Nightly Ramble: Tracking the Sick;Bringing Out Your Inner Nutroot;SUV’s

Welcome, one and all to the most intense nightly read anywhere on the ‘sphere… BitsBlog’s Nightly Ramble

• So, Google’s tracking the flu, by watching it’s search engines.. and who searches? Camel’s nose. Think I’m streching the point? Look, gang.. all

What is about freedom that so darn hard for the ‘rats to understand?  According to ABC News, Barack Obama does not understand the Constitution of the United States.

The issue of mandates for health care has driven the

Since this news came out that Hillary Clinton supposedly has some dirt to throw at Barack Obama, the apologists for the Clinton campaign have been coming out in force.  No surprise then one of the to find the chief chief

Ann Althouse passes along one of the more bizzare campaign slogans we’ve heard in many a year…

 (“If you like oral sex, vote Caragol for council.”) Just some political slogan in Hialeah, Florida, which the Miami Herald informs

It has a ring to it:

“By announcing via webcast, Fred is able to take his consistently mainstream conservative message directly to the voters, who are already responding to that message with a strong upwelling of grassroots support. The webcast

Reynolds has discovered the battery:

THIS SOUNDS COOL:

Batteries have long been vital to laptops and cellphones. They are increasingly supplying electricity to an unlikely recipient: the power grid itself.

Until recently, large amounts of electricity could not be efficiently

OK, I’ve GOTTA look at this one for my file server here at Casa de Bit:

Icy Dock/Seagate 4-Bay 2000GB

Icy Dock/Seagate 4-Bay 2000GB (4x500GB Seagate SATA 7200RPM 16MB HDD) External SATA Hard Drive w/ Interchangable Trays & Detachable Fan.

What I do not like are ignorant bigots who oppose Scouting.  On the other boot, what I love is eternal human spirit that glows when events are the darkest.  The Anchoress has heart warming story about ‘Scouting in Baghdad

You might recall that one reason John “Breck Girl” Edwards ran  for vice president is that he would have lost his Senate seat if he ran for re-election.   A.J. Strata, Strata-Sphere, reports that Nebraska Republicans war preparing to rinse

I am not sold on this idea, but does make an interesting meme.   Glenn Reynolds, Instapundit:

Interestingly, I think that the more Pelosi acts like a wannabe President, the worse it is for Hillary. And I think that Pelosi

Never judge a Clinton by their words.  Judge their deeds.  Mrs. Clinton has bought yet another campaign endorsement.  The Associated Press:

Democratic presidential contender Hillary Rodham Clinton has agreed to help one-time candidate Tom Vilsack, who endorsed her on

Billy mentions this morning the compact fluorescent lamp.  I went to some length on this subject, several days ago, sometime around the beginning of the month. One topic I didn’t get into, with regards to those units (old habit,

Forget,the catchy headline,‘McCain Comes Alive in Iowa.”    If you actually read Dan Batz’s Washington Post article, unlike the headline writer, you will note the McCain comes across as anything but alive:

In interviews, the Arizona Republican has spoken

I see that Billy Hollis has posted an article on his new Q&O digs, as regards digital rights management.  For those of you who don’t know that phrase the translation is “copy protection” .

My response was that of a

I’ve been watching a goodly chunk of the hype coming out of Microsoft, of late, over the next generation operating system called “Vista”.  Given the flea circus at the first couple of generations of betas generally are, I haven’t been