Daily Archives: July 2, 2006

Wife On Your Back?

Posted on July 2, 2006 by Gaius

Then why weren't you in Finland for the races? The 11th annual wife carrying races, that is. It seems the Finns, who have entirely too much time on their hands by all indications, have been staging this event to commemorate … Continue reading →

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Shuttle Launch Scheduled

Posted on July 2, 2006 by Gaius

NASA will try to launch the Discovery today at 3:26 PM EDT. Fueling began at 5:30 AM this morning. Electrically-charged clouds forced NASA to call off Saturday's launch of Discovery, delaying by a day the first space shuttle flight in … Continue reading →

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Kerry As Used Goods

Posted on July 2, 2006 by Gaius

The Associated Press paints a fairly grim picture about John "Hats! Anyone want Hats!" Kerry and his chances at running again. Historically, the Democrats do not renominate someone who has lost previously. Kerry faces a challenge of major proportions, convincing … Continue reading →

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Grim Assessment

Posted on July 2, 2006 by Gaius

Peter Bergen, a senior fellow at the New America Foundation, writing in today's Washington Post, offers a fairly grim assessment of what al Qaeda has been up to. Unlike the recent Newsweek story that tries to pass off al Qaeda … Continue reading →

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Singing Hillary’s Praises

Posted on July 2, 2006 by Gaius

James Carville and Mark Penn write in today's Washington Post about Hillary Clinton's chances at being elected. This is the opening salvo, I suspect, against the extremists on the left wing who have been trashing Hillary for quite some time. … Continue reading →

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Warning Shot

Posted on July 2, 2006 by Gaius

Yesterday, there was quite a bit of buzz in the blogosphere over a report in the Australian that Israel had sent a letter to the Palestinians stating that the Palestinian PM would be killed if the kidnapped soldier was not … Continue reading →

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