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The stock market continued its record-setting rally Thursday with the Dow Jones Industrial Average notably flirting with 40,000 as technology shares made major gains. The Dow closed with a gain of nearly 270 points, or 0.7 percent, putting it within striking distance of the major milestone at 39,781 points. The S&P 500 and Nasdaq composite jumped 0.4 percent and 0.4 percent, respectively, on the day. The microchip sector led the charge, buoying the Dow despite a slump in Apple stock after the Justice Department sued the smartphone giant, alleging the company has hurt competition and consumers, developers and small businesses.

Have you seen the Apple IPhone 4S ad where the small girl asks SIRI the question "What does a weasel look like?" I am told there are two main varieties of weasel. To see the image SIRI came up with, click this link http://tinyurl.com/5stuh99

So the debt limit debate has come to this: John McCain, who you may recall was the GOP’s 2008 standard bearer, is now openly accusing conservatives of actively misleading America with their completely unrealistic demands, which he labeled “deceiving” and “bizarro.” In a seminal moment in this debate, here’s some video of McCain on the Senate floor today, unleashing an angry tirade at conservatives who are still holding out for a balanced budget amendment as part of any compromise on the debt ceiling. McCain accused them of “deceiving” America into believing such a thing can pass the Senate:

Grassley would be supportive of a special prosecutor in ‘Gunwalker’ Sen. Charles Grassley, (R-Iowa) ranking member on the Senate Judiciary Committee, said on a radio interview today, while he’s not calling for a special prosecutor to investigate Operation Fast and Furious, the failed operation to track guns across the Mexican border, he would be supportive if Chairman Darrell Issa, (R-Calif.) of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform called for one. In the interview on the Steve Gill Show, he had a couple of other interesting things to say. He said three things came out of the interviews with...

Excerpt - BAGHDAD, Jan 15 (Reuters) - Two of Saddam Hussein's aides were hanged before dawn on Monday, the Iraqi government said, admitting that the head of his half-brother Barzan Ibrahim al-Tikriti was also ripped from his body during the execution. On the defensive after international uproar over sectarian taunts during the illicitly filmed hanging of the ousted president two weeks ago, government spokesman Ali al-Dabbagh insisted there was "no violation of procedure" during the executions of Barzan and former judge Awad Hamed al-Bander. But defence lawyers and politicians from Saddam's once dominant Sunni Arab minority expressed fury at the...

Spare Saddam, Clark Urges Bush By Nathan Burchfiel CNSNews.com Staff Writer December 27, 2006 (CNSNews.com) - Deposed Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein's life is in President Bush's hands and should be spared, said former U.S. Attorney General Ramsey Clark on Wednesday. Clark, a member of Saddam's defense team, said the decision Bush makes following an Iraqi court's rejection of Saddam's appeal "will have long-term consequences for the peace and stability of Iraq, and for the rule of law as a means to peace." Saddam, who was convicted Nov. 5 and sentenced to death by hanging, could be executed anytime in the...

Saddam Spit on a G.I. As He Was Handcuffed; U.S. Soldier Punched Back