Volume 4 Issue 10
February 1, 2007
This is Not a Bomb (literally or figuratively)
Biden bumbles into the race, Minnesota politics stays strange, and a gift from the Government of Alaska
Look Who's Running for President: Delaware Senator Joe Biden joined the Presidential race yesterday. That was pretty much expected...what was unexpected was him joining by making racial comments about Barack Obama -
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/01/us/politics/01biden.html
The original story with the comments -
http://www.observer.com/20070205/20070205_Jason_Horowitz_pag eone_newsstory1.html
Oh, this should be fun: One of the more interesting Senate races for 2008 took shape yesterday as comedian Al Franken let it be known he will run against Norm Coleman next year -
http://www.startribune.com/587/story/972540.html
The Next War: With Bush up to his old tricks, and US and Iranian forces so close, could a war happen by accident? A fair point, but as I have argued in the past, that may be just what the Administration wants -
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16911972/
How to Lose the Big Contract: Boston yesterday was swept up in a panic over bomb-like devices being found all over the city...until it turned out they were all unconventional ads for a Cartoon Network program. And that sound you hear is of all the people who work for that ad agency taking it off their resumes -
http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2007 /01/31/governor_mayor_livid_as_boston_ad_stunt_spurs_chaos/
Bad John Edwards Photo of the Day:
Crap, am I in New Hampshire or Iowa?
Love, Italian Style: Former Italian PM Silvio Berlusconi must have had a tough adjustment to being out of power. But that must seem like a piece of cake to placating his wife of 27 years, who was so pissed at him this week, she wrote an article for a paper that was no friend of his administration, demanding he apologize to her for flirting in public. And of course, he did...after the fray made the top of all the newscasts and was the talk of the nation. Said one analyst of the hold the story has on the nation, "It's not healthy, but it's Italian."-
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/01/world/europe/01italy.html
A Gift from the Government: Alaska stories keep popping up this week...but this one contains one of the best quotes from a public official I've seen in a while. Anchorage, AK has seen a snowier than normal winter this year, and as a result, the moose that head into the city for the winter are mainly sticking to the plowed streets. Many also die because of the shortage of food. This MSNBC piece gave us this gem of a quote:
A few hundred moose end up dying in town each year, including those hit by cars, according to Sinnott. Sometimes they starve to death or succumb to diseases in their weakened states, frequently in people's yards. Sometimes the carcasses aren't discovered until the snow melts.
In any case, it's the property owner's responsibility to remove the body.
"I tell people when the moose is alive it belongs to the state," Sinnott said. "If it's dead and on your property, it belongs to you."
Something I'm sure the good citizens of Anchorage enjoy -
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16903005/
And strangely enough, on the same day this story appeared, the city of Anchorage unveiled a new slogan: "Big Wild Life". So perhaps they will advertise the whole "If a moose dies on your lawn it's yours!" angle?
http://www.bigwildlife.net/
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