ProfessorBainbridge.com: Does Howard Dean have an Insider Trading Problem?

ProfessorBainbridge.com: Does Howard Dean have an Insider Trading Problem?:

“Howard Dean acknowledged yesterday that he sold $15,000 in stock in five Vermont banks in 1991 after getting ‘inside information’ from a state banking regulator soon after he became Vermont

Memo to Terry McAwful:May the Democratic leaders get the anger they deserve. BY ZELL MILLER

An interesting article, in which Miller disagrees with none of the supposedly ‘core Values” of the Democrat party, but rather takes to task the personalities

You’ll notice I’ve started posting the covers of the books I’m reading, Under BitsBooks along the right column, and linking them to wherever I’m getting the image from.

Legal stuff: The images are copyright of the holders. I make no

AP Kills Limbaugh Painkillers Story (washingtonpost.com):

“The Associated Press
Saturday, January 3, 2004; 5:06 PM
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. – Please kill the story Limbaugh-Painkillers, V9991. Rush Limbaugh has not been charged with doctor shopping.
A kill is mandatory.

Yahoo! News – AP: Dean Was Warned on Lax Vt. Security: “AP: Dean Was Warned on Lax Vt. Security ”

Still want this guy in charge?

JPL News — Spirit Lands on Mars and Sends Postcards: “Spirit Lands on Mars and Sends Postcards”

Good article.

World Tribune.com–Front Page:

“A security officer in the Israeli Embassy in Beijing caught a group of Chinese technicians last month attempting to plant electronic eavesdropping devices in the embassy’s telephone lines. “

Now what would the Chinese gain, I

Newsday.com – Conservative Texas Rep. Hall Joins GOP

Another finally understands the Democrats have left the planet.

::::: Plusdeck – PC Cassette Deck :::::

You knew someone had to come up with this one.
Myself, I have a rather largish cassette collection (A few thousand) and have recently added an MP3 player to my truck.  But I

News

A follow-on to the story of the voters yesterday. Note how the Indy casts the story.

Meteorite hits Iran:

“TEHRAN (Reuters) – A meteorite has hit northern Iran causing minor damage to property but there were no immediate reports of casualties, state radio has said.”

Ya know, I gotta wonder, if this isn’t related to

U.S. Helicopter Shot Down in Iraq; One Dead:

The interesting twist:

“Soon after, five men ‘wearing black press jackets with ‘press’ clearly written in English’ fired on U.S. paratroopers guarding the crash site, Kimmitt said.”

This story assumes of

Instapundit.com::

“THE UNITED STATES SHOULD NOT TRY to play a ‘neutral arbiter’ in the Israeli/Palestinian dispute. We should, in fact, be doing our best to make the Palestinians suffer, because, to put it bluntly, they are our enemies. Just

Abortion doctor gets 34 years for sex abuse of patients:

30,000 abortions over the past 20 years, 22 convictions on sex abuse.
Oh, yeah, this guy helped women, huh?

US factories surge in Dec, helped by dollar :

“CHICAGO, Jan 2 (Reuters) – U.S. factory activity expanded at the fastest pace for 20 years in December, a survey showed Friday, adding evidence that a manufacturing recovery is under way