Any guess as to when he's speaking tonight?

10:00 pm Eastern.

t edit That's not a guess; that's the scheduled time.

ION: McCain has new "unprecedented" ad ready to run tonight when Obama speaks: [link] "Unprecedented?" Does that mean he's going to burn a cross IN THE AD?

Also: Putin says that the US orchestrated the war in Georgia to benefit one of the presidential candidates (he didn't name which one, but you have to think he means McCain, even if the charges of US orchestration are not true): [link]

McCain has new "unprecedented" ad ready to run tonight when Obama speaks

I suppose it's too much to hope for an ad where McCain says "You know what? I'm a total douchebag, and you should vote for the other guy. In fact, I think he's on another channel right now if you want to hear him speak."

How cool is the El Cerrito Speakeasy Theater? Instead of showing a movie tonight, they're showing Obama's speech live. For free.

I suppose it's too much to hope for an ad where McCain says "You know what? I'm a total douchebag, and you should vote for the other guy. In fact, I think he's on another channel right now if you want to hear him speak."

That certainly would be unprecedented. Perhaps he will reveal himself to be either Kang or Kodos!

BTW, thanks for linking the Tequila es Verdad site- it's excellent!

In the past, candidates haven't run ads during the opposing party's convention. I think that's the unprecedented part.

McCain will run an ad with him screaming "LA LA LA LA LA, PAY ATTENTION TO ME!!!", and tomorrow's morning shows will all lede with stories about McCain's TV ad.

I have mail again. However, I do not have anything anyone has sent me in the past 2 hours because it is backed up. Kinda making it hard to make any progress here. And I have a meeting I need this info for.

Okay, I have a serious question because I just don't get this Obama-hatred from portions of the Clinton camp. I understand that Clinton was horribly mistreated by the media. I saw some of the misogynistic statements that were made without any sense that they were wrong.

But, what did Obama do that gets the Clinton camp up in arms to the point that they'd rather vote for McCain (or not vote at all)? IMO, they both said some tough things about the other in order to win the nomination, but I don't recall seeing anything that was above normal politicing.

Cheerios:

My lunch is almost over, so if I scoot, it's not because I don't want to hear the answers. I'll catch up after school.

This might be a little under-the-radar:

Banning Private Science Research

More on the radicalism of the GOP's platform on embryonic stem cell research. The party is now formally committed not just to forbidding government from funding research, but also to banning private funding for such research. I'm unaware of any previous commitments to banning private scientific research because it violates Christianist doctrine. But this assault on scientific inquiry is of a piece with the logic of Christianism. Why isn't McCain asked about this? Why is this not a major story? Not as vital as whether a campaign set is Greek or Roman or just, well, columns for large TV screens?