The first episode of the new series V demands a second viewing. Maybe even a third.

Did a major television network really greenlight a show mocking the hope ‘n’ change express via an invading alien horde?

The series, a sleek upgrade of the cheesy 1980’s model, follows a smooth-talking, hope-spreading alien race who come in peace. But their platitudes are only skin deep. Lizard skin deep, for those who recall the source material.

The show, airing on Tuesday nights on ABC, earned praise from many television critics, though the folks at the New York Times and the New Republic weren’t pleased one bit.

The NRSC sent something around to show how popular Mike Castle is in Delaware among Democrats.

Carper Told Castle He Would Hold His Coat If He Ran For Senate. “‘I went to see Mike one last time, at his home,’ Carper told The Hill last week. ‘We sat in the backyard in the latter part of September and I said, “OK, pal, one last time: You should do this, and if you do, I will hold your coat.”

Say Wha..?

If I was Christine O’Donnell I’d be making noise about the is NRSC press release. But she really isn’t running for anything by all outward appearances.

Sorry if this os old news.

NOLA ^ | 11/06/09 | Jonathan Tilove

Prosecutors on Friday night issued a memorandum recommending that former U.S. Rep. William Jefferson be sentenced to between 27 and 33 years in prison. Jefferson, 62, will be sentenced by federal Judge T.S. Ellis III on Nov. 13. The prosecution’s sentencing memorandum suggests that Jefferson, who served 18 years in Congress, may have hidden resources and “poses a significant risk of flight,” and ought to be immediately remanded to the custody of the U.S. Marshals Service after sentencing at the Alexandria, Va., courthouse.

NY Post ^ | 11/08/09 | MELISSA KLEIN and ISABEL VINCENT
‘Chuck’ bucks have run dryJust 3G in donations for ‘Rangel’ school By MELISSA KLEIN and ISABEL VINCENT Last Updated: 6:42 AM, November 8, 2009 Donors have contributed just $3,315 to the Rangel Center at City College since the Harlem congressman became enmeshed in scandal last fall. The center — which critics have derided as a “monument to me” — needs $30 million to renovate a derelict building in Harlem and fulfill its mission to prepare minority students for public-service careers. But data provided by the college shows Rangel’s pet project has amassed just $6.6 million in pledges, and only $650,000…

By JENNY ANDERSON
Published: November 5, 2009

New York City health officials have distributed small amounts of the swine flu vaccine to some major New York companies, including Wall Street banks like Goldman Sachs and Citigroup, even as shortages continue.

Citigroup has received 1,200 doses, more than half of what it requested, health officials said, and in late October, Goldman received 200 of the 5,400 doses it asked for. By contrast, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center received 200 of the 27,400 doses that it requested for its workers, according to the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene.