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Mint KDE 17 is finally released!

Sen. Barack Obama (news, bio, voting record) of Illinois is among nearly a dozen candidates for the 2008 Democratic presidential nomination. Some trivia: _He attended the same high school as America Online founder Steve Case, who is three years his senior. _While a student at Harvard Law School, he applied to appear in a black pride pinup calendar. He was rejected by an all-female committee. _His middle name is Hussein, same as his father. _He delivered the keynote address at the Democratic National Convention in 2004 while still only a candidate for Senate.

http://jaycost.blogspot.com/2004/11/poll-update.html Probability of Best Path for Minimal Bush EV Victory (NM, FL, WI): 91.4% Probability of Best Path for Minimal Kerry EV Victory (PA, OH, FL): 0.2% Analysis: I cleaned out all the old polls (i.e. those released before 10.27) and, lo and behold, it would seem that Bush now has a lead in PA! His lead in OH has strengthened, and his lead in FL, IA, WI remain strong. I still maintain that (A) PA is the true toss-up in this race; (B) Minnesota will be the dark horse Bush victory. Also, to correct my predicted EV score, it...

Blast you, O'Reilly...you talk the talk, but don't walk the walk when you finally score one of your "targets".......you had a great little elitist smilefest with Bob Kerrey, but failed to hammer him. Your critics are right - you're starstruck, and just as much a member of the 'Establishment' you pretend to deride. Hell, you apparently just couldn't remember how to pronounce the name "Gorelick", eh, so you just cruised through your lovefest? Time to cash in the chips, Bill. ErnBatavia (inserting FReepname here)- La Quinta, California

<p>SACRAMENTO(AP) - A snapshot of some of the $10.2 billion in budget cuts proposed Friday by Gov. Gray Davis. The changes are subject to approval by the Legislature.</p> <p>EDUCATION: Immediately cuts education funds by 3.7 percent and forces local school districts to decide how to trim more than $1 billion from their annual budgets. Davis also proposed $1.7 billion in cuts to specific programs, totaling $3 billion in cuts over the current and coming fiscal years.</p>