Tuesday, November 04, 2008
Monday, November 03, 2008
Steph would have posted this
in the interest of "fairness" since she posted the first report*, but I beat her to it:
ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- A report has cleared Gov. Sarah Palin of ethics violations in the firing of her public safety commissioner.
The report, released Monday, said: "There is no probable cause to believe that the governor, or any other state official, violated the Alaska Executive Ethics Act in connection with these matters."*Semi-correction: I can't find it, but I know Steph raised it somewhere. Unless she didn't.
Geraghty says Barry, unless PA goes red
"Going down the list, state by state, I come up with a 286-252 electoral vote victory for Obama. If Pennsylvania flips to red, it would actually be a 273-265 McCain victory."
More science shows Ayers wrote Barry's book
When, however, Yavelow compared Obama’s Dreams with Bill Ayers’ memoir, Fugitive Days, he found the similarity of the two books “striking.” He then quickly corrects himself: “’Striking’ is an understatement for the relationship FictionFixer uncovered between Fugitive Days and Dreams From My Father.”
For instance, Dreams averages 17.61 words and 26.48 syllables for non-dialogue sentences. Fugitive Days averages 17.62 words and 26.27 syllables.
Another example is what Yavelow calls “attributions”—e.g., he “asked,” she “said,” they “wondered.” Some authors use as few as three. Many use fewer than twenty. Dreams, however, uses 36; Fugitive Days 34, and with only four exceptions—three of these used only once—the two books use the very same attributions.[Ace]
Friends on the Radio
Years ago a gal from my high school on whom I had a huge crush (way above my pay grade in high school) and with whom I was pretty good friends used to be the "Black Thunder" traffic reporter for a radio station in Dallas flying around in that station's black helicopter. That was pretty cool at the time though she was destined for much greater things.
Recently, a fellow member of my Lions Club and friend has begun doing the news on the half hour for Austin's biggest AM radio station KLBJ. She has a great voice and is perfect for this job. Still, for some reason, rather than it being "cool," I'm somewhat disturbed every time I hear her on the air. I have no idea why I feel that way.
Recently, a fellow member of my Lions Club and friend has begun doing the news on the half hour for Austin's biggest AM radio station KLBJ. She has a great voice and is perfect for this job. Still, for some reason, rather than it being "cool," I'm somewhat disturbed every time I hear her on the air. I have no idea why I feel that way.
Re: Beldar's being the better man...
As I mentioned last week, I'd have rather lost to OSU than TT. Coach Leach is just too weird and the TT fans too obnoxious. Having said that, I reiterate that TT just plain beat us and the game shouldn't have been as close as it ended up. I was heartened by the effort in the second half and there does not appear to be any giving up in these kids.
After the Mizzou game, I started to drink the Kool-Aid but the closeness of the OSU game brought me back to reality. I'd have said as little as two and as many as four losses at the season's start with this year being one to teach and provide experience for young running backs and defensive secondary. With this defense and the loss of our only legitimate tight end, this season has been a bubble waiting to burst.
At No. 4, we're still likely to play in a BCS bowl if we avoid another loss.
After the Mizzou game, I started to drink the Kool-Aid but the closeness of the OSU game brought me back to reality. I'd have said as little as two and as many as four losses at the season's start with this year being one to teach and provide experience for young running backs and defensive secondary. With this defense and the loss of our only legitimate tight end, this season has been a bubble waiting to burst.
At No. 4, we're still likely to play in a BCS bowl if we avoid another loss.
Oh for Pete's sake
On the stinking birth certificate. I'm not looking for the other stuff. (Re did he really go to Columbia: You're thinking Harvard admitted him without obtaining a certified transcript from Columbia?! Even my third rate law school needed a certified transcript from my college.)
Update: More on the birth certificate nonsense.
Update: More on the birth certificate nonsense.
What's with Palin's medical records?
They were promised, but haven't yet been provided. Strikes me as odd.
It’s getting a little scarier around here.
Lawyer in my section just got the ax.
Then I get a robo-email in which the first two sentences read:
As you are no doubt aware, with the current fluctuations in the economy, the legal market is beginning to slow quite dramatically. Especially hard hit are attorneys working in the securities and real estate sectors.
Then I get a robo-email in which the first two sentences read:
As you are no doubt aware, with the current fluctuations in the economy, the legal market is beginning to slow quite dramatically. Especially hard hit are attorneys working in the securities and real estate sectors.
Ipod bleg
I'm unplugging from talk radio after Tuesday to listen to books and other things on my commute. Anyone up on Ipods and similar devices?
Sunday, November 02, 2008
Even if Ayers didn't write Barry's book:
And from where I’m sitting, all of these charges, brought about by another
explanation for the similarities in the Ayers and Obama tomes, are every bit as
revealing: Obama may not have had his book ghostwritten. But it is possible, if
the science is to be believed, that Obama had so internalized Ayers’ style — and
was so taken by his method of argumentation and the force of his ideology — that
he wrote a derivative work that, in a number of passages, bordered on
plagiaristic.
Hardly what one would expect from someone who didn’t know of
Ayers’ past, and who considered him “just some guy from the neighborhood.”
Jeff G. asks a question
"So answer me this, somebody: Did Barack Obama really attend Columbia? And if so, where’s the proof?"
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