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  • Sen. Obama's Oregon rally

    Sen. Barack Obama was greeted by the largest crowd of his 15-month campaign in Portland Sunday, an estimated 75,000 people, according to Portland Police videos slideshow. Love0 Share Tweet Share Pin

  • tech news & stuff

    Sci/Tech Sydney Morning Herald ‘Wii Fit’ will definitely get you moving MSNBC – 48 minutes ago The mini-games are the most enjoyable part of “Wii Fit” – games that Nintendo claims will help you work on your aerobic strength and balance. Nintendo Wii Fit launches Today I4U Nintendo’s Wii Fit Pumps Up ‘Active Gaming’ Trend NPR…

  • it's all politics

    Compiled by Jonathan Helman and Mary Grace Lucas, CNN Washington Bureau Washington Post: Clinton Quiet About Own Radical Ties When Hillary Rodham Clinton questioned rival Barack Obama’s ties to 1960s radicals, her comments baffled two retired Bay Area lawyers who knew Clinton in the summer of 1971 when she worked as an intern at a…

  • the political wires . . .

    Compiled by Jonathan Helman and Mary Grace Lucas, CNN Washington Bureau Washington Post: Clinton Quiet About Own Radical Ties When Hillary Rodham Clinton questioned rival Barack Obama’s ties to 1960s radicals, her comments baffled two retired Bay Area lawyers who knew Clinton in the summer of 1971 when she worked as an intern at a…

  • Ted Kennedy

    Conflicting reports out of Massachusetts today said Sen. Ted Kennedy, (D-Mass.,) suffered an apparent seizure. I hope he recovers. He’s one of our best fighters. It was both a tragic and triumphant time on the public stage for the liberal lion. And I’m not talking about the death of his brothers. Mainly I refer to…

  • Obama seeks focus on end of primary campaign

    EUGENE, Oregon (AP) — Attempting to lay a symbolic claim to his party’s presidential nomination, Democrat Barack Obama will mark the latest round of primary voting with a rally in Iowa, where his solid win in January caucuses propelled him to his status as the front-runner. Obama was campaigning Saturday for primaries Tuesday in Oregon…

  • Florida, Michigan cannot save Clinton

      WASHINGTON (AP) – Michigan and Florida alone can’t save Hillary Rodham Clinton’s campaign. Interviews with those considering how to handle the two states’ banished convention delegates found little interest in the former first lady’s best-case scenario. Her position, part of a formidable comeback challenge, is that all the delegates be seated in accordance with…

  • British Army faces public inquiry over Baha Mousa death

    by Aislinn Simpson, 5/15/2008 The British Army will face a public inquiry over the torture and subsequent death of an Iraqi hotel worker in its custody, the Defence Secretary confirmed on Wednesday. The Defence Secretary Des Browne said in a written statement to Parliament that a public enquiry would ensure lessons could be learned. Baha…

  • Idiot right wing talk-show host

    Chris Matthews, who can be quite an idiot himself, was on the side of the angels in this encounter. He quickly figured out that Kevin James, the right wing nut job he had on his MSNBC show, did not know what he was talking about, even as he was trying to smear Sen. Barack Obama.…

  • McCain=Hypocrite

    The Young Turks talk about McCain Love0 Share Tweet Share Pin