$45 trillion needed to combat warming - Yahoo! News

$45 trillion needed to combat warming - Yahoo! News: "TOKYO - The world needs to invest $45 trillion in energy in coming decades, build some 1,400 nuclear power plants and vastly expand wind power in order to halve greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, according to an energy study released Friday."
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What a relief. I thought it was going to be expensive.

DA: Sen. Marzilli ‘out of control’ - BostonHerald.com

DA: Sen. Marzilli ‘out of control’ - BostonHerald.com: "LOWELL - A second woman came forward this morning claiming state Sen. James Marzilli accosted her in downtown Lowell as new details emerged about what a prosecutor called “out of control” behavior by the Arlington Democrat. The veteran politician, 50, claimed he was Martin Walsh when he was grabbed by cops yesterday, the name of his colleague in the House."
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How could he think he could get away with this sort of thing? He may be a Democrat from Massachusetts, but he isn't a Kennedy.

Swedish government- Elvis no name for a girl

The Local - Elvis no name for a girl: "'It is the National Tax Board's view that Elvis is a first name of a masculine type and as such may, in light of standard practice, be considered clearly inappropriate as a first name for a woman.'"
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Must be fun to live in Sweden. You have to ask the government for permission to name your own child. Maybe they agree with Hillary Clinton that there is no such thing as somebody else's child.

Not so fast...

Text of Clinton's speech Tuesday - Los Angeles Times: "Now, the question is: Where do we go from here? And given how far we've come and where we need to go as a party, it's a question I don't take lightly. This has been a long campaign, and I will be making no decisions tonight. But this has always been your campaign. So, to the 18 million people who voted for me, and to our many other supporters out there of all ages, I want to hear from you. I hope you'll go to my Web site at HillaryClinton.com and share your thoughts with me and help in any way that you can. And in the coming days, I'll be consulting with supporters and party leaders to determine how to move forward with the best interests of our party and our country guiding my way."
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That is not a concession speech, even though the primary season is now OVER and she is in SECOND PLACE and Obama has enough pledged delegates and committed superdelegates to win on the first ballot. That's why Obama gave a victory speech, as anybody would who stood in his position after the primaries are OVER.

So apparently a graceful exit is not in the cards. I predicted months ago that she would take this to the convention. For anybody else that would be a remarkable thing, but not for Hillary Clinton. And at the same time she is angling to be Obama's VP choice. I wonder if she is bargaining with him, as in, "Pick me for VP, or I will drag you through a convention that will make Chicago 1968 look like a day at Chuckie Cheese."

New Hints Seen That Red Wine May Slow Aging - NYTimes.com

New Hints Seen That Red Wine May Slow Aging - NYTimes.com: "The Wisconsin scientists used a dose on mice equivalent to just 35 bottles a day. But red wine contains many other resveratrol-like compounds that may also be beneficial. Taking these into account, as well as mice’s higher metabolic rate, a mere four, five-ounce glasses of wine “starts getting close” to the amount of resveratrol they found effective, Dr. Weindruch said."
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If I drank four glasses of wine every day I would be either drunk or hung over all the time. But heavy drinking seemed to work for Charles Bukowski, my favorite poet (seen at left with friend consuming anti-aging medicine). He was closer to the 35 bottles per day range, though.

Catholic Church finally reacts to Pfleger

cbs2chicago.com - George Temporarily Removes Pfleger From St. Sabina: "CHICAGO (CBS) ― CBS 2 News has learned that Francis Cardinal George is temporarily removing Father Michael Pfleger from his position as pastor of St. Sabina Roman Catholic Church on Chicago's South Side.

CBS 2 Chief Correspondent Jay Levine reports the move comes after several days of deliberation and consultation by the Cardinal, who first learned about Pfleger's racially charged comments about senators Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton from the pulpit of Trinity Unity Church of Christ last Thursday night.

The Cardinal immediately contacted Pfleger who agreed not to refer to the presidential candidates by name, but as CBS 2 reported at the time, there remained the possibility of some further disciplinary action against Pfleger."
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Pfleger has been a leftist loose cannon and shameless media hound for years and seems to delight in this sort of controversy. For example, Pfleger says he is the only priest in the nation who has endorsed a candidate, which is prohibited by church rules (according to Pfleger in the Sun-Times). He did it anyway. I read yesterday that he has been warned about his behavior numerous times. He is supposedly agonizing over this latest incident and says he thought his mockery of Clinton would never be heard outside Obama's church (excuse me--former church), adding dishonesty to his pre-existing narcissism.

Richard Cohen - A Campaign to Hate - washingtonpost.com

Richard Cohen - A Campaign to Hate - washingtonpost.com: "I acknowledge that some people can find nonracial reasons to vote against Obama -- his youth, his inexperience, his uber-liberalism and, of course, his willingness to abide his minister's admiration for a racist demagogue (Louis Farrakhan) until it was way, way too late. But for too many people, Obama is first and foremost a black man and is rejected for that reason alone. This is very sad."
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This lefty columnist seems to have decided that Obama is toast and has gotten in first with a post-mortem. Can we at least have a campaign first, Mr. Cohen?

Obama needs to cool the jets on his friends

Investor's Business Daily -- No End Of Bile From Obama's Bully Pulpits: "In April 2004, Sen. Obama told a reporter from the Chicago Sun-Times that he had three spiritual mentors or counselors: Jeremiah Wright, James Meeks and Father Michael Pfleger."
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Here is yet another connection between Obama and somebody with inflammatory views on US race relations and politics in general. If Obama has this ability to heal racial and political divisions that he claims, if he is a walking, talking bridge over troubled waters, why hasn't he gotten around to Rev. Wright, Father Pfleger, Bill Ayres, Bernadine Dohrn, and his own wife? Talk about a group of people who could use a chill pill. I wonder what it's like when the Obamas have a cocktail party. Decaf all around, people.

Your tax dollars being saved!

FOXNews.com - Illinois to Save Money by Leaving Roadkill on Roadside
CARBONDALE, Ill. — The view along Illinois highways this summer should be beautiful — for the turkey vultures.

The state's transportation department says it won't be picking up as much roadkill left along roads because it spent too much of its budget during the winter.
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Harold Ickes' parting shot suggests more Democratic turmoil : Top of the Ticket : Los Angeles Times

Harold Ickes' parting shot suggests more Democratic turmoil : Top of the Ticket : Los Angeles Times: "'Mrs. Clinton has instructed me to reserve her rights to take this to the credentials committee,' Harold Ickes said."
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Translation: "Hillary Clinton reserves the right to deny Obama the usual coronation ceremony that would bolster his campaign. She wants a divisive convention, because she would rather see Obama lose the general election so she can run again in four years.
Love and Kisses,
Hillary"