd speculates that Clinton’s latest moves to viciously cut down Obama - saying McCain would be a better Commander in Chief, Bill calling him unpatriotic, dragging his pastor-controversy back into the news, accusing him of disenfranchising Florida voters - are part of a strategy to ensure that if Obama wins the nomination, he won’t win the election, making it possible for Hillary to run again in 2012. US WTC Developer Sues Airlines, Boeing For $12.3 Billion In 9/11 Damages The developer of the World Trade Center in New York is suing the airlines and other companies involved in the 9/11attacks for $12.3 billion in damages stemming from the destruction of property, lost income, and expenses incurred because of the attacks. Some of the named defendants are a bit peculiar - Boeing, Continental Airlines (who wasn’t involved), and MassPort, the owner and operator of Boston’s Logan Airport, where two of the flights originated. Gates Orders A Full Nuclear Weapon Inventory After Taiwan Mishap After it emerged last week that the Air Force had accidentally shipped in 2006 nuclear missile detonators to Taiwan instead of the helicopter batteries that were supposed to be shipped, Defense Secretary Robert Gates has ordered the Air Force and Navy to conduct a full inventory of all US nuclear weapons and weapons-related materials and report to him within 60 days. Gore: Warming Deniers Still Believe Moon Landing Was Staged And World Is Flat (Video) In an interview with 60 Minutes, former Vice President Al Gore talks about the $300 million anti-global warming ad campaign set to launch next week and compares global warming skeptic - including Vice President Dick Cheney - to the people who still think “the moon landing was staged in a movie lot in Arizona and those who believe the world is flat.” Video: LA Times Apologizes For Fabricated Tupac Story The LA Times apologized yesterday for running a March 17 article that implicated Sean “P Diddy” Combs in a brutal beating and shooting that targeted the late rapper Tupac Shakur that was based on documents the Times now admits are forgeries. The documents appear to have been created by one of the men they claimed behind the attack - a man who is currently in prison on federal fraud charges and who is known for promoting fantastical stories that make him a central player in the establishment of rap music. Mom Charged With Shooting Children After a 37 year-old student showed up at a University of Louisville health counselor’s office with a handgun and turned it over, university officials sent police to the woman’s house to check on her children, a 14 year-old boy and a 10 year-old girl, who were found dead from gunshot wounds. The woman was charged with murder and terroristic threatening with a gun, which she allegedly pointed at a police officer. International Middle East Iraqi-Iraqi Fighting Spreads To Baghdad, Kills Two US Embassy Workers Intense fighting between Iraqi forces and Shia militias loyal to radical cleric Muqtada al-Sadr has spread from Basra - the southern oil capital of Iraq - to Baghdad, with insurgents launching a surprisingly effective mortar and rocket attack on the Green Zone - the heavily-fortified home of the Iraqi government and US embassy - that has killed two US embassy workers. In response, the government imposed a three-day curfew on the capital city. The Baghdad attacks were believed to be retribution for the government’s crackdown in Basra. Al-Sadr released a statement calling for an end to the fighting and encouraging peaceful protesting instead, but there has been speculation that Sadr has lost control of the more extreme elements of his Mahdi Army. The fighting is the first time the Shia-controlled Iraqi government has fully taken-on the Shia militias that remain influential. Pakistan’s Frustrations Unleashed On A Top US Diplomat In a sign of the pent-up frustration and anger in Pakistan over the US’s unwavering support for President Musharraf, despite his extreme unpopularity and a series of dubious moves that threatened the country’s democratic institutions (such as sacking the supreme court and replacing the judges with sycophants), John Negroponte, America’s chief diplomat to the country, was greeted by the newly elected order with a series of cold receptions, public dressing downs, and private ventings. Hezbollah Has New Iranian Rockets Capable Of Hitting All Of Israel “With Iranian backing, Hezbollah guerrillas have dramatically increased their rocket range and can now threaten most of Israel.” The Iranian rockets have a range of 185 miles, making most of Israel in range, including the southern city in which Israel’s nuclear reactor is located. Europe Europe & IOC Seek Guarantees China Won’t Censor Olympics After France raised concerns over Chinese censorship following Beijing’s blocking of pro-Tibet protests that disrupted the Olympic flame-lighting ceremony, the International Olympic Committee and European Broadcasting Union are seeking guarantees from the Chinese government that Olympics television coverage will air live and uncensored, even if protests do occur, as China committed to doing over two years ago and confirmed in January. France’s President Sarkozy said he will be consulting with other European leaders over whether they will boycott attending the Olympics. French Audio Recordings Predate Edison’s By 17 Years A Berkeley researcher discovered primitive sound recordings in France’s patent office that predate Thomas Edison’s first audio recordings by 17 years. The recordings were made by a needle etching a pattern in soot-coated paper. After scanning the images and returning to the US, a team was able to create a “virtual” phonautogram which was able to electronically play the sounds represented by the images. Asia Asian Rice Crisis Threatens Millions The Asian rice crisis is becoming more acute - soaring global rice prices, driven by surging demand in Africa and the Middle East, are threatening the well being of hundreds of millions of Asians who depend on the crop as a primary food. Price increases of only a few cents can mean starvation for millions, and the price has doubled over the past five years, leading countries to impose export bans and ration in the face of desperate and sometimes riotous populations. Business & Economics Final 2007 Economic Numbers Confirm Economic Trouble, But Some Bright Spots The Commerce Department released final economic numbers for 2007 yesterday - a rundown confirms the economy is suffering. In the fourth quarter GDP grew at a 0.6% annual rate, down from what was nearly a 5% pace last year. Unemployment claims fell, which surprised economists who see unemployment rising this year. Consumer spending dropped to 2.3% from 2.9% the quarter before, but still beat estimates of 1.9%. Inventories fell by 1.8%, but US exports surged at a 6.5% pace, primarily thanks to the far-falling Dollar, which makes US products cheaper abroad. Inflation jumped to 3.9% from 1.8% in the third quarter, driven by low interest rates and soaring commodity prices, particularly oil, the high price of which is starting to be felt throughout the economy.
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The Atlantic's Boldest: A Correction Column
http://marcambinder.theatlantic.com/archives/2008/03/1_brass...I haven't disclosed my corrections in a while, and I'm feeling a bit guilty. For this week: 1. I wrote that New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg could be the "brass tacts" enforcer of Barack Obama's vision. But gilded politeness was not what I
