The Texas Republican Party establishment has rallied around a single candidate, Houston City Councilwoman Shelley Sekula-Gibbs, in their unusual write-in campaign to salvage the 22nd Congressional District seat vacated in June by Tom DeLay, the former House majority leader.
But the extreme rarity of successful write-in campaigns for Congress and the presence of a solid Democratic nominee on the ballot in former Rep. Nick Lampson has prompted CQPolitics.com to change its rating on the 22nd District race to Leans Democratic from No Clear Favorite.
Nice to see Tom’s greed working against the Repugs. May the trend continue.
I believe it. I always try to smile at the pump when it’s over $3/gallon, because I know it’s bad news for Bush, and it’s a price I’m willing to pay to get the Repubs out of office.
I think we’ll see gas prices drop until November 7th.
Local Republican committees are starting to follow the lead of their rank and file in Connecticut by abandoning the quixotic Senate candidacy of Republican Alan Schlesinger. On August 11th, the Killingworth Republican Town Committee voted to withdraw its endorsement of Schlesinger.
A dozen more may follow, including at least one town that raises more money than any other for Republican causes around the state, Greenwich. The question for most towns will be whether to include the “L-word” in their resolutions…
…Formal endorsements of Lieberman by local Republicans could bolster the army of volunteers that he is trying to build after losing the August 8th Democratic primary to Lamont. Neddites are particularly roiled by the possibility that the state’s 450,000 registered Republicans could provide the margin of victory for Lieberman. Additional signs of the Republican stampede to Lieberman will cause additional agitation between the two camps as the race grows more bitter and personal.
My opinion of Lieberman’s sinks to new depths with each passing day.
OMFG!! That’s as scary as the global temperature “hockey stick curve” – which it resembles closely. Another example of our living unsustainably, I guess. 🙁
The FBI is investigating allegations that self-styled “Painter of Light” Thomas Kinkade and some of his top executives fraudulently induced investors to open galleries and then ruined them financially, former dealers contacted by federal agents said.
Investigators are focusing on issues raised in civil litigation by at least six former Thomas Kinkade Signature Gallery owners, people who have been contacted by the FBI said.
The ex-owners allege in arbitration claims that, among other things, the artist known for his dreamily luminous landscapes and street scenes used his Christian faith to persuade them to invest in the independently owned stores, which sell only Kinkade’s work.
Or perhaps humans are more like Neanderthals: you may think so by the time you get to the end of today’s edition. (Or maybe I’m bad-mouthing Neanderthals unfairly!)
Halfway between South America and New Zealand, in the remote South Pacific, is Rapa, a horseshoe-shaped, 13.5 square-mile island of volcanic origin located essentially in the middle of nowhere. But we should care about Rapa, because it is “a microcosm of the world’s situation,” says University of Oregon archaeologist Douglas Kennett. Like Easter Island, it was settled around 1200 AD. And like Easter Island, the end wasn’t pretty: “…with time and growing populations there was division, then competition between different family lineages, resulting in significant amounts of aggression. This division led to [environmental degradation and] the establishment of fortifications in not very desirable locations, such as mountaintop ridges, where it’s cold, windy, inhospitable for crops, and far away from water.”
Another member of the circle of fools and planetary criminals: Prime Minister John Howard Monday resisted calls in a report sponsored by big business for Australia to cut its greenhouse gas emissions by 60 percent by 2050 to fight the effects of global warming. Howard said the suggestions, made in a report commissioned by the Business Roundtable on Climate Change, would have a damaging effect on the Australian economy and raise petrol prices further.
I guess Boeing didn’t John Howard’s email: Boeing has signed a contract to provide 600,000 solar concentrator cells to SolFocus, a California-based renewable energy company that is developing renewable terrestrial energy alternatives. “Companies on the cutting edge of the renewable energy revolution come to us because we are the world’s leading manufacturer of solar cells,” said Charles Toups, vice president of engineering for Boeing Space and Intelligence Systems. “Our Spectrolab subsidiary has leveraged its expertise in space photovoltaic products to create solar cells with record-breaking efficiencies for Earth-based applications.”
JERUSALEM — Israel has appointed a top general to oversee a war against Iran, prompting speculation that it is preparing for possible military action against Tehran’s nuclear program.
Maj. Gen. Elyezer Shkedy, Israel’s air force chief, will be overall commander for the “Iran front,” military sources told the London Sunday Telegraph.
News of the appointment comes just days before a United Nations deadline expires for Iran to give up its nuclear program, which Western governments fear will be used to produce atomic weapons. Despite Iran’s offer last week to engage in “serious talks” on the matter, Israel fears even more than other Western nations that the offer is simply to buy time for Tehran to secure all the technology it needs to build the bomb.
If Bush can get Israel to start a war with Iran, it will take him off the hook (in his fevered pea brain) and still give the neocons their war.
This link came from today’s Think Fast over at Think Progress.
and US issues visa to former Iranian president Khatami
who will visit US next week. He’s not restricted in movements and will give a speech at the Washington National Cathedral and attend UN Conference early September.
now officially leaning Democratic: CQPolitics/Yahoo
Nice to see Tom’s greed working against the Repugs. May the trend continue.
You know, this idea has occured to me, but I was too lazy to do the research.
They posited an interesting theory today on the Tom Joyner Morning Show. I don’t know if it’s original or not, but radio host Tom Joyner suggested it:
Every time Bush’s poll numbers tank — and both Newsweek and FoxNews have him at 36% approval right now — gas prices go down.
I believe it. I always try to smile at the pump when it’s over $3/gallon, because I know it’s bad news for Bush, and it’s a price I’m willing to pay to get the Repubs out of office.
I think we’ll see gas prices drop until November 7th.
for Lieberman: TG
My opinion of Lieberman’s sinks to new depths with each passing day.
no doubt. He is fast approaching Zellville.
Zell and Joe are soul sisters.
Wow. After all the talk of the housing bubble, this graph really shows how inflated those prices have been. Scary.
OMFG!! That’s as scary as the global temperature “hockey stick curve” – which it resembles closely. Another example of our living unsustainably, I guess. 🙁
love shopping. Sex, not so much: BBC
Why does the shoe thing not surprise me?
I just couldn’t resist posting this story.
Sounds like a market niche might open up for Boran2 if the Kincade art empire implodes. ;-D
Neanderthals were much more like modern humans than had been previously thought, according to a re-examination of finds from one of the most famous palaeolithic sites in Europe.
Or perhaps humans are more like Neanderthals: you may think so by the time you get to the end of today’s edition. (Or maybe I’m bad-mouthing Neanderthals unfairly!)
Halfway between South America and New Zealand, in the remote South Pacific, is Rapa, a horseshoe-shaped, 13.5 square-mile island of volcanic origin located essentially in the middle of nowhere. But we should care about Rapa, because it is “a microcosm of the world’s situation,” says University of Oregon archaeologist Douglas Kennett. Like Easter Island, it was settled around 1200 AD. And like Easter Island, the end wasn’t pretty: “…with time and growing populations there was division, then competition between different family lineages, resulting in significant amounts of aggression. This division led to [environmental degradation and] the establishment of fortifications in not very desirable locations, such as mountaintop ridges, where it’s cold, windy, inhospitable for crops, and far away from water.”
Another member of the circle of fools and planetary criminals: Prime Minister John Howard Monday resisted calls in a report sponsored by big business for Australia to cut its greenhouse gas emissions by 60 percent by 2050 to fight the effects of global warming. Howard said the suggestions, made in a report commissioned by the Business Roundtable on Climate Change, would have a damaging effect on the Australian economy and raise petrol prices further.
And I guess these folks don’t count: Andean glaciers are melting so fast that some are expected to disappear within 15-25 years, denying major cities water supplies and putting populations and food supplies at risk in Colombia, Peru, Chile, Venezuela, Ecuador, Argentina and Bolivia.
Nor these: Latin America and the Caribbean face a greater risk of more natural disasters because of environmental degradation and climate change, environmental and aid groups warn. The harmful effects of deforestation, increased hurricane strength and/or frequency, and water shortages threaten the entire region.
Nor these: With parts of South Dakota at its epicenter, a severe drought has slowly sizzled a large swath of the Plains States, leaving farmers and ranchers with conditions that they compare to those of the Dust Bowl of the 1930’s.
Nor these: Since the first stirrings of the Industrial Revolution 150 years ago, glaciers in the northern Cascades have shrunk by 40 percent, and the pace is accelerating.
I guess Boeing didn’t John Howard’s email: Boeing has signed a contract to provide 600,000 solar concentrator cells to SolFocus, a California-based renewable energy company that is developing renewable terrestrial energy alternatives. “Companies on the cutting edge of the renewable energy revolution come to us because we are the world’s leading manufacturer of solar cells,” said Charles Toups, vice president of engineering for Boeing Space and Intelligence Systems. “Our Spectrolab subsidiary has leveraged its expertise in space photovoltaic products to create solar cells with record-breaking efficiencies for Earth-based applications.”
Ouch. 15 to 25 years for the Andes?
Link
JERUSALEM — Israel has appointed a top general to oversee a war against Iran, prompting speculation that it is preparing for possible military action against Tehran’s nuclear program.
Maj. Gen. Elyezer Shkedy, Israel’s air force chief, will be overall commander for the “Iran front,” military sources told the London Sunday Telegraph.
News of the appointment comes just days before a United Nations deadline expires for Iran to give up its nuclear program, which Western governments fear will be used to produce atomic weapons. Despite Iran’s offer last week to engage in “serious talks” on the matter, Israel fears even more than other Western nations that the offer is simply to buy time for Tehran to secure all the technology it needs to build the bomb.
If Bush can get Israel to start a war with Iran, it will take him off the hook (in his fevered pea brain) and still give the neocons their war.
This link came from today’s Think Fast over at Think Progress.
BushCo must be delighted. Perhaps the war will commence before November? I’m sure the Israelis would be happy to oblige.
and US issues visa to former Iranian president Khatami
who will visit US next week. He’s not restricted in movements and will give a speech at the Washington National Cathedral and attend UN Conference early September.
Al’jazeera reports here and confirmed by NPR’s “All Things Considered”
I bet there’ll be a high meet up in back channels.
Great daily quote, BTW. Love The Lorax.
What might the world have been like if GWB had read The Lorax instead of My Pet Goat?
;-D