Nightly Ramble: Who Else Said “Pimped”? Where’d HillBilly Get the Money? More

• John Hawkins points out MSNBC‘s David Shuster isn’t alone.
  

  We all know by now about the controversy surrounding MSNBC’s David Shuster and his allegation that Chelsea Clinton was being “pimped” by her family in order to drum up support

WASHINGTON -(AP)- Rep. Tom Lantos of California, the only Holocaust survivor to serve in Congress, has died, his spokeswoman said Monday.Lynne Weil said that Lantos, 80, passed away at the Bethesda Naval Medical Center in suburban Maryland.Lantos, a Democrat who

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. -(AP)- Roy Scheider, the actor best known for his role as a police chief in the blockbuster movie “Jaws,” has died. He was 75.Scheider died Sunday at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences hospital in Little

Me in email just now:

I don’t see it as those working against McCain as the ones selling out. Indeed, I see a vote for McCain as selling out both the party and the country. I fail utterly, to see

Yes, Civil war in both parties seems likely to me.

The usual suspects are already complaining about civil war happening in the Democratic Party…. Frank Rich, at the New York Times, for example, perhaps without intending to, marks the

People have been saying $#!t like this for a while now, and I’m sick of it.

If Barack Obama becomes the next US president he will surely be assassinated, British Nobel literature laureate Doris Lessing predicted in a newspaper interview

Bluto observes:

From the Timesonline:

A government minister has warned that inbreeding among immigrants is causing a surge in birth defects – comments likely to spark a new row over the place of Muslims in British society.

Phil Woolas, an

Bluto notes:

From San Francisco’s KNTV:

BERKELEY, Calif. — As six Republican senators devised a plan to yank $2.3 million in federal funding for Berkeley programs, the mayor of the famously liberal city apologized Wednesday for his hard stance

I see John Hawkins as an interview up with the good doctor. It’s a great read, as is anything to to with Dr. Sowell.

Been toying with UBUNTU for a bit now. Currently on 710 with Gnome.  Finding that it won’t recognize the Intel 801e vid card. Anyone else have this problem, and solve it?

Jeanne Cummings over at The Politico:

With John McCain poised to win the Republican nomination, Democrats are already gathering ammunition to use against him in the general election.In more than a few instances, the best fodder has been provided by

Coalition forces capture Special Groups leader, detain four total suspects

Posted: 08 Feb 2008 04:11 AM CST

BAGHDAD, Iraq (Feb. 7, 2008) â?? Coalition forces captured a suspected Special Groups leader and detained three other suspects late Thursday during operations

Look, gang… in the end, David Shuster called it like it is.. he told the truth of the matter.

That, in fact is what has the Clinton camp so riled.  Well, of course that and if they act angry enough,

• I note with interest, Mark Levin saying
  

  “I think one important focus of Reagan conservatives should be to do all they can to protect as many Republican seats in the House as possible. There needs to be at least one

Someone at Fox posted these yesterday, so I’ll pass them along.

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First off, even absent any other source material, it sounds to me like the place is packed with McCain supporters. But add