| The comeback curmudgeon
They could live with his maverick tendencies, even if polls showed his support for a military surge threatened to alienate voters. What they couldn't live with was Mr. McCain not being, well, Mr. McCain. Mr. Swindle, a former federal trade commission and now an adviser to Mr. McCain's campaign, recalls watching a debate in which his friend appeared to be rummaging through a mental filing cabinet, searching for an answer that had been scripted by one of his high-priced consultants. The man he knew - unswerving in his beliefs, even if they clashed with received wisdom or hurt his political chances - had somehow morphed into a choreographed marionette of his political handlers. John McCain had lost sight of who he was. "We said, 'What the hell is going on here?' " Mr.
Salmond snared in donor row
ALEX SALMOND was last night fending off political attacks over his personal intervention to help a party donor win planning approval for an £80 million development in Aviemore. The first minister called his most senior planning official last month at a time when the development, backed by a hotelier who gave the SNP £30,000, looked at risk of collapsing because of a delay in the planning process. His environment minister, Michael Russell, then contacted the chief executive of the green quango responsible for the delay to question the public body's stance. The project was approved days later after the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (Sepa) withdrew its concerns about the scheme. .
Driver caught going 110 mph in Wash.
Out of the corner of my eye, I saw this blue streak streaking down on the freeway on southbound 405. That really got our attention as he was passing a lot of traffic at a high rate of speed." Davis said his colleague in the plane used aircraft marks on the freeway to calculate the driver's speed and clocked the man at 104 mph during the first check. The driver continued to speed up to 110 mph.Traffic was light, Davis said, and the driver was driving in the carpool lane with a passenger. "He was able to get a nice long straight stretch and he really let it have it," Davis said. "I'm sure all the cars around were wondering, 'Gosh, where's a trooper when you need one?' Well, there was a trooper when they needed one -- we were straight up in the air watching this guy drive like a jerk."As the vehicle began weaving in and out of traffic, Davis directed troopers on the ground to the vehicle, and they were able to stop him near the Northeast 124th Street exit.
Hip-Hop Rumors: Jay-Z Supports Kanye, ODB On George Bush, T.I ...
"We love you Kanye. We got you. Stay strong," Jay-Z.
On the real, the Hip-Hop community is feeling for Kanye and his loss. I heard that nearly all of Roc-A-Fella Records will be flying to Chicago for funeral and memorial services for Donda West, Kanye's doting mother. Here is a statement I got from a rep at The Roc, “We are saddened by the loss of Ms. West. The offices of Roc-A-Fella will be totally empty today by request of Mr. Carter." Kanye did what he said to do: “If you admire somebody, you should gon' head [and] tell ‘em / People never get the flowers, while they can still smell ‘em."" Kanye's mother had mad flowers.
Instead of flowers, Kanye West and his family request that donations be made in Dr. West's name to Kanye West Foundation/Loop Dreams Teacher Training Institute at 8560 W.
Sony DCR-DVD100 Handycam DVD camcorder
The Sony DCR-DVD100 Handycam ($900) makes sharing home movies with friends and family easier because it records them on disks that can be played on most DVD devices. No more forcing friends and families to sit through marathon screenings in your homenow you can give them their very own copy of Deedee's First Dance Recital: The Director's Cut. .
Cis' blog roundup - Friday
I offered to help keep things at a slow idle when I saw that DFO was coming back to the blog multiple times a day while he was supposed to be on vacation. Nevertheless, this article is a very timely piece of perspective considering some of the problems we've had this week. Fortunately, this group has been, for the most part, very understanding and supportive in Dave's absence. According to the story, though, not all bloggers are quite so fortunate. Romenesko hasn't had a vacation in 7 years. That just ain't right. .
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