Tom Lantos Dead, Age 80

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

Conversation this morning:

Me: Good Moring.

Neighbor: How you doing?

Me: Cold!

Neighbor: Very

Thirty-six car pile-up near Scottsville, NY, Rochester, Democat and Chronicle:

February 11, 2008 7:28 am – The scale of Sunday’s chain-reaction pileup on Interstate 390

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

With the MSM finally starting to catch on to her creative accounting, the woman who has constantly droned on that she would be ready to lead from day one, has hit the panic button., Telegraph(UK):

Hillary Clinton’s

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

It is insane to use food stuffs for motor fuel.   It causes more damage to the environment and increases the cost of food.   Stephen Leahy. Environmental Journalist:L

Feb 8 (IPS) – Biofuels are making climate change worse, not better,

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

Is the Reverend Jesse Jackson available to forgive David Shuster?  Mrs. Clinton in a letter to MSNBC:

“Nothing justifies the kind of debasing language that David Shuster used and no temporary suspension or half-hearted apology is sufficient.

“I would urge

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