January 19, 2009
If I hadn’t spotted that I’d left my iPod on my tube train seat, I wouldn’t have jumped back on the train just before the doors shut, and had to stay on until the next stop; and then got back on the line going back to my original stop. If I hadn’t been delayed by those 10 min...
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For the next few days, the airwaves will be saturated by coverage of the inaguration activities. In fact, the party has already started, at least on select channels, such as CNN and MSNBC, who’ve been covering things fairly non-stop since yesterday’s Whistle Stop Tour. Even Fox News ...
go to article »January 13, 2009
I just got finished listening to the last Bush presidential press conference ever (let the celebrations begin!), and all I can do is shake my head. What a mess that man is. One of the most telling lines in the conference was when Bush talked about how "the presidency never leaves you! You can never ...
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It’s official: the music stars scheduled to perform at the “We Are One” free inaugural concert on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial this Sunday include* (my bolding): Beyonce, Mary J. Blige, Bono, Garth Brooks, Sheryl Crow, Renee Fleming, Josh Groban, Herbie Hancock, Heather Headle...
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That's what gossip blogger Perez Hilton is reporting is on the tongues of Latino democrats: that JLo and old Skelly-Skell are all about getting some spotlight at Obama's inaugural ball when they never supported the Illinois senator in the first place: Marc Anthony and Jennifer Lopez are scheduled to...
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Kenyanpoet reports that a Kenyan choir will perform during the inauguration of the US president elect Barack Obama on January 20, and that “they have prepared a special repertoire of African choral music to remind Mr Obama of his African roots”. ...
go to article »January 8, 2009
Earlier today I linked to a new blog for moderate (conservative) Republicans: Crimson Politics. The goal of the site, which is more than a blog, is to give fiscal conservatives, moderate Republicans, moderate conservatives, libertarian conservatives, etc. a place to talk politics, unite, and take ac...
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BBC Radio 4 recently broadcast a very interesting programme about Obama’s academic career in Harvard and Chicago. You can hear it on the iPlayer here. ...
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