In Los Angeles robbery sinks to a new low: A burglar stole tens of thousands of dollars Sunday from a Union Rescue Mission safe, money that homeless people had saved up from jobs they held outside the shelter, officials said. The thief then set a fire to cover his tracks. The smoke forced the San Pedro Street mission’s 800 residents to evacuate about 4 a.m., when temperatures were in the low 40s. Sprinklers doused the fire, which damaged the...
Daily Archives: December 3, 2007 10:14 am
Ten Post Round-Up: Business As Usual
It’s Monday! Don’t think of it as the beginning of a long work week, think of it as one day closer to next weekend. I was finally able to troubleshoot my browser and everything is working as it should. It’s next to impossible for a control freak, such as myself, to accomplish anything, in an orderly fashion when your gadgets don’t work the way that you expect them to. It was taking me forever to get the Round-Up posted,...
Mitt’s No JFK
With Huckabee’s stock rising with the GOP, ABC News reports that Mitt Romney is preparing to “do a JFK,” and address the issue of faith in a “speech entitled “Faith in America” at the George H.W. Bush Presidential Library in College Station, Texas.” But if Kennedy’s experience is any guide, one speech will not put the issue to rest. Historical amnesia aside, Kennedy’s speech in Houston was not his first big public attempt to address and end discussion of...
More Iowa: There’s ‘Joe Mo’ in Dubuque
Jonathan Alter analyze’s the run off to Iowa noting “Should Clinton lose Iowa, the door might open for second-tier candidates to start getting competitive.” If Clinton and Obama were arguing about anything other than experience, it wouldn’t be possible for Biden, Chris Dodd or Bill Richardson to get the slightest traction, even with a better-than-expected finish. But by staking her claim on her preparation for the White House, Clinton has kicked off a fuller discussion on what constitutes real...
Countdown to Iowa: Karl Rove Gives Free Campaign Advice to… Obama
Karl Rove has written a “Memo to Obama” offering him free campaign advice on “How to Beat Hillary.” Whatever happened to Rove retiring and spending time with the family? WTF? After all the damage he’s done to this country with his pal Dubya, now he’s running around offering free advice to our candidates: First, stop acting like a vitamin-deficient Adlai Stevenson. Striking a pose of being high-minded and too pure will not work. Americans want to see you scrapping...
Recent Comments