Breakfast Scramble

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

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

Someone at Fox posted these yesterday, so I’ll pass them along.

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First off, even absent any other source material, it sounds to me like the place is packed with McCain supporters. But add

Local plug, wasn’t a bad weekend for Upstate New York.  Syracuse grad, Art Monk got elected to Pro Football Hall of Fame.  Well deserved.  Waterloo native, Syracuse grad coach, and Rochester Institute of Technology head coach Tom Coughlin won the

I note with some degree of satisfaction, McQ saying:

Ed Morrissey brings us his take on the surprise chat between John McCain and Hillary Clinton on yesterday’s Fox News Sunday:

Part of the conservative complaint against McCain is his

It is time that a voice be raised on behalf of the 73 million, pointing out that profit, property rights, and freedom are inseparable and you cannot have the third unless you continue to be entitled to have the first

Anyone remember John Edwards?

I know… not lately.

He’s not going to the White House, unless they need an elevator operator.  By my read, he’s playing for some sort of appointment to a post in a Democrat White House. Notice…

I noted this story last niht but couldn’t get out of bed to comment on it. Never fear; Michelle did it.

Better late than never, Michigan has put an end to driver’s licenses to illegal aliens. It’s a violation of

MIAMI (AP) – Jose Padilla, once accused of plotting with al-Qaida to blow up a radioactive “dirty bomb,” was sentenced Tuesday to 17 years and four months on terrorism conspiracy charges that don’t mention those initial allegations.
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Cooke also

Jon Adler at The Corner, earlier today:

Last week Michael Gerson wrote a remarkably unserious column in which he suggested Fred Thompson lacked “moral seriousness” because he failed to embrace President Bush’s global AIDS initiative with sufficient vigor.  Looking

• Quite the shouting match going on over at Q&O, over that bit that Billy referenced earlier this morning. The subject? Well, I’m convinced about half of those involved don’t know and another 49% don’t understand it. For the first time

Those of you familiar with details of Ezra Levant’s battle with Canadian fascists. may recognize Syed Soharwardy as the Muslim bigot with neither the understanding of, or regard for, Free Speech. Soharwardy has found a brother in arms south

USATODAY.com  SURFSIDE BEACH, S.C. — White House hopeful Fred Thompson continued his debate-night criticism of rival Mike Huckabee on Friday, calling the primary contest a fight between the ideals of Ronald Reagan and populist appeals that blame others for

So, New Jersey has ‘apologized’ for slavery, says Michelle Malkin.

They’re not sorry for repealing the death penalty against the wishes of victims’ families of all races and backgrounds, but New Jersey lawmakers are offering an apology for slavery centuries