Candidates’ family cannot fill shoes of candidates

Political figures benefit from family members on the campaign trails, but they cannot replace the candidates entirely.
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Mass protests send clear message

The largest protest ever in connection with a political convention upstaged the GOP.
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That other election

“Such stories sell, I guess, but isn’t the question of our nation’s political future of enough interest without sex scandals?”
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Powell’s no-show in Athens illustrates nation’s problem

When the U.S. Secretary of State cannot attend the Olympic closing ceremony without protests errupting, there is something wrong with our nation’s role in the world.
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Negative campaigns have negative side effects

In the last debate before the primaries next week, democratic Senatorial candidate Peter Deutsch showed how not to run an effective campaign that focuses on the issues.
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Daily Show often beats ‘real’ news programs in news value

Officially a comedy show, more and more college students tune in to The Daily Show for news coverage.
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Chhadva’s burst of truth a refreshing change

USF President Judy Genshaft’s inacessability to students’ concerns was rightfully brought up at last week’s BOT meeting.
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kinshasa

I flew back from Brussels to Newark and onto Tampa on Sunday. My bag, containing ALL my clothes didn’t. Instead it went to Kinshasa in the Republic of the Congo, formerly know as Zaire, formerly know as Belgian Congo.

I’ll definitely write about this once the episode is resolved.

Hurricane help needed, but so are stricter building codes

Damages caused by Hurricane Charley were compounded by the way some Florida homes are constructed. Stricter building codes are therefore necessary.
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Get well, Steve

Just thought I’d post this here too, even though It’s already up on my other site:

Steve Jobs, CEO of Apple, apparently underwent cancer surgery over the weekend. In an email to company members, of which we received a copy, he says the surgery was successful and he will not need chemotherapy.
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July surprise

A few days ago I posted a link and comment about a New Republic article that suggested the Bush administration was not only putting pressure on Pakistan to catch high ranking al-Qaida members, but to do so in a specific timeframe (story). Many have voiced concern that the leaked schedule happened to be coinciding with the DNC.

Now ABC has this paragraph buried in a story on, you guessed it, the capture of a high ranking al-Qaida member: “Ghailani’s arrest on Sunday after an intense 12-hour firefight in the eastern city of Gujrat ended a six-year odyssey that began when he boarded a Kenyan Airways flight to the southern Pakistani city of Karachi, leaving Africa before bombs exploded nearly simultaneously in Dar es Salaam and Nairobi.” link

He was arrested last Sunday, yet it took Pakistan officials five days to announce it. I guess it was only a coincidence that John Kerry’s acceptance speech was overshadowed in some instances by the news of the arrest.