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John McCain kids about Sarah Palin for VP again
Sen. John McCain, who was roundly criticized for putting Sarah Palin on the ticket in 2008, joked Wednesday that Mitt Romney should tap the former Alaska governor as his running mate.
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“Three people have won the Mega Millions lottery. You know what that means — three more votes for Mitt Romney.” –Conan O’Brien
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The World-Is-a-Safer-Place-Without Saddam
- Gunmen attack Afghan government base, killing 10
- Suicide bomber kills three in Karachi
- Syrian troops attack Damascus suburb
- Rocket hits Israeli city near Egypt border
- Fugitive Iraq VP accuses Maliki of targeting Sunnis
- Obama joins meeting with Iraqi Kurd leader
- Senior Iran lawmaker nixes Turkey for nuke talks
- Kuwait-Iraq flights to resume after 20 years
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Just In Case You Don’t Have Enough to Worry About
A new study from researchers at Jay W. Forrester’s institute at MIT says that the world could suffer from “global economic collapse” and “precipitous population decline” if people continue to consume the world’s resources at the current pace.
Smithsonian Magazine writes that Australian physicist Graham Turner says “the world is on track for disaster” and that current evidence coincides with a famous, and in some quarters, infamous, academic report from 1972 entitled, “The Limits to Growth.”
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Supreme Court Holds Federal Regulation of Health Care Limited to Strip Searches
By Don Davis
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Republican Shenanigans
- Romney, GOP must remember lessons from Palin veepstakes
- Santorum hits campaign restart in Pennsylvania
- Romney Has 2-to-1 Lead Among Republican Voters in New York
- Prenatal care debate divides Nebraska Republicans
- Jerry Smith’s Obama rebuke questioned by legal experts
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“Gay groups are upset because Rick Santorum wouldn’t let a boy use a pink bowling ball. Maybe Rick just likes black balls, the bigger and heftier the better.” –Jimmy Kimmel
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Attention: New Republican Talking Point
Democratic leaders on Wednesday dismissed Republican Sen. Orrin Hatch’s warning to supporters that Democrats might attack the Mormon faith of Mitt Romney during the presidential campaign.
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Rock the Voter
- Alabama author Harper Lee honoured by Obama appearance on ‘Mockingbird’ anniversary airing
- Jay Carney: Obama didn’t intend to challenge Supreme Court’s authority
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The State of Current TV
Al Gore’s Current TV has bigger problems to deal with than a potential lawsuit from fired news anchor Keith Olbermann - namely not getting kicked off Time Warner Cable for low ratings.
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Business News
- Oil rises to near $102 in Europe after sell-off
- Americans brace for next foreclosure wave
- Former Army Reservist Says Bank of America Left Him With $25,000 in Debit Charges
- Olbermann to Letterman: ‘If you buy a $10 million chandelier, you should have a house to put it in’
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Goldman Sachs sold their shares in the New York paper “Village Voice” because its back page has ads for prostitution. Goldman Sachs said the only people that should pay to get screwed are their clients.- Conan
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If I won the Mega Millions, I’d buy an island. Not for me. I’d send all the Kardashians there and make them hunt each other. – Craig Ferguson
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