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The gas price timeline PDF

Steve — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 19:08:09 +0000

I’ve put together a PDF of yesterday’s gas price timeline. Click to download the PDF here.

The surge won World War II. I mean, that’s just a matter of history.

Steve — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 19:02:18 +0000

For video of McCain’s “misstatement”, check out the video at Huffington Post along with information about CBS’s efforts to edit the error. As for the poisoned FEMA trailers, the Federal Emergency Management Agency is now asking a federal judge for immunity from lawsuits for their sticking Hurricane Katrina victims in formaldehyde-filled temporary housing.

Designed to help the private sector: Mission Accomplished

Steve — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 19:35:55 +0000

Iraq president supports Obama’s timetable for withdrawal

Steve — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 15:43:58 +0000

In an interview with a German publication, Iraqi President Nuri al-Maliki was quoted as supporting Barack Obama’s 16-month timetable to leave Iraq. The Bush administration, naturally, flipped out and contacted the Iraq govermnet and both sides claimed that this was an error in translation. Turns out - it wasn’t at all. The German publication, Der Spiegel, [...]

As far as the eye can’t see

Steve — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 15:24:48 +0000

Phil Gramm steps down as McCain campaign co-chair

Steve — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 03:44:58 +0000

McCain’s chief economic advisor and the author of the “Enron loophole” has recently caught so much flack for calling the U.S. a “nation of whiners” that he has stepped down as co-chairman of the McCain campaign. TalkingPointsMemo reports that Gramm’s “step down” is in the now classic George W. Bush tradition in that he’ll still be [...]

Mentally recessing news for the McCain team

Steve — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 07:12:16 +0000

Last seen loading Solo into the cargo hold

Steve — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 06:23:09 +0000

Two sides

Steve — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 08:00:31 +0000

Yep. This is me venting after having seen yet another talking-head TV debate between someone speaking common sense and someone talking gibberish. There is absolutely no way a person watching those kinds of “news” programs can learn a thing from two people blatantly contradicting each other. It requires that the viewer - essentially - do [...]

Illustrating how the Dems can lose

Steve — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 21:55:57 +0000

The new cover of The New Yorker has been getting a lot of attention. The cartoon image shows Barack and Michelle Obama in the oval office, Barack is dressed in traditional Muslim garb, Michelle has an automatic weapon slung across her back, there’s a portrait of Osama Bin Laden hanging over the fireplace which [...]