Daily Archives: January 31, 2007

Joe Biden: Obama “…first…African-American…who is…clean..”

click image to enlarge Joe Biden sounds off again “I mean, you got the first mainstream African-American who is articulate and bright and clean and a nice-looking guy,” he said. link Well, Mr. Joe, you are quite a ways over … Continue reading

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Thomas Friedman: Iran is not our enemy !!

[shorter version posted at dkos] Behind the NY Times Select firewall today, some very sane comments from a “centrist” directed at an increasingly insane Bush administration: “Not so strange Bedfellow” Here’s a little foreign policy test. I am going to … Continue reading

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Filed under Condoleezza Rice: tell me again, what is her job?, Dick Cheney: Hannibal Lector in disguise?, George W. Bush: is he really THAT bad?, Iran, Iraq, John McCain for president of Del Boca Vista, Middle East, Politics

Sam Gardiner speaks up on the impending attack on Iran UPDATED

link image or Ret. Col. Sam Gardiner Last week we saw a story in the Arab Times. about an impending attack on Iran. Now e have one from Ret. Col. Sam Gardiner: Sam Gardiner is a Retired Air Force Col … Continue reading

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Filed under Bill Kristol: is he smarter than you?, Condoleezza Rice: tell me again, what is her job?, Dick Cheney: Hannibal Lector in disguise?, George W. Bush: is he really THAT bad?, Iran, John McCain for president of Del Boca Vista, Middle East, Politics

UPDATED with directions; Camel cash about to expire, along with Camel smokers

Camel Cash Well, along with emphysema, cancer and bad odor, here’s another reason to stop smoking: Camel Cash or “C-Note” (C-Note = 1/1000 of an US cent) is a coupon stuck to the back of filtered varieties of Camel cigarettes. … Continue reading

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Wal-mart pushing compact fluorescent bulbs

A good thing from WalMart that I missed during the holidays: they are pushing compact fluorescent bulbs, bigtime: A compact fluorescent has clear advantages over the widely used incandescent light — it uses 75 percent less electricity, lasts 10 times … Continue reading

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