Eric Florack on December 2nd, 2008

WordPress v2.7RC1 is up at the WordPress and looking pretty good.

If you’re a blogger, and want a peek here’s where to look behind the scenes.

It’s quite a change from the interface WP has had for the last few

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davidl on December 2nd, 2008

Curses, foiled again.   Republican Saxby Chambliss defends his Senate seat in Georgia, Associated Press:

ATLANTA – Georgia Sen. Saxby Chambliss won re-election Tuesday in a runoff, dashing Democrats’ hopes of capturing enough seats in the U.S. Senate to thwart

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davidl on December 2nd, 2008

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Mr. President-elect, reporters we hope are going to ask you a lot of annoying questions over the next four years. Get used to it.

Via fellow Swamp Stomper, Sister Toldjah.  

BO’s halo becomes a choke collar.

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davidl on December 2nd, 2008

Mike Allen, Politico, is reporting that NBC News is set to name David Gregory as Tim Russert’s replacement as host for Meet the Depressed:

NBC News plans to name David Gregory as moderator of “Meet the Press,” infusing one

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Eric Florack on December 2nd, 2008

Greetings, and welcome to the most intense nightly read anywhere on the ‘sphere… BitsBlog’s Nightly Ramble.

  • December the second, already. That means only 22 shopping days left until Christmas. Always assuming the war on Christmas doesn’t succeed. I’ll get to

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Eric Florack on December 2nd, 2008

Fox’s SPECIAL REPORT last night:

Six members of the Congressional Black Caucus may have violated House ethics rules by attending a three-day conference paid for by a number of powerful corporations early last month on the Caribbean island of Saint

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Eric Florack on December 2nd, 2008

Finally… There is, occasionally, justice.ChemicalAli

BAGHDAD -Fox- A special Iraqi court sentenced Saddam Hussein’s notorious cousin, “Chemical Ali” Hassan al-Majid, to death Tuesday after convicting him of crimes against humanity for his part in crushing the 1991 Shiite uprising in

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