The Minnesota Supreme Court ruled today that Al Franken should be certified the winner of the long-running Senate race between Franken and Coleman. Norm Coleman has finally conceded. It’s about freakin time! Sphere: Related Content
Monthly Archives: June 2009
Madoff Sentenced to 150 Years
It’s a small consolation really to those who lost their life savings to Bernie Madoff, but atleast it’s something… Madoff was sentenced today to 150 years in prison “for operating one of the largest frauds in Wall Street history, an operation that ensnared millionaires, private foundations, a Nobel Prize laureate and hundreds of small investors who lost their life savings to an investment guru they had trusted completely.” In pronouncing the sentence — the maximum he could have handed...
The Dodd/Kennedy Connection
A very good read: Dodd And Kennedy Know, Trust, And More Than Ever Rely On Each Other.
Breaking: Pop Star Michael Jackson Dead at 50
Breaking News… Pop star Michael Jackson has died. He was 50 years old. The NY Times sent out a news alert a short time ago that he had been rushed to the hospital. Shortly after that I recieved a call from a friend who said that WBCN in Boston was already stating him dead. MSNBC is now reporting that the LA Times reports Jackson has been pronounced dead. NBC has now confirmed. TMZ also broke the news early on that...
Tarnished Shields: The Morally Bankrupt ‘Family Values’ Republican Leadership
Some columns are easier to write than others. This is one of them. Providing all of my research were the “family values” Republicans. This week, second term Gov. Mark Sanford of South Carolina disappeared for six days, leaving the state without a chief executive who could make decisions in an emergency. His Republican lieutenant governor didn’t know where he was, and had not been given any authority to make decisions in his absence. The state police said they had...
Gov Sanford Explains Disappearance and Admits Affair
Why am I not at all surprised by the news that Governor Mark Sanford, whose strange dissapearance for a few days was the talk of the press and the blogosphere, is (or was?) having an affair. Gov. Mark Sanford of South Carolina said Wednesday that he had been having an extramarital affair with a woman in Argentina for the last year, ending the mystery surrounding his disappearance over Father’s Day weekend and considerably dampening his prospects for a national...
Must Read of the Day
Roger Cohen’s latest on Iran: The End of the Beginning.
A Poem for Neda Agha Soltan (1982-2009)
Neda Agha Soltan died Saturday in Iran. She was an Iranian student who was shot by a single bullet amid the protests following the Iranian election. Her last moments were captured on a video that has gone beyong viral to global. Via the NY Times and The Writing Life II: A Poem for Neda Agha Soltan (1982-2009) Written by Mandana - Stay, Neda— The twittering birds, Green-garbed forests, Scented blossoms… all sing of spring’s arrival Don’t go, Neda… - Stay, Neda— Sing...
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