Archive for October, 2003
Posted in October 13th, 2003
The first thing that struck me about Jeri Ryan of Star Trek Voyager was that her husband shared the name of the protagonist in most Tom Clancy’s novels. The second thing was that it wasn’t like she was going to marry me anyway. The third was this guy was a conservative Republican, but hey. Then […]
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Posted in October 13th, 2003
OK, so the quality of posts has been kind of low lately. Why? I’m burnt out on politics–yes, it happens from time to time. So I’m taking a break. As of sometime Wednesday I won’t be posting barring a major issue until November 1st. But don’t go away, I’m working on some guest bloggers who […]
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Posted in October 13th, 2003
Never one to let the public forget about the foibles of many of our political leaders, let’s get something straight about Chris Lauzen who was the subject of a Tom Roesser column on Saturday. He is a flake–anyone who tries to change his name to include CPA because he was upset that a primary opponent […]
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Posted in October 13th, 2003
Kathuria had a rather damning article written about him by Rick Pearson over the weekend The whole thing looks very bad, but in the interest of fairness, Greg Blankenship sends along the information Chirinjeev Kathuria will go on John Cox’s The Progressive Conservative tomorrow at 11.30 am to rebut today’s Rick Pearson article. In the […]
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Posted in October 10th, 2003
Yeah, well, the Cub game has me engrossed–tomorrow, tomorrow, I promise, tomorrow….
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Posted in October 10th, 2003
Back tonight or tomorrow, lots to cover including the new cattle call with several developments in the Republican race. For entertainment check out my Saint Louis blog–Blog Saint Louis A couple minutes will explain why I’ve been a bit slack over here. And Kevin–I have a response about Jeri, but I have to find the […]
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Posted in October 8th, 2003
Via Illinigirl, Normal had to control the Illinois State students after the win over the Braves. ORMAL — A crowd of roughly 3,000 made its way around town in the vicinity of the Illinois State University campus Sunday night, following the Chicago Cubs’ decisive win over the Atlanta Braves at Turner Field in Atlanta, Ga. […]
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Posted in October 8th, 2003
Mice want to ban the book in Normal. Yeah, I bet that the dangerous concept of literature causes some of the ninnies in Normal to get their panties in a bunch. Boswell and the Principals had better stand up to this. There is a dangerous concept in education called challenging one’s beliefs. I don’t buy […]
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Posted in October 8th, 2003
I generally don’t feel qualified to judge who gets the Economics Nobel, but these two are extremely worthy for their work in econometricts.
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Posted in October 7th, 2003
I believe that if Paul Krugman gets the Nobel, Donald Lushkin is going to pull a Regan and I want to be there to watch his head spin around and see him get it on with a cross.
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Posted in October 7th, 2003
Exelon plots Springfield power ploy Seeks SBC-style fast track on IP deal, rates The parent of Commonwealth Edison Co., which announced Sept. 26 that it was in talks to acquire Decatur-based Illinois Power from Texas-based Dynegy Inc., wants the General Assembly this fall to require the Illinois Commerce Commission (ICC) to review the acquisition within […]
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Posted in October 7th, 2003
For those who don’t remember Political State Report comparing Arnold Maremont to Blair Hull, go here first I am a nephew of Arnold H. Maremont, the subject of your article of May 29, 2003. I am fully aware of the events of 1961 and 1962 that are the subject of your article. Your article which […]
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Posted in October 7th, 2003
Mel Reynolds is officially taking on Jesse Jackson Jr for Congress.
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Posted in October 7th, 2003
I can only second the positive review of MI-5 over at Slate
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Posted in October 7th, 2003
While Jackson gets the press, the real story here is that a white guy appeases white cops who are very angry at Daley. Cline is qualified and should do a decent job, but most importantly some of the most outspoken critics of Daley are the white cops and firefighters. Some of it justified, a lot […]
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