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Letterman*said*he*was*the*victim*of*an*extortion*plot,*admitted affair*with*female*staffers*during*tonight's*show.* What the hell was that?

Is this really the right plane for everyone? Is it really what we need? We discussed the F-22 a while back. Now comes John McCain, who voted to kill the F-22, and he's whining about cost overruns and production rate issues with the F-35. He's right to complain about the overruns. In...

I'll let you read for yourself. It won't take long to get to the point. Really, this signifies the end of America; our government is now officially inept even at screwing us over. I mean, really! What is the point of the whole thing, then? Nothing. All that political capital...

And that equals bankruptcy. I've seen plenty of artists, athletes who were Gods at one time and had tremendous amount of money go plunk and in to bankruptcy. How is this possible? How could an artist of her standing be in such financial straits? The answer? Quite simply bad financial...

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/reconciliation-to-be-used-for-health-bill-reid-2010-03-11?siteid=rss&rss=1 Senate Democrats are planning to use the legislative process known as reconciliation to finish an overhaul of the U.S. health-care system, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid told his...

Mark Williams-Thomas is an ex-British cop who specialized in major crimes, including murders and pedophile investigations. Recently in the UK, a 17-year-old girl was raped and murdered by a man she first met through Facebook. Williams-Thomas wasn't surprised. Read more Just serving as a...

U.S. economic growth accelerated to the strongest pace in over six years late last year, with the Commerce Department Friday revising up its fourth-quarter estimate as businesses slowed inventory reduction and boosted spending, but consumers spent less than first thought. Gross domestic...

... they're heading south to Sweden, causing trouble for shipping. This is bad, and unexpected. So Al Gore was right after all - the icebergs break off from the north, come south and cause cold conditions. So global warming is leading to freezing seas. :P

Which country would that be? :) I couldn't believe when I read the first paragraph. Never in million years would I think change would come so fast. So what's different, folks? Same religion, even a more devastating war, with more casualties... Yes, it IS a cautionary tale, but can you...

I've made very few comments on this before so when I read this article--albeit from a Left leaning source, but the author is a Tea Party member -- I felt I should give it more focus. The article goes on an anecdotal trip with the author and how he talks to the fellow Tea Party members. One...

Even as the Euro has its crisis, the Canadian dollar, aka the loonie, is approaching parity with the US dollar, something that had seemed unreachable a decade ago. I suggest we let the loonie approach parity, and then form a common currency, known as the dollar. This will cement the bonds...

What am I missing here? Ok, how about you. Can you see what I am seeing that's a HUGE flaw:

So tired of listening to that... even Drudge had this: 5843 I now doubt anything will get passed.

Or the case of blond hair/blue eyed female terrorist. This one was even American. Not sure if you all heard about a few Jihadis planning to kill the cartoonist in Sweden who drew the Mohammed in the cartoon. The suburban Philadelphia woman, Colleen R. LaRose, is accused in the indictment...

A very good article on the topic of Communism, from what it is and how it's defined to the failures that lead to the fall. Unlike many in America, and whole I WOULD give credit to Reagan, the biggest factor was the Gorbachev Factor. The article points out that Communism would have collapsed...

Yes, that means customers will be prevented from making purchases if they have insufficient funds in their accounts. Haha, gotta love big banks. Thankfully, HSBC is still the best lot out of them... At least for now. Also, what I've had for years is something called checking overdraft...

Greg Mankiw, an economics professor had Harvard, just laid out the best and clearest example of how our government approaches "deficit neutrality". See his blog post here: http://gregmankiw.blogspot.com/2010/03/problem-with-deficit-neutrality.html Friend: I am going to take off a few days...

First, let's start with a link to the full text for those that didn't watch it: Text of Obama's State of the Union address - Yahoo! News Second, here are some Fact-Check links: PolitiFact | Fact-checking Obama's State of the Union speech FACT CHECK: Obama and a toothless commission Also,...

This monstrosity! Leon, you'll probably get more out of the link than we will, but according to the BoingBoing article, it's some sort of ground-effect transport/weapon. It sure as heck is ugly!

For political reasons? Why I am shocked! SHOCKED, I tell ya! I am wondering why it's so easy to predict crap like this now? It's like I feel like I know the future and stuff. ;) http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/health/article7052606.ece

I've had this book in my to-do list for years, literally. It just sat there. I wanted to read it but come on. Tea in title? Story about some guy flying off to the land of our enemies to build schools? But I DID want to read it, it was just there were more books I wanted to read more than Three Cups...

I am sure Ditch will explain. :) <!-- slave5 --> <!-- --> http://twitpic.com/images/rotate-photo.gif http://twitpic.com/images/view-full-size.gif ...

Remember that guy that dodged airport security to be with his girlfriend? He was convicted of a misdeamenor. That seems about appropriate for what he did, but read the whole thing to see the over-reaction of our typically clueless legislators.

I think it is. Riots have erupted, even as Germany refuses to bail out its fellow EU member, and the BBC is asking if Greece will be expelled from the Eurozone. And, if it is, then what about Spain, Ireland, and Portugal? If they default and are also expelled, will this mean the end of the...

When Mason Jammer, a kindergarten student at Jefferson Elementary in Ionia, curled his fist into the shape of a gun Wednesday and pointed it at another student, school officials said it was no laughing matter.They suspended Mason until Friday, saying the behavior made other students...

This has been a perennial problem for decades. Pemex, the national oil company of Mexico, is poorly run and cannot pump oil profitably. Foreign investors, who have the money and expertise, aren't allowed in. Now, the company - and the country - may be facing a financial crisis because they just...

1.The District of Columbia. The District, Reamer says, has a generous Medicaid program to help it treat a population that has a large number of very poor residents. The city gets reimbursed by the federal government for 70 percent of its Medicaid expenditures. That figure is one of the highest...

Some studies are showing the mechanisms of how Ritalin works, helps those with ADHD focus. Interesting is the increasing number of adults taking it to make themselves perform better, as it I suspect most wouldn't want to take Ritalin because of side effects, limited boost in performance. But...

Why don't they just tattoo us with barcodes at birth? Bill in Congress would require biometric ID cards for all workers. Increasingly, I'm becoming convinced that the second-largest failing of our government today is its complete ineptitude in all matters of technology. The fact that...

If there is anything you should worry about as far as politics/economy, this would be it folks. This is the big unraveling of what we've been doing and I can't even blame the recent Recession on this. This is the way we have been living, living for today, tomorrow? God will figure it out for us. ...

...to the tune of $11,000,000! :clap: :happy: :whap: I feel for the family involved. Cpl. Matthew A. Snyder was killed in a vehicle crash in Iraq in March of 2006. Westboro Baptist protested at his June funeral. Snyder's father, Albert Snyder of York, Pa, sued Phelps and the church for...

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/africa/article7054630.ece Officials estimate that 500 people were massacred in night-time raids by Muslim gangs near Jos, the city that bestrides Nigeria’s Christian-Muslim fault line. Local journalists and civil rights organisations who...

Both accused and officer are in the hospital. :(

http://gizmodo.com/5488373/boeing-747-survives-a-simulated-underwear-bomb-blast I'm not convinced. The plane they used wasn't sealed; the open door can be seen clearly. That would have let a lot of explosive force escape to the atmosphere, rather than being containted within the aircraft. ...

Now imagine that you have had an ultrasound scan; it costs $12, but you can afford that. The scan says the unborn child is a girl. You yourself would prefer a boy; the rest of your family clamours for one. You would never dream of killing a baby daughter, as they do out in the villages. But an...

Roy Ashburn, anti-homosexual crusading Republican from California, arrested on drunk driving charges. After leaving a gay nightclub. You know I feel bad for the guy, right? His apology seemed sincere. But he won't get much sympathy from many folks today.