Site Update: Comments

After crushing about 300 spam comments, today, I decided the highest priority is to get THAT nonsense under control. So, I’ve added an anti-spam tool in the comments.  Yeah, I know it’s a pain, but look; My database is showing

• So, Iran now says it’s warplanes are able to reach Israel. Now why would they want to level THAT threat, I wonder? I mean, they could make it there, but they couldn’t make it BACK. Wouldn’t that be a suicide

Mike Hendrix is asking for help.

Do what you can.

Jill Stanek has confirmation, from the BO campaign, that BO lied about his support for infanticide:

Bearing in mind the Obama campaign now admits he voted as state senator against the very same legislation passed overwhelmingly on the federal

I’ll open this by saying that by rights, and in a sane world, Paul Krugman should be hammered flat on economics, and drummed from his perch at the New York Times. However, let’s admit this isn’t a sane world, and 

Apparently, the time has come, by the lights of Saint Andrew the Incontinent, to swift boat John McCain.  Now, you will recall, I’m no major fan of John McCain. At the same time, this stuff, as pointed up by Tom

A couple issues with the BitsBlog site to tell you about.

1: The website has been on and off slow for a couple days, now. We’ve traced the issue down to a  problem with the webserver’s interface with the backend

My friends, we spent $3 million of your money to study the DNA of bears in Montana. Now I don’t know if that was a paternity issue or a criminal issue, but the point is — but the point is

Yeah, I know. I”ve not said much about The Olympics.

Truth to tell, it really hasn’t managed to capture my interest this time around. Then again, there are very few spots that do, anymore. No, it’s not that I’ve turned

Every once in awhile the Bush derangement syndrome sufferers find themselves unable to employ self-restraint.  I certainly include Josh Marshall in the list of those sufferers.

The truth is that the US screwed up here in a big way. This

The doorbell rang at 3am. Mike Morel answered it and stood staring at 3 Marines .

“You’re going to tell me my son is dead”, he said.

“Yes, sir”, one of the Marines answered.

“Was he in the front

Decided I had such good luck with the theme changeout, that I’d press my luck and attempt the WordPress Upgarde to v2.6.1. All seems well.

Ann Davis in the Wall Street Journal Yesterday:

Data emerging on players in the commodities markets show that speculators are a larger piece of the oil market than previously known, a development enlivening an already tense election-year debate about

Yeah, I know, I shouldn’t be changing the themes as often as I have the last couple weekends.

Thing is the last one started acting a little unstable, where the links were concerned.  I think I like this one a

I’ve noticed that there’s a bit of weirdness going on in the links on BitsBlog. Some links show as underlined and some do not. There’s no clear patter, yet what is what. Not quite sure what’s driving it. I’ve spent