Berkeley Bubble

The NYTimes has a great piecethis morning on Obama’s record in the Illinois state senate, including a great graphic profile of the bills he introduced and passed by issue area. Be sure to check it out.

Scholar Slavia Pesci apparently has unlocked the real “Da Vinci Code” hidden in Leonardo Da Vinci’s Last Supper:
Now Slavisa Pesci, an information technologist and amateur scholar, says superimposing the “Last Supper” with its mirror-image throws up another picture containing a figure who looks like a Templar knight and another holding a small baby…
In the superimposed […]

Did Alberto Gonzales perjure himself in giving contradictory testimony to the Senate?
Apparently, Senate Democrats are now calling for a special counsel to investigate possible perjury by Gonzales…
*ahem* I think it’s time to start impeachment proceedings, asap.

The WaPo has the latest on Fred Thompson’s days as a trial lawyer in Tennessee, and his own votes against tort reform in the Senate:
Before he was elected as a tough-on-crime U.S. senator from Tennessee or played a New York prosecutor on TV’s “Law and Order,” Fred Dalton Thompson worked as a lawyer who argued […]

Edwards announced a new tax plan today that calls for relief for the poor and repealing the Bush tax cut for the super-rich:
His campaign provided an outline of the plans, which include several ideas:
* Encourage savings by offering $500 tax credits to low-income and moderate-income families who put money in accounts for retirement, college, home […]

Barack Obama received the endorsement of New Jersey representative Steve Rothman today, as well as the endorsement of U.S. representative Paul Hodes of New Hampshire. Not bad, that’s 50 percent of the New Hampshire congressional delegation. (Carol Shea-Porter has not endorsed anyone yet).
Meanwhile, Obama has also launched radio ads in South Carolina.:
Democratic presidential […]

MSNBC reports from sources close to the Thompson team that fundraising has slowed down quite a bit, and that their July 31st report to the IRS will show about $ 3 million in incoming revenue, well short of the $5 million dollar target. The report also details the key role Thompson’s wife, Jeri, is […]

Great news from the Berkeley and Irvine campuses:
Toyota took a big step Wednesday toward marketing plug-in hybrid cars — vehicles that run mostly on rechargeable batteries and can go 100 miles on a gallon of gas — when it announced it would provide two specially made Priuses to the University of California for testing on […]

Survey USA reports that most viewers (39%) think Hillary won tonight’s debate. Here’s the top five finishers, according to the survey:
Hillary 39%
Obama 15%
Biden 14%
Edwards 10%
I partially agree with this survey’s results, though personally I thought Obama did better than Hillary. I do think that Joe Biden was fantastic […]

I have to admit that I’ve been disappointed with the Rockets’ lackluster playoff performances these past few years. But the Rockets have had a tremendous offseason.
First, the Rockets filled their need for a solid power forward by acquiring 6′9″ Argentinian power forward Luis Scola from San Antonio. The move now gives the Rockets […]