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| Mon, 8 Aug 2005 14:00:00 EST Update to Air America Item |
| The New York Post reports that Attorney General Eliot Spitzer's office, which has oversight of nonprofits, is investigating the loans by the Gloria Wise Boys and Girls Club to Air America. Via www.instapundit.com and www.michellemalkin.com. |
| Mon, 8 Aug 2005 14:00:00 EST Playing team ball |
| During the 2004 campaign season, polls showed Democratic voters almost unanimously rating the economy negatively—even though the economy was doing well by almost all indicators. Then it was pointed out to me that during the 2000 campaign season, polls showed Republican voters almost unanimously rating the economy negatively—even though the economy was doing well then too. So what appears to be happening is that partisan voters are playing team ball: They're not telling us what they really see happening out there, but what their team wants people to believe is happening out there. This is not an unusual phenomenon. You could argue that partisan voters are playing team ball when they rate presidents' performances as well. If Bill Clinton had launched the Iraq war exactly as George W. Bush did—and some of Clinton's rhetoric in office is consistent with doing so—many Democrats would rate the Iraq war much more positively and many Republicans would rate it more negatively than they do today or did in 2003. |
| Mon, 8 Aug 2005 14:00:00 EST Good economic times, anyone? |
| John Hinderaker of Powerline notes that although economic times are good, most voters seem to think they're bad. It's something I've been thinking about as well. His take on the reason: |
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| Mon, 08 Aug 2005 22:47:55 EDT Discovery set to try again |
| NASA officials vowed to land Discovery early Tuesday at one of three locations after weather conditions forced them to scrub Monday's scheduled return. The next opportunity is scheduled for Tuesday at 5:07 a.m. ET at the Florida landing site. Alternative sites were prepared at Edwards Air Force Base, California and White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico. "We'll land somewhere," said mission controller LeRoy Cain. |
| Mon, 08 Aug 2005 21:18:20 EDT Ex-U.N. officer pleads guilty in oil-for-food case |
| Former oil-for-food official Alexander Yakovlev pleaded guilty to corruption charges Monday in the first case stemming from probes into the Iraq oil-for-food program. "[He] received wire transfers sent to bank accounts in Antigua and Switzerland from foreign companies in exchange for... assisting companies to obtain United Nations contracts," U.S. Attorney David Kelley said. |
| Mon, 08 Aug 2005 17:37:56 EDT Record oil prices hit stocks |
| Stocks fell Monday, as record high oil prices unnerved investors, one session before an expected interest-rate hike. Warnings of militant attacks in Saudi Arabia, and worries about refinery outages in the United States sent oil soaring to a record high. But one Wall St. money manager said: "It's amazing the market is holding up as well as it is, considering that oil prices are at a record." |
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