Happy (Belated) Birthday Alois Alzheimer

From feedback, I recrive word that yesterday was the birthday of Alois Alzheimer, German psychologist and neuropathologist, the guy who first identified what is today called Alzheimer’s disease. He was born today in 1864.

I actually had it on my

• @melissatweets Sorry, melissa… I'm with @donsurber on this one.  #
• @melissatweets no question it has it's place… but not if you're going to get personal.  #
• @melissatweets remember, this is the same site that urged people

There is a nascent cry for freedom, the natural yearning of all men, in Iran, video:

Hat tip:  Michelle

More, Jim Hoft, Gateway Pundit:

Madness! Obama Administration Silent As Iranian Students Are Slaughtered in Streets– Announce They Will Negotiate

Barack Obama likes to think of global politics, not in terms of good or evil, but merely as misunderstandings, with the need for endless apologizing.     Yes, every world problem can be resolved with but sufficient groveling.

It only in the

Comes McPhillips:

What Victor Davis Hanson says about David Letterman et al.

Yeah, Letterman, somewhere along the line, grew increasingly unhinged off the political side of his stale late-night mess. I’m not a Palin fan (liked her initially, respect

We’ve got the update in for the latest version of WordPress, v2.8.  All seems well.

Let me know via feedback if you see anything amiss.

Fathers on-screen and off,  Eric rambled:

John Wayne:  Finally, I know I‘ve linked James twice already, but this got by me yesterday, with all that happened to me yesterday and trying to write what became “Fathers”

Barack Obama is noted for carrying a lot of grudes.   Among the first  thing BO did as president was to return a bust of Winston Churchill to the Brits.     The Obama adminstration has made it a point to deny any

[I]t would be wise to keep Willow away from David Letterman,”

[Sarah] PalinPAC spokeswoman Meghan Stapleton via ABC News.

Make what you will of the statement.

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This is the First Dept Edition

• From our Dept of Intemperate Thoughts: So, now that Whalen has (wrongly, I think) apologized for

Shades of Richard Nixon, Byron York has dug into Barack Obama firing of AmeriCorps Gerald Walpin. It seems that  Walpin had the audacity to investigate Obama’s political supporter, and hack, Kevin Johnson. from Washington Times:

The AmeriCorps IG accuses

WordPress has announced version 2.8 is up.

This is a major upgrade, as I gather it.  We’ll be running the upgrade sometime after about 8pm tonight, or over the weekend, depending on how happy I am with the state of

Rush Limbaugh on feminism:

“The feminist movement was created to allow ugly women access to the mainstream of society”

The Poca Pundit, b/k/a Don Surber:

Too many American liberals cannot handle a strong, good-looking, intelligent, independent woman

A celebutard and her money are soon parted.   What some girls will do to avoid becoming part of Letterman’s monologue.  TMZ is reporting with baited breath:

Chastity Bono — Becoming a Man

Chastity Bono, civil rights advocate, journalist, author and

Welcome one and all to the most intense nightly read anywhere on the ‘sphere: The BitsBlog Nightly Ramble

This is the “Bit’sBar” edition.

Lots going on tonight. Pour yourself a cold one, and let’s get to it.

• A tale of