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You can now have the latest Obama/Hillary scores display when you start Firefox. Be the first on your block! Link.

Don't that just warm the cockles of yer heart?

McCain Will Seek Judges Like Roberts, Alito
By REUTERS

Filed at 6:15 a.m. ET

WINSTON-SALEM, North Carolina (Reuters) - Republican presidential candidate John McCain said on Tuesday he would appoint judges in the mold of conservatives John Roberts, Samuel Alito and former Chief Justice William Rehnquist if he were elected in November.

In an excerpt from a speech McCain was to give in Winston-Salem on Tuesday, the Arizona senator said he would "look for accomplished men and women with a proven record of excellence in the law, and a proven commitment to judicial restraint."

"I will look for people in the cast of John Roberts, Samuel Alito, and my friend the late William Rehnquist -- jurists of the highest caliber who know their own minds, and know the law, and know the difference," McCain said. More

Reprise

I went to see Reprise at the Lagoon last night. Ittsa long European movie that's finally picked up US distribution about two cute Norwegian guys who become authors, one an immediate sensation who then goes crazy, the other who has to work at it and remains slightly saner, although neither seem much like nice people. Cute yes, nice not so much. The film is artily edited, and artily scripted, which I'm not sure helped. Much of the tension in the film comes from trying to determine if the nuttier one is going to off himself. Obviously, that only works on the first viewing, and I was slightly ambivalent about whether I'd care if he jumped from a hill, a window, or a roof; found true love or lost it. Ittsa movie about young men, by young men. The trailer's better after the movie when you know how the bits fit together. Still, I guess there's nothing wrong at looking at a couple of young Norwegian men for an hour or two. http://www.reprise-themovie.com/

There's a family conference in the next room

It's all in Vietnamese. With video and a baby.

Activating Credit Cards

Is it just me or are the scripts getting worse and worse?

I called Discover Card to activate a card. Got some airhead in Oklahoma City.

"Are you interested in Identity Theft Protection?" yadayadayadayadayada

"No, I'm not interested."

"Well, do you have Identity Theft Protection from some other source?"

"No"

"Well, yadayadayadayadayadayadayadayada"

"Madam, is there something about 'No' that you do not understand?"

"Well, I'm just trying to help you... I can send you this introduction package... yadayadayadayadayadayadayadayada"

"If my card is activated, thank you, and goodbye." Click. GRRRR