In what can only be described as a surprise to me, Twins owner Carl Pohlad
has been backing presumptive Democratic candidate for president Barack Obama.
Pohlad, the banker, investor and Twins owner, and his family have contributed or bundled as much as $217,000 for Obama, Politico reported.
Overall, guys like Pohlad tend to back Republicans. I wonder [...]
Our refineries are exporting 1.6 million barrels of refined petroleum products every day.
While the U.S. oil industry wants access to more federal lands to help reduce reliance on foreign suppliers, American-based companies are shipping record amounts of gasoline and diesel fuel to other countries.
A record 1.6 million barrels a day in U.S. refined [...]
otherwise, he'd be hanging by his thumbs in a Gulag right about now. Am I the only one who was listening to his interview this morning on NPR's Morning Edition?
Sure, he's shilling a new book. But wow. Accusing the W.H. of ordering the CIA in 2003 to fabricate and back-date to 2001 an incriminating letter [...]
Terrorist Watch List Hits One Million Names. A million names on the list! But, hey, they scrubbed Nelson Mandela off the list recently.
Online porn industry sees upswing (heh) in sales about the time the $600/$1200 checks came out.
Cindy McCain charges $750,000 on her credit cards in one month. Remember that the next time someone tells you that the Obama's are elitists.
Thad Cochran apparently doesn't want to work in a McCain administration.
5th Anniversary of Bush's 'Bring 'em On' Boast on Iraq Is Here.
Techniques used in Guantánamo the same as Chinese Communist techniques used during the Korean War to obtain confessions, many of them false, from American prisoners.
BLM sez no more solar power projects on BLM land for now.
A movement is afoot to name a San Francisco sewage treatment plant in W.'s honor.
Evangelical leader James Dobson accuses Obama of distorting the Bible.
Forget about Biblical inerrency. Apparently, context matters after all. When it's politically expedient, anyway.
Your Department of Agriculture, vigorously protecting the public against information.
On second thought, mebbe it's not such a good idea for government budgeting to be modeled on family budgets.
Officials: Clinton will concede delegate race to Obama Tuesday night.
Special for Flag Day.
Li'l Steven explains patriotism. [Rated M for one naughty word]
Something you want to see? Call the request line.
So, do you think that the numbers of American troops dying in Iraq is increasing or decreasing? I think you'll be surprised to hear that more troops have died in July than died in June. Or than July is already the fourth deadliest month for American troops since the "Mission Accomplished" speech. Or that more [...]
Nice day today. What's going on out there?
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