Briefing – Tuesday February 14, 2006
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First, if you use Google alerts to keep you up to date on specific candidates, you might be getting some old alerts today. We've moved most of our content over to a new server(or at least a new URL) and I guess Google thinks it's new content. But that's the reason. I expect to get a Google alert announcing Lindbergh's arrival in Paris at any moment.
I have, by the way, a Google alert set up for Mark Kennedy. But apparently in the UK, there is a Mark Kennedy soccer player -- or something. So I'm always getting the latest news on the wrong Mark Kennedy. Today, I also got an item on the wrong Mark Kennedy, but at least the headline was interesting. "Kennedy slams woeful Wolves." At first I thought, "it's about time Congress look into this stinkin' team." But no.
In the Boston Globe today, Jerome Kassirer takes a look at the "fallout" from the Jack Abramoff scandal that isn't really fallout. Attention, perhaps would be a better word. It takes the world of political lobbying, and all the dirt surrounding it, and plops it into the pharmaceutical "lobbying" business with doctors. See "How drug lobbyists influence doctors".
Want to make a political contribution in Minnesota? You'll want to know about the political campaign refund in the state. Mninvolved has a step-by-step guide today, noting that in many ways, contributing money to a candidate is more important than voting itself. Ummmmm. Hmmmmm. ??
For your entertainment -- and I've pretty much stayed away from Dick Cheney jokes -- Nihilist in Golf Pants has the Top 11 Reasons for the 24 Hour Delay in Reporting Dick Cheney
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