"Mr. Bush pointed with pride to his record at a conference sponsored by the Cincinnati chapter of the Federalist Society, the elite network for the conservative legal movement. He noted that he had appointed more than a third of the federal judiciary expected to be serving when he leaves office, a lifetime-tenured force that will influence society for decades and that represents one of his most enduring accomplishments." (
NY)
Barack Obama: American Stories airs tonight on CBS, NBC, Univision, BET, MSNBC, TV One and FOX at 8 pm. There will also be a
live section at the end.
Republicans against Prop. 8 release ads. (
Advocate)
Waxman: "The story of the credit rating agencies is a story of colossal failure." (
Reuters)
This election is
ugly on both
sides.
New Jersey police officers arrested five people who were posting political signs, calling them "a bunch of fucking liberals," say the five in Hudson County Court. The cops added, "It's not your day. We like Bush." (
CNS)
"
Hype: The Obama Effect" DVD arrives in newspapers in Ohio, Florida and Nevada.
Greenspan: "You know, that's precisely the reason I was shocked, because I have been going for 40 years or more with very considerable evidence that it was working exceptionally well." (
Economy Watch at WPost)
Pakistan:
Stop missile strikes on the border.
The US wants more troops in Afghanistan and urges NATO allies to help. (
Guardian)
MSNBC offers a guide to be SMART at your election party this year.
The end of the Catholic vote. (
LA)
An "amateur" astronomer used an iPhone and a telescope to capture an image of Jupiter. (
Bad Astronomy)
Electricity found on the Saturn moon Titan. (
NG)
Mercury's unseen surface. (
Wired)
"The GREAT08 PASCAL Challenge will help us answer the biggest question in cosmology today: what is the dark energy that seems to make up most of the universe?" (
Science Daily)
'Digital Dark Age' may doom some data.Chrysler Shutting Down Hybrid Production. (
ClusterStock)
