Reading coverage of the presidential race, I think perhaps I may be the one of the few remaining people on the planet that remember that George W. Bush ran for the presidency, in 2000, on a theme of being a bipartisan who would "change the tone" in Washington. This was dutifully reported by, well, e...

British TV presenter Kate Thornton, 35, and her fiancé, DJ Darren Emerson, 37, have welcomed their first child. Son Ben was born on Tuesday, May 13th. No other information is known as of yet, although Kate's spokesperson said, Mum, dad and baby are doing well and are all very excited. The couple an...

Posted by timothy (72% noise) View Skip voodoosws points out on Mark Shuttleworth’s blog Shuttleworth’s call for synchronized publication of Linux distributions, excerpting: “There’s one thing that could convince me to change the date of the next Ubuntu LTS: the opportunity t...

I’m growing a squash plant in a pot on my deck. I planted it in March or maybe early April as sort of a low-maintenance way of feeling like a gardener. It started sprouting blooms and squash this week. It’s kind of awesome watching something grow from a two-leafed seedling into actual fo...

I received this in an Email From CAMERA: On Israel's 60th anniversary, that nation - unlike other states born after World War II - continues to face attacks against its right to exist, including most recently in the pages of the Los Angeles Times. On May 11, 2008, Saree Makdisi , a frequent contribu...

INTERPOL today presented the results of its forensic examination of eight seized FARC computer and hardware exhibits following a request for assistance in March of this year by Colombia, one of INTERPOL's 186 member countries. INTERPOL Secretary General Ronald K. Noble advised senior Colombian law e...

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Two years ago, Senator Obama promised Senator McCain support on a bi-partisan lobbying bill. reform bill. As it turned out Obama when back on his word. Below is McCain's letter to Obama where he, as the saying goes, rips him a new one. H/T CBS.com February 6, 2006 The Honorable Barack ObamaUnited St...

Link: Files Tying Venezuela to Rebels Not Altered, Report Says - New York Times. "LIMA, Peru — The debate over ties between Venezuela’s government and Colombia’s largest guerrilla group intensified Thursday after Interpol said its forensic experts had found no signs that Colombia had altered f...

Does the TN GOP march to it’s own drummer? Apparently, it does. The Tennessee Republican Party “welcomed” Michelle Obama’s visit for a fundraiser Thursday with an online video that takes the Democratic presidential front-runner’s wife to task for a comment some consider...