WALL STREET JOURNAL: The McCain campaign moved its top officials inside Gov. Sarah Palin’s operation Sunday to prepare for what is certain to be the most important event of her vice-presidential campaign: her debate on Thursday with Democrat Joe Biden. Additionally, at the urging of the Republican presidential nominee, Sen. John McCain, Gov. Palin will leave late Monday for his Arizona ranch to prepare for the high-stakes debate. The moves follow several shaky performances by Gov. Palin last week and come amid concern and grumbling from Republicans, and even a few queries from her husband, Todd Palin, according to campaign […]
MY BAD: Latrice Bryant Is Sorry For ‘KKK’ Signs
INQUIRER: The chief legislative aide to Philadelphia City Councilman W. Wilson Goode Jr. issued a “letter of apology” yesterday for flashing handwritten signs in City Council chambers comparing a Fox29 news reporter to the Ku Klux Klan. In the letter addressed to Goode, Latrice Bryant said: “I apologize for my public, albeit silent, display of the handwritten signs. What I did was inappropriate and inexcusable.” On Sept. 18, during a Council meeting, Bryant held up notebook paper with the messages “Fox29 are racist” and “Jeff Cole KKK.” Bryant and Goode are black and reporter Jeff Cole is white. As Fox29 […]
PWNED: Citigroup Swallows Wachovia Whole
NEW YORK TIMES: Citigroup reached an agreement early Monday morning to acquire the banking operations of the Wachovia Corporation after making a daring bid that pulled the deeply troubled company from the brink of collapse. Federal regulators worked around the clock this weekend to orchestrate the sale, finally reaching an agreement at 4 a.m. on Monday morning. In the end, the government agreed to provide Citigroup with a financial guarantee on Wachovia’s most risky assets. It is similar to the deal that the Federal Reserve established with JP Morgan Chase’s emergency takeover of Bear Stearns. Citigroup will assume the first […]
WEIRD SCIENCE: The Afterlife Test
BBC: Doctors at 25 UK and US hospitals will study 1,500 survivors to see if people with no heartbeat or brain activity can have “out of body” experiences. Some people report seeing a tunnel or bright light, others recall looking down from the ceiling at medical staff. The study, due to take three years and co-ordinated by Southampton University, will include placing on shelves images that could only be seen from above. To test this, the researchers have set up special shelving in resuscitation areas. The shelves hold pictures – but they’re visible only from the ceiling. Dr Sam Parnia, […]
ARTSY: Banksy Vs. The Dirty South
SUPERTOUCH: As we reported earlier this week, British street artist BANKSY has been on a southern road trip of late, starting in a pre-Gustav New Orleans before moving on to ALABAMA where he paid homage to the great white powers-that-be with his stenciled image of a hung KKK member on an abandoned gas station. Taking matters into their own hands yesterday, irate locals broke out their own spray cans to let the world know what they think of a snotty English street artist pointin’ fingers at their good ole boys. Too bad they didn’t realize that simply cutting out the […]
THIS JUST IN: The Boss Will Rock Superbowl
THIS JUST IN: Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band will play the half-time slot at the Super Bowl in Tampa, Florida, snagging the most-watched musical showcase of the year, according to the organizers. This year, more than 148 million viewers in the U.S. watched Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers play at the championship game of American football, the National Football League said on Sunday. The Super Bowl, scheduled for February 1, will be televised by NBC. MORE ALSO: Federal regulators on Sunday night were pressing for the sale of yet another troubled bank — this time, the Wachovia Corporation […]
BACK TO THE FUTURE: McCain Elected President
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TRAGIC: ScarJo Married Somebody Other Than ME!
HORROR YEARBOOK: Ryan Reynolds, best known to horror fans for killing the Blade franchise, and running around shirtless in the Amityville remake officially married Scarlett Johansson Saturday confirms US magazine. “The wedding took place Saturday evening at a remote wilderness resort outside Vancouver. Guests included Scarlett’s mother, Melanie Sloan, and her brother, Adrian Johansson.” HoHansson, 23, and Reynolds, 31, have been dating since 2007 and announced their engagement on May 5th. Reynolds also received our Hot Stud of Horror award on Feb 2nd 2007. MORE THE GOOD NEWS IS NATALIE PORTMAN IS SINGLE AGAIN: In Touch can exclusively reveal that […]
USSR: Bailout Could Be The Death Of $700 Billion Man
[Photoshop by NY POST] WASHINGTON POST: At the final, critical meeting in negotiations on the $700 billion Wall Street bailout — the last round of talks began at 10:40 p.m. Saturday and ended around 12:25 a.m. this morning — Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson was so short of breath that lawmakers called the Capitol physician because they were so concerned. Paulson, 62, a former Dartmouth offensive tackle, told lawmakers he was fine and waved off the doctor, despite working around the clock for several days. But as Paulson and Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) later walked to the microphones to address the […]
HEAD OF SKATE: Would Be Funnier If It Wasn’t True
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KILLADELPHIA: Stick Up Men Get Rough Justice
INQUIRER: City police concluded a probe of a fatal shooting in a Southwest neighborhood that was in self-defense. A man in his 20s was fatally shot twice in the chest shortly after 1 a.m. Sunday in the 5100 block of Warrington Street near South 52d Street in Southwest Philadelphia. Police Information Officer Christine O’Brien said the man and a 17-year-old male accomplice were attempting to rob two other men on the street. They were shot by the men they were trying to hold up, O’Brien said. The teen was shot twice in the left arm and was in stable condition […]
GAMBLOR: John McCain, Casino First
NEW YORK TIMES: Senator John McCain was on a roll. In a room reserved for high-stakes gamblers at the Foxwoods Resort Casino in Connecticut, he tossed $100 chips around a hot craps table. When the marathon session ended around 2:30 a.m., the Arizona senator and his entourage emerged with thousands of dollars in winnings. A lifelong gambler, Mr. McCain takes risks, both on and off the craps table. He was throwing dice that night not long after his failed 2000 presidential bid, in which he was skewered by the Republican Party’s evangelical base, opponents of gambling. Mr. McCain was betting […]
EARLY WORD: Celebrate Banned Books Week
Celebrate Your Freedom to Read! Banned Books Week, September 27-October 4, 2008 Each year libraries, schools, and book lovers come together for Banned Books Week, a celebration of our freedom to read without censorship. The American Library Association receives hundreds of reports every year about books and other materials that have been threatened with removal from public libraries and schools. For each known incident, four or five others go unreported. The children’s book “And Tango Makes Three” topped the 2007 list of most challenged books. Get involved in the fight against censorship. Attend one of these two Banned Books events […]