Food 911?

Maybe Timothy Wayne Shepherd should have called Tyler Florence?

HOUSTON — For at least two days, neighbours at a city apartment complex noticed an acrid aroma, black smoke and leaping flames coming from two barbecue grills on the balcony

Chuck Hagel floated the I-word yesterday during his appearance on ABC’s “This Week”. He warned that George Bush could face impeachment unless he adopted a policy on Iraq more to the liking of Congress. Hagel, who wants to run for

*The Music: Simon and Garfunkel; Bookends.(1968) No particular reason…. It happened to come up in rotation, in Winamp.

I’ve always considered this one to be their best album.  Certainly “Bridge over troubled water” was probably the runner up. 66’s

Billy mentions this morning the compact fluorescent lamp.  I went to some length on this subject, several days ago, sometime around the beginning of the month. One topic I didn’t get into, with regards to those units (old habit,

The Nose on Your Face is repoting what must be the joke of the day. 

Former President Jimmy Carter has stepped forward and offered to mediate the escalating crisis between Iran and Britain over 15 British marines seized by

The Washington Post needs take time to actually read the Constitution of the United States.

WASHINGTONIANS probably could live with Republicans’ sabotaging their latest chance at congressional representation; that’s nothing new. More galling are those Republicans too gutless to

Rush Limbaugh is the king of talk radio because he dares give voice to what others just suspect:   Media Matters is attributing this to Limbaugh:

LIMBAUGH: Interesting point. Now, let me say something else that might be accused of cynicism:

Road trip today, and I don’t know when I’ll be back tonight, so, I’ll post this a bit early, today:

The Music: Lighthouse: One Fine Morning, 1971

This was their fourth album, released in July of 1971.  Their first three

The toilet paper-offsetting life: It stinks

Michelle Malkin.

I blogged about Knut on Tuesday. Today, Khuê Pham, Spiegel Online reports, “Knut Woos the Crowds:”

Berlin’s favorite polar baby has finally made his first appearance for the public. Cute Knut wooed an excited audience of children, zoo

Doctor Charles Krauthammer says in his most recent column that attorney general Alvaro consolidation resign or be fired as soon as possible for his handling of the recent scandal.  Says he:

It’s not a question of probity, but of competence.

House panel votes to issue subpoenas: 

A House panel authorized subpoenas yesterday for top White House and Justice Department aides, including White House counselor Karl Rove, setting up a constitutional clash with the Bush administration over the U.S. attorneys

I’ve written a few times now, about Fred Thompson, and stated flatly he is someone I could get behind. Mona Charen, who I quote all too infrequently, here at BitsBlog, agrees.

His voting record is solidly conservative. He is articulate,

Think what  you will of the tenure of former speaker Dennis Hastert.  At least Denny avoided getting into catfights with members of hs own caucus.   Not so for Mrs. Pelosi.

WASHINGTON -(AP)- Tempers flared on Iraq among Democrats

At the 1992 Democratic Convention in New York, Al Gore said: “The central organizing principle of governments everywhere must be the environment.” The environment would not, however, be the central organizing principle of Gore’s own life.

The only place Al