Fresh Loaf
Atlanta news and views, one slice at a time
Morning Newsdome: Conspiracy theories, plane crashes, tanking economy … what’s new?
Monday, December 22nd, 2008
As cold as Hoth … hmm not quite…
- Yes it’s cold, but it won’t last for long … so get over it.
- So, about that bailout … where did all the money go? … Apparently, that’s classified or something…
- Conspiracy theory: GOP IT guru Michael Connell, who had been accused of rigging the 2004 election in Ohio, died when his plane crashed over the weekend … he was, apparently, a source to journalist Larisa Alexandronva … and his attorney wanted him to be placed under Federal protection because of what he knew…
- Plane crashes before takeoff in Denver, and some dude tweeted the whole thing.
- Obama team to release a report on its dealings with Guv. Blagojevich … says Rahm Emanuel is in the clear.
- Rick Warren channels Obama’s inner bigot? Seriously?
- SEC in “complete panic” over revelations of Madoff ponzi scheme.
- Yes, it’s that bad … even the revered Asian automakers are facing tough times. Toyota says it’s expecting the first loss in its automaking business, and two Korean manufacturers are cutting sales forecasts.
- The high and mighty? Apple is now in the business of rejecting submissions to its application store for “objectionable content.”
- It’s alive!! … Windows XP that is … Microsoft is allowing its little OS that just won’t die to live another day (or a few months).
- Falcons make it to the playoffs
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Morning Newsdome: Blagojevich is the Guv
Wednesday, December 10th, 2008
"What'll it be today, guv'nor?" (Photo by Joeff Davis)
- All that rain isn’t for naught. Tornado watch issued for the metro Atlanta area.
- I don’t think you can get more corrupt than Guv. Rod Blagojevich, but hey, they can keep trying!
- So first the Obama camp had talked to Blago about President-elect Obama’s seat, but then no, they really didn’t … Well, turns out Obama himself may have had hand in bringing down the Guv.
- Congress nears a bailout for the automakers … and here’s a message from the automakers to you.
- … And Saturn owners are feeling a little lonely all of a sudden.
- Scary: ‘Hitler was the perfect boss’: Former maid breaks her silence on the ‘charming’ dictator
- The slow crawl of justice … Plaintiffs in the Exxon Valdez spill case just now begin to receive payments.
- Hide the children … well, it won’t matter … Google expands Street view … $10 bucks sez you can find yourself somewhere.
Ill. governor is illin’
Tuesday, December 9th, 2008Wow, this is crazy. Illinois Gov. Rod R. Blagojevich was just arrested by federal agents for trying to sell Pres.-elect Barack Obama’s Senate seat. Now that’s ballsy!
According to U.S. Atty. Patrick Fitzgerald – the guy who nailed Cheny henchman Scooter Libby — Blagojevich had been more or less soliciting bids for the soon-to-be open Senate seat. Under state law, the governor has the sole power to appoint replacement senators.
According to the Washington Post, Blagojevich wasn’t shy about his alleged scam, as revealed on wiretap tapes:
In a Nov. 3 call intercepted by the FBI, Blagojevich told an ally that if he could not get anything personally from a candidate for the job, “then I just might take it,” according to court papers.
“I’ve got this thing and it’s [expletive] golden, and uh, uh, I’m just not giving it up for [expletive] nothing,” the governor said in another conversation Nov. 5, the court papers said.
