This Week in the Mercury
Friday, August 29, 2008
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Posted by Sarah Mirk on Fri, Aug 29, 2008 at 9:25 AM
It's the morning after Obama's big speech, but the big headline is:
McCain picked a running mate! The female governor of Alaska Sarah Palin, a pro-life, deeply Christian, hockey mom reformer. Everyone has an opinion.
Obama gave a down-to-earth speech that 50 billion news agencies describe as "adding policy to soaring rhetoric" despite the stadium setting. No bands, no airplanes, but maybe a new slogan: Enough! Is that because the "change message" has "run out of steam"?
Abortion: Still Legal in Mexico City. phew.
Judgment Day: Bosnian Serb genocide suspect and runaway Karadzic refuses to enter a plea to the UN War Crimes tribunal (in his words, the "NATO court").
Predicting the Future: Don't worry, says Oregon economist, the recession is totally sort of almost over.
And in wonk news, the PDC has a new chair who says he's into transparency and not being "done" with downtown.
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