Political Science (fiction): 6 Science Fiction Classics To Help You Choose The Next President
We asked six political pundits, including Andrew Sullivan and DailyKos’ Markos Moulitsas, to pick one piece of science fiction that you must read or watch before stepping into the voting booth next month.
There are some pretty good responses there.
Los Angeles Times
Having hauled in a record $208,333 every hour of every day last month — $150 million in all — plus a few more unreported millions so far this month, Barack Obama is worried that he might come up short in the political money war with the John McCain-Sarah Palin ticket.
Just to relieve himself [...]
My Way News
Oil prices fell below $70 a barrel Wednesday as investors shrugged off a looming OPEC production cut after company forecasts suggested the U.S. may be headed for a severe economic slowdown that would crimp demand for crude.
Light, sweet crude for December delivery dropped $2.63 to $69.55 a barrel in electronic trading on the [...]
The Long War Journal
Iraqi police and border guards have arrested seven members of Irans Revolutionary Guards Corps since Oct 18. The arrests come as the senior US commander in Iraq accused Iran of attempting to bribe Iraqi members of parliament to vote against the status of forces agreement that will allow US forces to remain [...]
FOXNews.com
Here’s the scenario: It’s Friday night, and what began as an innocent happy-hour margarita morphed into a few pitchers. After all, those tacos were salty.
Bidding friends adieu, you jump in a cab, head home and decide a quick e-mail check is in order. And there it is: a message from your ex. Or your [...]
Overall, I thought that Palin held her own, which is probably a ‘win’ for her campaign wise.
I didn’t like her early ‘I’ll answer the questions the way I want line,’ she was plainly dodging questions there, and while she can certainly answer questions how she wants, her answers should still relate to those [...]
Politico.com
With each permutation, the bill has steadily grown in size. Treasury’s initial plan was about three pages long. The House version, which failed, stretched to 110. The Senate substitute now runs over 450 pages. And tucked away in the tax provisions is a landmark health care provision demanding that insurance companies provide coverage for mental [...]
