Berkeley Bubble

Best wishes to all of you for a happy, safe, healthy, and prosperous 2007!
I will actually be travelling to India this week and will begin blogging from there soon, so stay posted!

Here’s a story on Edwards new message–”Tomorrow Begins Today,” reflecting a need for Americans to take action now rather than waiting for the 2008 election to make our country better:
A lot of you heard me in the last campaign talk about the two Americas. I still believe it’s true. And you heard me talk about […]

I almost got sick to my stomach witnessing the impatience of CNN and other mainstream media who were in such a rush to have Saddam Hussein executed yesterday that they almost appeared to have morphed into an international version of American “Court TV.” It’s sad that the world is so fixated on the horrible […]

This blogger boosted his traffic to 15,000 hits by posting on the whole Miss Nevada Katie Rees story about the trashy photos etc. I think it’s crazy how the modern blogosphere works these days. As a little experiment, let’s check how much this post increases blog traffic here.

As I will be travelling soon, I’ve been reading some tips for getting upgrades. Here’s a few I’ve gathered:
1. If you order a special meal you will probably never get upgraded by the airline, as the meal cannot usually be moved up with you. Airline meal numbers are tightly controlled and an airline would […]

The first place team has a losing record. The Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference is absurdly weak this year–maybe David Stern needs to realign some teams in the NBA?
FYI, the Toronto Raptors are in first place with a 13-17 record. Wow.

In a last-minute effort to block Saddam Hussein’s execution by the Iraqis, his lawyers filed an appeal with a federal district court in D.C. today. The jursidictional lines here are blurry, because although Hussein was technically in the custody of Iraqi authorities, he ACTUALLY was in U.S. custody for security reasons. Which MAY […]

The American Research Group has released its latest poll number data of likely voters for both the Republican and Democratic candidates for President-here’s the numbers for the first four critical primary and caucus states:

Presidential Preferences-Democrats:
Iowa
Clinton 31%
Edwards 20%
Vilsack 17%
Obama 10%
New Hampshire
Clinton 27%
Obama 21%
Edwards 18%
Nevada
Clinton […]

John Edwards is about to do an interview on CNN’s the Situation Room, but I can’t help feel bad for his campaign team given that news of the Saddam Hussein execution, the Gerald Ford memorial services, and the James Brown memorial services at the Apollo, not to mention the recent furor over Miss Nevada Katie […]

CNN is reporting that the US has handed over Saddam to Iraqi authorities, which may mean that Saddam’s death sentence will be carried out very soon. On CNN TV, they’ve been relying heavily on correspondent Aneesh Raman in Baghdad, who’s been doing great work there. It’s always nice to see Indian-Americans getting some […]