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John Lennon and Yoko Ono were guests hosts on the Mike Douglas Show in the early 1970s for an entire week. Here they interview Ralph Nader.
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Early polls for 2010 NY Governor and Attorney General races
Posted on November 16, 2009 by kwilder
These stats are great research for third parties to see who the competition might be for statewide office, and what voters are thinking about their NY government. There is a link to a detailed Siena poll with a long list of candidates. At the bottom of this post, I listed all the names-only of the […]
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(11/16/2009) Tonight: Leonid Meteor Shower
Posted on November 16, 2009 by kwilder
Update April 2010: Video of flash of light (said to be meteor) that appeared in Midwest Sky on the night of April 14, 2010: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TR2uNajroOM&feature=player_embedded#! November 2009: Yes, you are supposed to be able to see the Leonid Meteor Shower from Suffolk County, Long Island, New York. Strong Leonid Meteor Shower Peaks Early Tuesday Morning […]
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Joe Bruno’s trial shows overall corruption in Albany
Posted on November 16, 2009 by kwilder
Linked at Elizabeth Benjamin’s “Daily Politics” blog at the same newspaper… (excerpt from) The Daily News Joe Bruno, Albany sleaze: His trial has already convicted Capitol’s squalid doings/ Editorials / 11-14-2009 Whatever its outcome, the trial of former Senate boss Joe Bruno has torn the lid off the cesspool that is Albany. Testimony elicited by […]
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Hillary Clinton for NY Governor in 2010?
Posted on November 16, 2009 by kwilder
KW: Wow! It’s funny. Hillary Clinton just said in an interview that she wanted to quash rumors that keep coming up that she may run for Governor in NY in 2010. I follow these things pretty closely, and, I don’t remember hearing that rumor. Oh, well. It’s not like we like to mention Democrats around […]
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