Be Kind to Castro Week? Or, Weak?

Noted at the Babalu Blog this morning:

Michael Graham, blogging at The Natural Truth, brings us this disgusting but not surprising story about how CNN coached its anchors to treat the subject of fidel castro in an early morning email

Local weather:  Twenty-four degrees that feels like thirteen. 

As the culture coarsens:

LEESBURG, Va. – (Fox News)-A children’s book about two male penguins that hatch a chick together has been pulled from school library shelves in Loudoun County,

Beef Recall: 

LOS ANGELES – (AP)-The U.S. Department of Agriculture on Sunday recalled 143 million pounds of frozen beef from a Southern California slaughterhouse that is being investigated for mistreating cattle.

Danish Riots:

COPENHAGEN (Reuters) – Bands

Chinese Junk:

LAKELAND, Fla. (AP) – The importer of a Valentine’s Day lollipop said it was voluntarily recalling the treats after metal fragments were found in at least two lollipops sold at central Florida stores

I don’t see

• Congrats to the Confederate Yankee Bob Owens, and his wife Christine on the birth of a daughter on Thursday. By the way, guys… after some serious research, we now know what causes things like this: Beer.
• A nice Valentine’s

After action report, Rochester, NY:  WHEC-TV

“An extraordinary situation” and “something we’ve never seen before” – those just some of the comments from first responders to Sunday’s deadly 36-car pile-up on 390 near the airport.
 

Ladies and gentlemen:  well done.

Wintery Mix, WHEC-TV:

Snow came down at a steady pace last night, but then as temperatures began to rise during the overnight hours…snow quickly turned into sleet and freezing rain. And that has left a layer of ice on just

Local Hero: Out of the thirty-six car pile up, me and Bit boggged about here and here, we have a local hero, from WHEC-TV:

While dozens of cars and trucks were crashing into each other in blinding, blowing snow

• John Hawkins points out MSNBC‘s David Shuster isn’t alone.
  

  We all know by now about the controversy surrounding MSNBC’s David Shuster and his allegation that Chelsea Clinton was being “pimped” by her family in order to drum up support

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

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

Look, gang… in the end, David Shuster called it like it is.. he told the truth of the matter.

That, in fact is what has the Clinton camp so riled.  Well, of course that and if they act angry enough,

Henke, this monring:

In light of the possibility that a Democrat could win the Presidency in November, giving them control of the White House and both houses of Congress, it’s worth pointing out what Democratic Party Chairman Howard Dean said

There was a time not so long ago,when everybody in the Rochester area know when the Kodak bonuses came out.   The merchants heavily advertised the event.  In other words, you could not help but notice.    Now the  Kodak bonus on

So uttered to me this morning.   The good news, is  that we don’t have Dorothy’s twister.   The bad news, it is far colder than a summer day in Kansas.   The morning fish wrapper said the peak wind speed should be