Daily Archives: July 7, 2004

The papers give their reviews

Posted on July 7, 2004 by Charles Kuffner

Here’s a quick editorial roundup of Texas papers’ opinions on John Kerry’s choice of John Edwards: The Express News says it suggests practicality on Kerry’s part. The Statesman says that Edwards will appeal to swing voters and his ” toughness … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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New Enron indictment

Posted on July 7, 2004 by Charles Kuffner

It may well be Kenny Boy, but the indictment is sealed so we don’t know for sure yet. The Enron grand jury delivered a sealed indictment in court today, and lawyers close to the case believe it contains charges against … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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A tale of two headlines

Posted on July 7, 2004 by Charles Kuffner

I suppose this serves as someone’s definition of “balance”. It sure serves as a good reason why the concept is often meaningless in journalism. Two AP headlines, as carried in the Chron.com Politics section: Financial stats prove Edwards is privileged … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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DeLay lawyers up

Posted on July 7, 2004 by Charles Kuffner

Via Political Wire and an email tip from AJ Garcia, I see that Tom DeLay has hired himself some lawyers to handle both the ethics complaint against him in the House and the Travis County grand jury investigation into TRM/TAB. … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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The Blogging Line

Posted on July 7, 2004 by Charles Kuffner

In the course of examining the Edwards-as-VP selection, Greg goes off on what may be an entertaining tangent. With the ticket settled, I think its time to begin turning a little attention to debates. The bigs will have their say, … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Comment spam alert

Posted on July 7, 2004 by Charles Kuffner

I just deleted 10 comment spams from a weight loss site. If you’re using MT Blacklist, save yourself some grief and add the following regexp to your ban list: weigh[\w\d\-_]*less[\w\d\-_]*rx[\w\d\-_]*\.[a -z]{2,} Take out everything between the brackets and put a … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Good but not great news from Gallup

Posted on July 7, 2004 by Charles Kuffner

The numbers in this Gallup poll, which deliberately oversampled blacks and Hispanics to get a better picture of their leanings, has what I would call qualified good news for John Kerry. The numbers here are decent, but not as good … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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The 70s really were different

Posted on July 7, 2004 by Charles Kuffner

You can tell by the bumper stickers for various Presidential candidates. (May I just say – Fred Harris? Birch Bayh? Jerry Brown? And to think some people thought the Democratic candidates this year were a bunch of nobodies.) Click on … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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