I recently came across a photo dated February 1975... ten year old me and my family at Cape Kennedy in Florida ( Read more... )

Some excerpts from the BBC ( Read more... )

Sanders lost big in South Carolina over the weekend... 24% vs. Clinton's 76%.

Super Tuesday looms, including the contest in Massachusetts where I cast my vote via email (for Sanders).

A recent poll of Massachusetts voters shows:

Clinton 49%
Sanders 44%

and

Trump 40%
Rubio 19%
Kasich 19%
Cruz 10%
Carson 5%

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Republican Primary in South Carolina results:

Trump  32.5%        Another convincing win
Rubio   22.5%
Cruz     22.3%
Bush      7.8%        Jeb Bush has dropped out after this...
Kasich   7.6%
Carson   7.2%

Democratic Primary in Nevada results:

Clinton    52.7%
Sanders  47.2%

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This month's daily sample of Google Top News...

Alexis Tsipras 13
Syria 6
Copa América 6
Pope Francis 5
Vladimir Putin 5
Turkey 5
Apple Inc. 5
Charleston 5
Gaza Strip 5
FC Barcelona 4
England 4
Yemen 4
U.S. Open (golf) 4
Andy Murray 4
Eurozone 4
David Cameron 4
Iran 4
Wimbledon 4
Tunisia 4
Boko Haram 4

For my Song Hall of Fame... "Sail Away" performed by Harry Nilsson ( Read more... )

Unexpectedly (to me), Rick Santorum has won three states in the Republican primaries last night. Colorado, Minnesota, and Missouri. He also was declared the winner in Iowa after initially being named a very close runner-up to Mitt Romney.

Romney won in New Hampshire, Florida and Nevada. Gingrich won South Carolina. Ron Paul hasn't won any but ( Read more... )

Interesting article about Michelle Obama's geneology...

From the NY Times (which I've cut in places for length):

WASHINGTON - In 1850, the elderly master of a South Carolina estate took pen in hand and painstakingly divided up his possessions. Among the spinning wheels, scythes, tablecloths and cattle that he bequeathed to his far-flung heirs was a 6 ( Read more... )

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What this says to me is...   South Carolina and Georgia must try harder.  They are not applying themselves.


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