Author: Juliana

Lose your house. Lose your vote. In Michigan and Ohio, Republican party attorneys and activists are collecting lists of foreclosed-upon homes in preparation for election day. The intention being to challenge the registration of potential voters whose addresses appear on the lists. The Macomb County party’s plans to challenge voters who have defaulted on their…

Large Hadron Collider Test Successful Physicists around the world are celebrating today following the successful travel of a protons around the 17 mile tunnel of CERN, the largest particle collider. After a series of trial runs, two white dots flashed on a computer screen at 10:36 a.m. (0836 GMT) indicating that the protons had traveled…

Freddie & Fannie CEOs Get Rich(er) It’s just amazing to me that as the mortgage markets falter; shareholders watch their investments drop to nothing; and confidence in the US economy falls around the world; these two guys walk away with millions. Mudd earned $11.6 million last year, and Syron made $18.3 million. In both cases,…

Palin will talk. Remarkable power play by the McCain campaign. First we learn that Governor Palin won’t be “doing any media” for several weeks. Everyone is shocked, yes shocked! Now that she’s agreed to do an interview with ABC’s Charlie Gibson she appears to be so agreeable and willing. Masterful.

RNC Day 3 BfD Chat Join us right here tonight for a lively discussion during Governor Palin’s speech. We’ll be using the nifty Cover It Live. Tune in right back here at 8:00 PM and jump in! It was a lot of fun! Check back often for more chit chat.

For your reading and listening pleasure. Sure to be considered one of the finest political speeches in history, Senator Obama blew us all away last night. Didn’t get enough? Watch it here. Read it here. Chatting with friends last night I was reminded of some other Democratic Convention high points. 1984 was a good year…