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Sure, sure, it's all been done before, but now I get to do it. Without further ado, here is my all-name team. 20 - Rod Smart - Who the Hell is Rod Smart you ask? Well he is none other than the fool who called himself "He Hate Me" and pretty much epitomized the debacle that was the XFL. 19. Elbert L. "Ickey" Woods - Running back his entire carreer for the Bengals. Hey, how many guys not named Humpty Hump have a dance named after them. The Ickey Shuffle remains high on the all time celebrations list. 18. "Chocolate Thunder" Darryl Dawkins - Perhaps more appropriate for wrestling or porn, but still has a nice ring to it. 17. "Pistol" Pete Maravich - LSU grad was a known practicioner of yoga, a part time ufologist, and could also play a little basketball. Died of a heart attack in 1988 at a young age.
War Blog
The Obama campaign responded in kind, noting that the candidates have debated 18 times since the campaign began. If nothing else indicated the front-runner status of Barack Obama, this tempest in a teapot will suffice. Front-runners avoid debates, while also-rans need them for traction. Hillary finds herself in the latter position, looking for ways to slow down Obama's momentum. She'd like to steal Wisconsin away from Obama, and painting him as less than courageous in facing her could help take some of the glitter off of Obama's rising star. Meanwhile, Obama has changed his stump speeches after getting stung by critics as a mouther of empty platitudes. Meet Barack the policy wonk: Yet as he traveled across Wisconsin last week, Mr. Obama seemed to have let loose a little more of his inner-wonk, which his strategists had once urged him to keep on the shelf.
The CNN Wire: Thursday, Dec. 20
Barack Obama of Illinois at 28 percent and former Sen. John Edwards of North Carolina at 26 percent. With the poll's sampling error at plus or minus four percentage points, it's a virtual tie for the top spot in Iowa, the first state to vote in the race for the White House. New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson is at 7 percent with the remaining Democratic candidates all in the lower single digits. On the Republican side, 33 percent of likely GOP caucus-goers support former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee as the nominee, with former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney in second place at 25 percent and former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani at 11 percent. Sen. John McCain of Arizona and former Sen. Fred Thompson of Tennessee are tied at nine percent, Rep. Ron Paul of Texas at 6 percent, with the rest of the Republican field in the lower single digits.
David Cameron's fudge on faith school 'fakes'
Parents who pretend that they have Christian beliefs in order to win places in church schools are doing the best for their children, David Cameron believes. The Tory leader refuses to criticise the "middle-class parents with sharp elbows". Asked for his views on the families accused of playing the system, he says: "I think it’s good for parents who want the best for their kids. I don’t blame anyone who tries to get their children into a good school. Most people are doing so because it has an ethos and culture. I believe in active citizens." Mr Cameron will learn this year whether his own daughter has won a place at a state-funded Church of England school in Kensington, West London. This month The Times reported a surge in late baptisms into the Catholic Church, further evidence that some parents may be finding religion at a convenient moment in their children’s education.
Enter the dragon
Ah, but it's old," he says. He turns to his chauffeur: "Adam, can you tell us the age of that car?" Soon enough both the Merc and me are put in our place. That tells us two things about the super-rich. First, they can afford far higher standards than the rest of us. Second, they can outsource any argument to their servants. But it's the aspiration thing that brings us here today. Sir Ronald is on a mission to make Britain a more enterprising society, and this tour of his suburban hinterland suggests that even someone who came here as a refugee can end up a powerful financier - and have a relationship with the prime minister that makes others either jealous or suspicious. His Jewish family were kicked out of Nasser's Egypt in a wave of anti-Jewish persecution when he was 11.
Israel Remembers 9/11 Terror Attacks
From the shades of Pollard with which it began, it is boiling down to the possible leak of one quasi-secret (more like an op-ed, according to one official), unconsummated (there still is no approved directive on Iran) policy musing by a mid-level Pentagon employee." Singer adds: "This compared to the near-certainty that some bureaucrats illegally leaked their own investigation, all but ruining the lives of a number of patriotic Americans and impugning the political legitimacy of millions of pro-Israel Americans and the organization that proudly represents them. Other organizations, such as the ACLU, should join the Anti-Defamation League in calling for the appointment of a special counsel to find and prosecute the leakers for abuse of office and other crimes." Those behind the 9/11 terror attacks must be smiling as their propaganda and their "divide and conquer" tactics used to draw fire between Israel and US makes global headlines.
Ascension Orthopedics Closes $21 Million Financing and Recruits an ...
AUSTIN, Texas, Jan. 21 /PRNewswire/ -- Ascension Orthopedics, Inc., an emerging medical device company that develops, manufactures and markets joint replacement, trauma and tissue regeneration surgical implants for use in upper and lower extremities, announced today that it has secured $21 million in a Series D financing. This new round of funding will be used primarily to expand the current product line and enhance the Company's product marketing and distribution network. Leading this Series D financing as the majority investor is Frazier Healthcare Ventures, one of the nation's leading providers of venture and growth equity capital to emerging healthcare companies. Alan Frazier, General Partner and Founder of Frazier Healthcare Ventures will join Trevor Moody, General Partner of Frazier Healthcare, and Steven Tallman, Venture Partner of Frazier Healthcare on Ascension's Board of Directors.
Fact Check: Clinton, Obama & Health Care
What we're looking for is a president we can count on, that you know where that president is yesterday, today and tomorrow," she said in a debate this month. Obama claims he's always said that single-payer is a good idea that can't be achieved now because of the current entrenched system. His campaign says it's actually Clinton who has been all over the map on health care, and specifically on the question of "single-payer" coverage. THE FACTS: There is video of Obama telling the AFL-CIO in 2003: "I happen to be a proponent of a single-payer health care program. ... A single-payer health care plan, a universal health plan. And that's what I'd like to see. And as all of you know, we may not get there immediately. Because first we have to take back the White House, we have to take back the Senate, we have to take back the House." .
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