COUNTDOWN TO GERMANY: TEAM USA

from Right Wing Nut House

The team that America is sending to Germany for the World Cup is the most talented, the most experienced group ever to represent the United States. That said, it would be an upset if they made it out of the preliminary round thanks to our horrible luck in drawing 2 of […]

U.S. agrees to direct talks with Iran

from Hot Air

Condi Rice gave a news conference at 11 a.m. One of our conditions is that Iran give up uranium enrichment.  Rice says the U.S. acknowledges Iran’s right to “civil nuclear energy.” There’ll be economic “benefits” if they suspend their enrichment program. She says Iran needs to stop supporting terror in Iraq and Lebanon […]

New cave species found

Israeli cave, isolated for 5 million years, discovered; eight new species found

Discovery of eight previously unknown, ancient animal species within “a new and unique underground ecosystem” in Israel was revealed today by Hebrew University of Jerusalem researchers.In a press conference on the Mt. Scopus campus of the Hebrew University, the researchers said the discovery came […]

Impeachment Poll

If the Dems win Congress in 2006, when will they will begin impeachment proceedings?
Vote on the left sidebar.
Feel free to add your own answers (but please, not “all of the above”).

Final Results of Hastert Poll

Dennis Hastert should be:

investigated for being stupid: 11% (24)
removed from the Speakership: 7% (16)
required to sleep with Nancy Pelosi: 20% (42)
made to clean out William Jefferson’s freezer with a toothbush: 4% (8)
Tarred and feathered1: […]

Muhammad guilty in sniper trial

Jury finds Muhammad guilty in sniper trial
Washington-area sniper John Allen Muhammad was convicted of six more of the killings Tuesday after a trial in which he acted as his own attorney and the prosecution’s star witness was his young protege and partner in crime.
Muhammad, 45, is already under a death sentence in Virginia for a […]

Leftie Blogger claims al-Qaeda and Dems share common goal

No More Mister Nice Blog
Those uncooperative al-Qaeda fighters — they just won’t cooperate with Bush and Rove’s election-year timetable:The top American commander in Iraq has decided to move reserve troops now deployed in Kuwait into the volatile Anbar Province in western Iraq to help quell a rise in insurgent attacks there, two American officials said […]

HDTV - Taking the Plunge

I bought a television this weekend, 42 inch HD flat panel (plasma) set. This one:

HP PL4260N 42″ High-Definition Plasma TV with HDTV
So far, I like it. The salesman at Best Buy was a helpful, informative guy. My wife would still be there asking questions. This TV was in stock; normally they only stock the sets […]

Hot Air »Haditha

Allahpundit has the latest on Haditha: Marine eyewitnesses come forward (Update: Audio and video of the attack?)
There are two, according to the AP. They weren’t there during the incident but they took photos and helped carry out the bodies afterwards.One of them, Lance Cpl. Ryan Briones, was interviewed by the LA Times:
[…]

RINO Sightings

Don Surber: RINO Sightings On Memorial Day
Not all conservative bloggers drink the Republican Kool-Aid. Each week we RINOs get together to show off our best posts. This is my week to host it.I start with a sobering photo and poem from Technography. You may be endowed by your Creator with certain inalienable rights, but they […]

Websites as graphs

Websites as graphs - an HTML DOM Visualizer Applet
The Politbuto Diktat  graphed.

clenched fist salute: Pharyngula

The American bagel eater

Is sick. Sick I tell you

Cobb Evolution Textbook Stickers Case

Atlanta ROFTERS: Cobb Evolution Textbook Stickers Case Kicked Back To Lower Court
One thing that the casual news browser may not grasp at first glom is that the school board here was never trying to impose creationism on the students. Not directly, at least. The school board was trying to upgrade its science education, going from […]

Upgrade to Wordpress 2.0.2

Remember the rule, “Never upgrade to version X.0 of anything?”
I broke it, and upgraded to WP 2.0. Silly me.
Of course, a few weeks later version 2.0.2 with important security upgrades was released.
That’s what I’m doing this morning. Testing stuff. Maybe I need this book:
Please leave a test comment, especially if you see anything […]

Haditha

Not a good story. So now Iraq has its own My Lai. If you thought Abu Ghraib was My Lai, read about Haditha.
24 civilians murdered? Without any provocation? That went on for hours? And then a cover-up? This is a nightmare.
Military to Report Marines Killed Iraqi Civilians
A military investigation into the deaths of two dozen […]