Andrew Olmsted, RIP

A quiet salute from here.

Background here

And here.

He even cached a final post, apparently.

Oh… Did you notice Norman Hsu trying to get his old conviction overturned?

And why would he do this? Because overturning that conviction will negate a longer jailterm for this more recent crime, involving Hillary Clinton and fund raising.

Was installing a new screen in my Palm Pilot, tonight. While working, I had a chance to mentally break down each candidate with respect to Iowa.

Some notes in no particular Order:

Mike Huckabee;

Huckabee did about as well as

Interesting story in the American Thinker by buddy Rick Moran, this morning. It seems that the number of people idetifying themselves as Republican has hit a two year high.

According to pollster Rasmussen, the number of Americans

Dodd has dropped out. So has Biden. Most didn’t know they were running at all. THe results were so bad for them they apparently decided not to wait the few days to New Hampshire.

Hillary Clinton, meanwhile, will be

Yeah, Fred, too.

But I meant me, at the OTB Caption Contest 

Hey, Billy;

Yeah, I was aware of the links from Starz to Looking Glass…(One of my offbeat favorite pop tunes was “Jimmy Loves Mary Anne” (Both that and “Brandy” were written by Elliot Lurie, who was the lead vocal/guitar)) Great

 No shock, I suppose, but that’s what Fox is teasing just now.

So is ABC  who now reports Romney is in second. Thompson third, McCain foruth, or so I’m hearing on the radio now. (KCJJ is coming in up here

Peter Robinson at The Corner

The latest news from Iowa? According to Zogby’s latest—and I quote: “Sen. Fred Thompson…has seen a late-breaking surge.” (Rich notes the same poll below.)

What’s going on here? My guess is that there are

Oh, spare me the lectures about torture, and spare me the self-righteous legal sanctimony attached to the idea that someone actually did what needed to be done to save American lives. What was the purpose of maintaining those tapes, given

From the Sun on Monday: (Heard about this yesterday morning from WJFK)

A FANATICAL Pakistani cleric told The Sun yesterday of his chilling dream to turn the world Muslim – by force if necessary.

Qari Hifzur Rehamn, 60, spoke

Have you seen this walking garbage pile? If so, contact police.

IRVING, Texas —AP- Police continued searching for a man suspected of shooting his two teenage daughters, including one who called 911 about an hour before officers found them dead

Page Six last night reported:

 In a surprise move Britney Spears legal team has quit. Their motion filed today to be relieved as counsel to Spears, attorneys at Trope and Trope have also revealed a range of new witnesses

Fellow Swamp Stomper Conservative Reader has a new look tonight, (Sharp!)  and is one of WordPress’s newest converts. Wander over and graze, and say hello.

Well, let’s see.

Mike Huckabee spent his day fighting back against Rush Limbaugh, who says Huck isn’t a conservative. He then went on to detail several new government welfare programs.

John McCain battled the age issue, saying at Age