Biden: No brain scans for aneurysms

The Chicago Tribune reports that among recent medical records released by Sen. Joe Biden, the Democratic vice presidential nominee, there are no scans that might indicate the potential for another dehabilitating aneurysm such as the ones he suffered 20 years ago. Biden, 65, had multiple brain surgeries following the attacks.
Here’s the report:
Newly released medical records [...]

RNC spent $150,000 to glam Palin

Politico has a scoop:
The Republican National Committee has spent more than $150,000 to clothe and accessorize vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin and her family since her surprise pick by John McCain in late August.
According to financial disclosure records, the accessorizing began in early September and included bills from Saks Fifth Avenue in St. Louis and [...]

Global warming ruins my day

Some days, the world spills in.
Take Tuesday for example. I came out of a meeting to find a message on my office phone. It was left by the woman who runs my 3-year-old daughter’s school.
“Please come and get your daughter,” she said. “There is a bomb threat. We are dismissing early.”
That’s all she said. Not [...]

Obama: ‘Who are they fighting for?’

 

 
Barack Obama addresses reporters at a hydroelectric turbine plant in York, Pa. 
YORK, Pa.–Barack Obama said Thursday he wasn’t surprised by the ferocity of Republican attacks this week during the party’s convention in St. Paul.
“This is what they do,” Obama told reporters after a campaign event at a plant in York. “They don’t have an agenda [...]