If I could vote, and if my vote were to go to the person who came up with the best line in tonight’s debate, then I would vote for CNN’s Wolf Blitzer. Here’s why:
Wolf Blitzer: “Senator Clinton, so do you say you were naive, and trusting President Bush about Iraq?”
Not to be undone, Senator Obama […]
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Excerpt from a conversation with a friend…
I: So you say you’re supporting Mrs. Clinton?
He: Yes. Just moral support. No financial support.
I: That sounds appropriate. They seem to have lots of money. Just lacking in morals.
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Ted Kennedy’s endorsement of Obama has rubbed some women the wrong way. One women’s group has rather senselessly slammed the Massachusetts Senator of being a chauvinist, for he does not want to see a woman become President. How utterly stupid!
Over the past week, especially after Bill Clinton’s negative campaign, the race for the Democratic nomination […]
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For the past few days, I have been trying to recall a poem I read ten years ago (in my 9th standard Tamil textbook). It was one of my favorite poems, but I had trouble recollecting it. I don’t even know why I was thinking about it. Yesterday, though, I was able to recall it, […]
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The Bush administration is intent on pushing the economic stimulus plan to provide Americans some relief from the credit crisis, and also wean the economy away from a probable recession. According to the plan, taxpayers will receive a check for $600, and those not paying taxes will receive a check for $300.
In the heat of […]
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Gabby Logan eulogizes Sir Alex Ferguson in this article in The Times, drawing our attention to the fact that the Scot has, over the years, transformed himself into an elderly statesman of the English Premier League, a voice of reason that the footballing fraternity would miss once he eventually chooses to retire.
In his 22 […]
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I must concede that every time there is a debate among the Democrats, Senator Obama comes up with the choicest of quotes to put Senator Clinton in her place. So much so that someone can actually come up with a book based just on his campaign speeches and debate performances, and call it The Quotable […]
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Yes, that is the sample space. And here is the derivation*.
600000 x 0.5 x (4 / 60) x 0.4 x 0.5
*Various other factors tend only to lower this number, not increase it.
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… is the kind of movie that you should not watch even if someone gave you 100 million dollars, because you would not live to enjoy the money.
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The Hindu reports that the BJP has downplayed Narendra Modi’s visit to Chennai to luncheon with his “friend” Jayalalithaa. State BJP president has said…
“Our aim is to get the maximum number of MPs from Tamil Nadu, who will be supporting L K Advani as the Prime Ministerial candidate. We are not averse to alliance with […]
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வகுத்தான் வகுத்த வகையல்லால் கோடி
தொகுத்தார்க்கும் துய்த்தல் அரிது
Even those who gather together millions will only enjoy them as it has been determined by the disposer (of all things).
(Thirukkural; Oozh; 377)
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Very interesting article from the National Review Online, detailing the dynamics of a caucus and how one single vote by a young female voter helped Edwards best Clinton. Very good read.
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… looked downcast after her unexpected third-place finish in Iowa last night. Almost as if she would have cried if she were not in front of a crowd. And when she delivered her concession speech, it seemed as if she did not want to be there at all, as if she were saying “No, I […]
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Mritiunjoy Mohanty, Assistant Professor at IIM Calcutta, writes in Rediff in an article entitled “Why criticising the Rs 1-lakh car is wrong“.
Whereas the author (selectively) makes a case for car from the economic and energy pespectives, he does not at all address the issue of India’s urban infrastructure, or the lack of it. Cars, as […]
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