Five for Friday

I have been scouring the interwebs for literally minutes, and I've come up with five blog-worthy things to share with you. In no particular order:

First, my boy Krugman at the NYT writes about the effect John Edwards had on this campaign. Without Edwards, and I think everyone who writes for the blog hit on this in one way or another, the Democrats would not be talking about actual ideas and concrete policy initiatives. Instead, the nominee would John Kerry version 2.0. So, if you see him, thank John Edwards.

Second, Gene Upshaw is prepared for an NFL players strike if the owners decide to opt out of the current contract after the Super Bowl. Owners say they're broke, but Upshaw isn't buying what they're selling.

Third, we've all heard by now that Microsoft has made a bid to buy Yahoo!. The bid, however, is likely to go hostile. Here's some more on the could-be takeover. If there's a request, I'll post a blog soon explaining the mechanics of a hostile takeover. Question is, can Microsoft make my Yahoo! mail suck more? I'm betting on yes.

Fourth, in news from my hometown of Barre, Vermont, it looks like a property management company has taken a bunch of its tenants for a ride. Why is this news? Well, it's looking like I'm one of them (maybe, I must throw in the allegedly cause I don't know all the facts).

Fifth, and finally, in a sign that Hillary cannot, and should not, under any circumstances, be allowed to win the Democratic nomination, there's news that she's earned Ann Coulter's endorsement (and probably the endorsement of the Horsefaced Women's Alliance - HWA for those of you not in the know).

That's it. Have fun in Vegas, WTFers.

Friday Blog The Horn

We begin this Friday with a beautiful piece from Paul Krugman about the right's personality this day in age when it comes to the less fortunate. I think he has hit a grand slam, nail on the head, and any other metaphor you wish to come up with.

Maybe the misses can explain to me the logic in this way of thinking. They are trained to withstand torture? Wow, aren't you a simple lil puppet.

Another case of republicans eating their own this time with John Dean. I never thought I'd see the day where I'd actually rather have the Nixon administration then any current one.

Breaking news, further that Ann Coulter is in fact a man, baby. Women shouldn't be allowed to vote, wow, maybe Himmler is a vampire from the 1800s.

It's a sad day when even Stanford doesn't want you Donald Rumsfeld. Then again, this isn't college football so it's not the same but yeah.

Wow, someone with an anti-Dubya shirt actually made it in to a speech. She even gave him a letter from her friends and the White House has already called.

This is a great story coming from the Rockies about their Playoff share. In a world where we see so many me first athletes this is such a breath of fresh air.