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The Short List — Wed., July 23

Joe Bardi — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 12:26:28 +0000

It’s not so much that Bush says Wall Street got drunk and now has a hangover that stings. It’s that he brought the alcohol to the party in the first place.

Obama gets a little face-time with both sides of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
McCain makes stuff up about The Surge, CBS just edits it out without comment.
At least he’s honest about it: Robert Novak gets duped by the McCain campaign.
Wall Street expected WaMu to report a serious loss, but no one had that number a $3.3 billion.
Oh, come on, the Taser’s a harmless, humane way to subdue a criminal. Unless you shock the poor bastard until his heart explodes. Then, not so gentle.
A flight carrying Ron Paul makes an emergency landing after losing cabin pressure, thereby negating the wealth of conspiracy theories that would have followed a crash.
The new owners of the Lightning bought more than just a hockey team.
Kevin Smith reviews The Dark Knight.

The Short List — Fri., June 27

Joe Bardi — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 12:58:06 +0000

The McCain camp actually pulls off a decent viral video! I wouldn’t take a word of this at face value, but you have to admit the video is well done. If McCain knew what a computer was we might actually have a race here …

Obama gives Clinton $2,300. (Side note: The Times should be shot for using that picture.)
Novak says Colin Powell will endorse Obama at some point, but not because he’s a fan of Barack. No, he’ll do it to spite W.
Speaking of traitors to their party: Time has a story on Joe Lieberman that made me puke in my mouth a little.
Don’t blow your top trying to figure out the energy crisis, there’s a mountain of a solution out there.
North Korea dynamites the cooling tower at the Yongbyon nuclear power plant.
One barrel of oil = 28 Subway footlongs.
This weekend’s viewing: WALL-E is a “Pixar masterpiece.”
“Six Crazy Hollywood Stories You Probably Haven’t Heard.”